To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide If you have an announcement, please send it to [email protected].
- On 4 July, Gerhard Schubert, the founder of the eponymously-named packaging company Gerhard Schubert GmbH, passed away at age 84, the company announced in a release. He founded
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Norwegian salmon prices are up 5.5 percent over the past week.
The average per-kilogram price for farmed Norwegian Atlantic salmon rose NOK 4.60 (USD 0.43, EUR 0.40) to an average of NOK 88.23 (USD 8.29, EUR 7.62) in the 26th week of 2023, according to the Nasdaq Salmon Index, which offers a weekly sales update and weighted average price for fresh, head-on gutted Atlantic superior salmon from Norway.
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SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
- Berlin, Germany-based Bluu Seafood cell-cultivated seafood company announced on 28 June it has closed its Series A funding round.
The startup raised EUR 16 million (USD 17 million) to capitalize on driving regulatory approval of its first products and expanding research in pilot
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SeafoodSource is closely following the sustainable seafood movement by compiling a regular round-up of sector updates pertaining to eco-certifications.
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SeafoodSource is closely following seaweed innovation by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
-Cork, Ireland-based economy development company Simply Blue Group and Flekkefjord, Norway-based Arctic Seaweed announced on 22 June they had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore development solutions and innovative technologies to co-locate seaweed and offshore wind farms.
Arctic Seaweed has seaweed farms
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Norwegian salmon prices continued to decline in the 25th week of 2023, dropping 8.47 percent from last week.
The average per-kilogram price for farmed Norwegian Atlantic salmon continued to decrease over the past week, dropping NOK 7.74 (USD 0.72, EUR 0.66) to an average of NOK 83.63 (USD 7.73, EUR 7.08). The drop is a continuation of the decline the Nasdaq Salmon Index reported last week, when the price dropped NOK 17.61 (USD 1.63,
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To keep up to date with movement and job shifts across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of the latest industry position-shift updates.
SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
-Thai Union subsidiary John West Foods has begun selling its plant-based tuna salad alternative in U.K., Vegconomist reported. The pouched vegan products, made with wheat protein, couscous, lentils, and chickpeas and available in Harissa and Indian flavors, are available at Asda
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Eating seafood once or twice a week can lower the risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in older men, according to a study published in the European Journal of Nutrition.
The study, "Prospective associations between diet quality, dietary components, and risk of cardiometabolic multimorbidity in older British men," was published 19 June. It is the latest research conducted as part of a 20-year initiative to survey the global prevalence of
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A 5,000-mile-wide seaweed blob spreading throughout the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico has been linked to a rise in vibrio cases popping up in the U.S. state of Florida.
A new study from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) found traces of vibrio vulnificus in the sargassum floating along the Florida coast. Vibrio bacteria is flourishing on plastic debris caught in the sargassum blob, presenting a danger to humans and providing potential
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