Chris Chase

As Norway continues to work on expanding its market reach in Asia, representatives of the country's seafood industry have identified a potentially lucrative avenue for increasing sales. 

A panel of seafood exports discussed the state of the seafood industry, consumer trends, and industry challenges in Asia during a workshop at Seafood Expo Asia – which ran from 11 to 13 September in Singapore. The panel, which included officials

New Zealand deepwater fishing and seafood company Sealord has entered an agreement to purchase Christchurch, New Zealand-based fishing company Independent Fisheries.

Sealord said the transaction, if approved by the relevant authorities, would make the company New Zealand’s largest seafood business. The purchase would add Independent Fisheries’ 46,000 metric tons (MT) of quota, two owned and one chartered deepwater factory fishing

Nova Scotia Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Steve Craig has announced the province is increasing the fines related to buying out-of-season lobster to CAD 1 million (USD 743,000, EUR 696,000).

The move to heavily increase the fine comes amid reports of rising amounts of unauthorized lobster fishing in southwestern Nova Scotia, The Canadian Press reported. The fine was previously CAD 100,000 (USD 74,000, EUR 69,000).

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Norwegian salmon brand Salma is making a renewed push into the Asian market after its initial efforts were delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Salma is a line of salmon products with unique packaging produced by Bremnes Seashore. Salma Export Director Johnny Haaberg told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo Asia (SEA) – which ran from 11 to 13 September in Singapore –  that the company has been selling salmon products such as whole

The seafood industry is already tapping into the power of AI-based tools, but according to ThisFish CEO and Cofounder Eric Enno Tamm, there’s even more potential for the technology to be used to improve processes.

Speaking during the conference program at Seafood Expo Asia – which ran from 11 to 13 September in Singapore – Tamm said AI has thus far primarily been deployed by the aquaculture sector.

“The rate of innovation

The sea urchin industry in Canada has always faced a seemingly insurmountable challenge: the limited shelf life of its product. 

On the coast of British Columbia, Canada, giant red sea urchins offer a valuable roe, or uni, resource. The urchin’s larger size, the fishery’s sustainability, and the quality of the product have all helped the product gain a foothold in multiple markets.

Despite the product’s successes, Fraser

Chinese rainbow trout producer Shanghai Shanhaiji Supply Chain has begun to diversify its sales beyond its domestic market. 

Founded in 2014, Shanghai Shanhaiji Supply Chain farms what's known locally as salmon-trout in Xinjiang province's Tianshan Mountains. The company touts the fact that its fish are raised in a freshwater reservoir fed by mountain streams.

“We’re raising rainbow trout because of the natural advantage of our

Victoria Island Smokehouse, a U.K.-based company specializing in smoked salmon, is working to build upon its success in the Hong Kong market at countries throughout Southeast Asia.

Victoria Island Smokehouse Founder Cristian Giancaterino told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo Global – running from 11 to 13 September in Singapore –he founded the company six years ago after a long period working in distribution. Originally founded in

Aquna Murray Cod, an Australian company that has developed an aquaculture operation for Murray cod – a freshwater perch (Maccullochella peelii) – has now added Murray cod caviar to its repertoire.

Murray cod grows in the wild in the Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin river system. Aquna Murray Cod, based in New South Wales, Australia, has been farming the species in earthen ponds and has steadily developed a market for the

Yangjiang City, Guangdong, China-based Guangdong Harmony Food is riding the wave of popularity that hotpot restaurants have had in China and Southeast Asia with its new line of snakehead products.

At Seafood Expo Asia, running from 11 to 13 September in Singapore, Guangdong Harmony Food Sales Director Fiona Wong told SeafoodSource her company was formed just over a year ago to jump on the opportunity presented by the hotpot trend.

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