Nuseed Nutritional’s Aquaterra aquafeed production process has earned Friend of the Sea’s first biotechnology certification.
Aquaterra is considered to be the “world's first non-marine source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids,” Milan, Italy-based Friend of the Sea said in a press release. The additive, which can be used as a partial replacement for fish oil in feed, offers a microalgae nutritional profile via renewable
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Almost exactly a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the North American seafood industry to confront an ultimatum: adapt or risk perishing. By and large, seafood suppliers on the continent chose the former, opting to transform their businesses to succeed in a drastically changed market, according to a panel of industry insiders, speaking at this week’s Seafood Expo North America Reconnect.
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SXSW Online, a digital version of the popular Austin, Texas, U.S.A.-based gathering, will include a private virtual aquaculture dinner on 18 March hosted by Kvarøy Arctic, with chef Andrew Zimmern and 30 thought leaders in the space in attendance.
The dinner will follow a public panel, “Aquaculture, Food Systems and Climate Change,” on 16 March, and will offer “a taste of Kvarøy Arctic salmon and Riverence
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Rajeeb Naug has taken on the role of international marketing and sales director for North American surimi manufacturer Aquamar Inc. as the company has continued to expand in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America …
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Later this year, Northern Pelagic Group (NORPEL) will open its new processing facility for pet proteins
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Businesses are seeing less turnover, growth in market share, and more robust earnings through the implementation of diversity and inclusion (D&I), according to Tony Byers, who has spent more than two decades immersed in the field, which he believes to be “the business imperative of our time.”
Author of the book “The Multiplier Effect of Inclusion: How Diversity and Inclusion Advances Innovation and Drives Growth,” and
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Industrial gases and engineering company Linde announced on 10 March the launch of a new product line of atmospheric gases produced with 100-percent renewable energy.
The company – which is hosting a digital Industry Pod at next week’s Seafood Expo North America Reconnect event, taking place from 15 to 19 March – said the Linde Green portfolio features low-carbon liquified oxygen, nitrogen, and argon.
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Milan, Italy-based Friend of the Sea recently announced the renewal of its certification for the Indian Ocean purse-seine fishery, SAPMER.
The renewal means SAPMER can continue to feature the Friend of the Sea logo on its products, according to the certification standard. The Reunion Island-based SAPMER, which was founded in 1947, operates a fleet of four deep-freezer longliners fishing for Patagonian toothfish and a pot vessel fishing for rock
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Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. will be the location for Ren Seafoods’ new seafood processing facility and distribution hub, if all goes according to the company's plan.
The seafood company said it will invest USD 12.4 million (EUR 10.2 million) into a shuttered manufacturing facility in Mobile for the project, which will create 54 jobs, Area Development reported. Ren Seafoods, which is affiliated with Pennsylvania-based The Fishin’
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Seafood producers in Mexico and Vietnam have achieved firsts in earning certification from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program.
On Tuesday, 2 March, Australis Aquaculture said it had become the world’s first producer to secure certification under the ASC's tropical marine finfish (TMFF) standard for its ocean-based farm in
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