A higher than normal number infectious salmon anemia cases have been reported in Norway in the summer of 2023.
On 8 September, the Norwegian Food Safety Authority said it had confirmed an ISA outbreak in Åfjord municipality, Trøndelag county, affecting farms operated by Refsnes Laks that had previously been operated in a collaboration with SalMar until April 2023. The confirmation came after the government agency was first
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A Greenpeace film critical of alleged human rights abuses in the global tuna supply chain has received interest from a major streaming platform.
The movie investigates human rights issues onboard tuna-fishing vessels, and makes allegations of physical abuse, wage theft, excessive mandatory work, fraudulent activity by vessel operators and manning agencies, and environmental misbehavior including shark-finning. It directly names Bumble Bee,
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An oyster farm in Western Australia owned by billionaires Andrew and Nicola Forrest has been shut down due to a parasite infestation.
Harvest Road’s Carnarvon Fascine farm, in Western Australia, initiated an indefinite cessation of operations following an outbreak of Steinhausia, a type of spore-forming parasite.
The Forrests’ Harvest Road Group entered the oyster-farming business in the region in February 2020 through the
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Hvalur, Iceland’s sole fishing company conducting fin whale harvesting, has been given permission to resume operations.
Iceland Minister of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries Svandis Svavarsdótti said on 1 September the government will implement updated requirements for changes in methods and equipment, as well as additional supervision and training for those engaged in whale hunting, in order to address a finding from a government
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A rule requiring escrow 30 percent escrow deposits on Indonesian export shipments valued above USD 250,000 (EUR 230,000) is under government review.
The outcome of that review will be pivotal to the future of the country’s seafood industry, according to National Fisheries Institute Chief Strategy Officer Gavin Gibbons.
“This policy is more than just an inconvenience and it has already caused some companies to reconsider their
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An international cohort of shrimp-farming companies took a formal step to create a global shrimp council dedicated to promoting shrimp consumption around the world at the second annual Global Shrimp Forum in Utrecht, the Netherlands, on 6 September.
More than 20 shrimp producers from Ecuador, Mexico, India, Vietnam and Indonesia met to discuss the formation of the promotional group, an effort being led by Glunashrimp Owner Gabriel Luna and Manta
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Norwegian salmon prices continued their downward spiral in early September, with average prices dipping NOK 0.77 (USD 0.07, EUR 0.06) per kilogram to NOK 70.42 (USD 6.57, EUR 6.12).
Average prices are down more than 10 percent over the past month and more than 35 percent in the past three months, according to the Nasdaq Salmon Index.
According to the Oslo Børs Fish Pool Index, the average per-kilo price of Norwegian salmon sunk to NOK
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The University of Washington’s Fisheries Research Institute (FRI) has issued a preliminary forecast for the 2024 sockeye salmon run in Bristol Bay, Alaska.
FRI is estimating a run of 38.9 million sockeye across the bay, with a total harvest of 26.4 million sockeye. The forecast is calling for an average fish weight of 5.5 pounds, which would result in a harvest of 145.1 million pounds of salmon.
The forecast is based on aggregated
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The Vietnamese subsidiary of Bangkok, Thailand-based Charoen Pokphand Foods has partnered with Nichirei on a project aimed at rehabilitating shrimp ponds in Vietnam through the replanting of hundreds of mangrove trees.
On 10 August, 2023, C.P. Vietnam partnered with Japanese seafood conglomerate Nicherei on an expansion of the project into Vietnam. Nicherei Fresh launched the mangrove restoration effort in 2006 in Indonesia and has since
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ViAqua Therapeutics has raised USD 8.25 million (EUR 7.7 million) in its latest funding round.
The Haifa, Israel-based biotechnology firm has developed an orally administered RNA-particle platform to promote and improve animal health in aquaculture. Its first product is a feed supplement to enhance resistance to viral infections including white spot syndrome virus.
S2G Ventures, which launched an ocean innovation strategy in 2021 with a plan to
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