Cliff White

Bergen, Norway-based aquaculture data analytics firm Manolin released two new platforms on Tuesday, 2 August.

Its Watershed and Harpoon platforms are designed to provide fish farmers and aquaculture suppliers with AI-driven data intelligence to make faster, more accurate, and proactive operational decisions, according to the company.

The Watershed platform offers a free option allowing for the streamlining of data for research purposes,

Tri Marine has added FlyWire electronic monitoring systems onboard all its longline tuna vessels operating in the Atlantic Ocean.

The Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A.-based  tuna company, which was acquired by Bolton Group in 2019,said in a 2 August press release it also plans to increase its observer coverage rate in its Atlantic albacore longline fishery.

Tri Marine formed a multi-year partnership with FlyWire in 2022, with the goal of

Kingston, Jamaica-based Rainforest Seafoods has been fined BZD 760,889 (USD 377,413, EUR 344,889) by the government of Belize for possessing tens of thousands of undersized conch.z

The fine, levied 28 July, came after Rainforest Seafoods requested an inspection of a conch shipment at its processing facility in Big Creek, Independence Village, Belize, on 29 June, 2023. The inspection was required for the company to obtain permission to export the

Cooke-owned Tassal Group has acquired Barramundi Group’s Australian assets, including a barramundi farm in Cone Bay, Western Australia.

Tassal, based in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is one of Australia’s largest seafood firms, with vertically integrated operations from farming through marketing and sales. It produces around 33,000 metric tons of salmon annually, grown in five different regions in sea-based pens, and branched into

Auckland, New Zealand-based fishing firm Sanford Limited has announced the resignation of its CEO, Peter Reidie.

Reidie resigned 1 August, and Sanford Board Member Craig Ellison has been appointed interim CEO, while remaining a part of the board. Sanford’s board has commenced a search for a new permanent CEO, according to Sanford Chairman Rob McLeod.

“I thank Peter for his dedication and leadership at Sanford during a period of

After earning a master's degree in biotechnology from Wageningen University, Dutch entrepreneur Ludo van de Wiel worked for nearly two decades in various aspects of the food and nutritional supplement industry, including stints in sales of fish oil at DSN and omega-3 ingredients at CMSO, before founding Arctic Blue Omega in 2015.

Omega-3 fatty acids have numerous proven health benefits, but van de Wiel sought out a differentiator that would make

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has opened its Shrimp Genetics Innovation Center in San Diego, California, U.S.A.

CAT is a full-service contract research and development organization working on applied technologies to improve productivity, efficiency, and sustainability in the aquaculture industry.

The facility features a genome-editing lab and additional tank space, quadrupling CAT’s shrimp research capacity, according to

Omega-3 fatty acids have been found to hold promise for maintaining the lung health of people who eat them, according to a study backed by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Researchers developed a two-part study, including a longitudinal, observational study of 15,063 Americans, investigating the link between omega-3 fatty acid levels in the blood and lung function over time. The study showed higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids in a

Denmark’s government has paid out DKK 791 million (USD 116.4 million, EUR 106.2 million) to Danish fishers who lost quota as a result of the U.K.’s departure from the European Union.

On 19 July, the Danish Fisheries Agency announced the completion of compensatory payouts for losses of quota value due to renegotiated fishing agreements following Brexit. The scheme is state aid approved by the European Commission and financed by E.U.