Chris Chase

Gardabaer, Iceland-based Marel saw an overall improved year-over-year revenue in Q2 2023 and improved market conditions, but the company’s seafood division suffered from lower orders.

The company posted revenue of EUR 422.4 million (USD 463.3 million) in Q2 2023, up 6.3 percent year-over-year from EUR 397.3 million (USD 435.7 million) posted in 2022. Gross profit also increased by 11.3 percent year-over-year to EUR 148.2 million (USD

Atlantic Sapphire is looking for buyers for the site of its former salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in Denmark.

The site, which the company dubbed its Danish “Bluehouse” facility, was damaged in a fire on 15 September, 2021. The fire resulted in a total loss of its facility, and the company secured a cash settlement of DKK 180 million (then USD 25.5 million, EUR 24.1 million). Acording to a stock exchange filing at the

A Norwegian salmon farming company that specializes in closed-containment, in-water salmon farms is planning to bring the technology to British Columbia, Canada.

Salhus, Norway-based Akvafuture uses closed cages resembling traditional in-water aquaculture net-pens. In addition, the structures have solid barriers separating the fish the surrounding ocean water, and the company circulates water extracted from deeper areas through the closed cages

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced sweeping changes to his cabinet on 26 July, including a change of leadership at the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO).

Trudeau appointed Diane Lebouthillier to replace Joyce Murray as minister of fisheries, oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard, and as such, she will take over management of the DFO. Murray announced on Twitter 25 July that she will not seek

Russia has added more seafood products to the list of items the government has banned from “unfriendly countries.”

Russia has already had a standing import ban on seafood from Western countries for nearly a decade. In 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin retaliated against economic sanctions from the U.S. and E.U. for its invasion of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine with trade bans of its own – banning the import of

Canada is leading a new mission in the North Pacific Ocean to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing as part of its Indo-Pacific Strategy.

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said Canadian fishery officers – who are leading the annual mission for the first time – will conduct patrols in the Indo-Pacific, with officers conducting patrols, boardings, and inspection operations. The officers will

Correction: The original story erroneously stated Local Ocean is based in Switzerland. Local Ocean first registered in Switzerland, but is based in France. The public comment period on the project also closed on 12 July, not 12 August. 

Local Ocean, a France-based start-up, is pushing forward on its plans to construct a salmon recirculating aquaculture (RAS) facility in Boulogne-sur-Mer, France. 

The RAS, the company said, will

Norwegian land-based salmon farmer Andfjord Salmon has successfully harvested the first batch of salmon grown inside the company’s facility in Kvalnes, Andøya, Norway.

The first harvest, the company said, yielded a survival rate of 97.5 percent, with a total biomass of 646 metric tons (MT), which translates to 540 MT head-on-gutted (HOG). The average weight of the fish stood at 3.4 kilograms.

"We are elated to achieve such a

U.S. catfish production is down year-on-year in terms of fish numbers, but up in terms of weight, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

The report, released by the USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service, indicates the water surface acres used for catfish production and the foodsize inventory of catfish in the three major producing states – Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi – are both down. However,