High Liner Foods President and CEO Rod Hepponstall has resigned, effective on or before 2 January, 2024, according to a company announcement.
The Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada-based processor and marketer of frozen, value-added seafood, made the announcement on Tuesday, 29 August. The company is one of the largest seafood firms in North America, with its High Liner, Fisher Boy, Mirabel, Sea Cuisine, and Catch of the Day labels available in most
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Aller Aqua’s subsidiary in Egypt has been honored with a national export award from the Danish government.
The Christiansfield, Denmark-based aquaculture feed producer announced its Egyptian operation, and its CEO Hussien Mansour, were the recipients of the H.R.H. Crown Prince Frederik's Business Excellence Award.
The award, one of three awarded in 2023, were jointly presented by the Royal Danish Court, the Danish Export Association, and
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A suspected outbreak of infectious salmon anemia has been discovered at a Mowi salmon farm in central Norway.
The Norwegian Food Safety Authority issued a notice on 23 August regarding a potential ISA outbreak at Mowi’s 13243 Sandvika salmon farm in Norway’s Volda municipality, in Møre og Romsdal county.
Patogen AS notified the Norwegian Food Safety Authority on 22 August of suspected ILA at location 13243 Sandvika. The
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Low prices are marring another banner year of returns for Alaska’s salmon fisheries.
Forecasts for catches of sockeye, chum, and pink salmon have all been exceeded, with more than 201 million total salmon caught through 25 August, already far above the 2022 total of 163.2 million fish and exceeding the 192 million salmon caught in 2021.
More than 49.6 million sockeye have been landed in Alaska this season, down from 72.5 million in 2022
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NaturalShrimp has reiterated its desire to uplist to the Nasdaq Stock Exchange via a business combination agreement, less than a month after terminating its merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Yotta Acquisition Corporation.
The Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.-based recirculating aquaculture system shrimp-farming firm called off its planned merger agreement with Yotta, originally announced in October 2022, on 20 July. In a 25 August
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On the heels of recent signing of a free trade agreement between Ecuador and China, several large Ecuadorian shrimp exporters hosted an outreach event at the 17th World Seafood Shanghai International Fair on 23 August.
Organized by Ecuador’s Cámara Nacional de Acuacultura (National Chamber of Aquaculture), the event was designed to showcase Ecuadorian shrimp to a Chinese audience. Representatives from 16 Ecuadorian shrimp exporting
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A crewmember onboard an American Seafoods’ catcher-processor vessel has died from a suspected ammonia leak.
David Kumah, a 43-year-old first engineer from Ghana, was found unresponsive on board the Northern Eagle just past midnight on Friday, 18 August.
U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Second Class John Highwater told KUCB an ammonia leak likely killed Kumah.
“One of their crew members was found unresponsive in one of their
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Sømna, Norway-based aquaculture equipment provider AKVA Group has acquired a majority stake in Submerged, an aquaculture technology firm that has designed a lice-counting and biomass-measurement system.
AKVA has purchased a 51 stake in Submarged, with an agreement to acquire up to 100 percent of the company by 2028, according to a company release.
“The acquisition of the majority stake in Submerged is of great strategic importance
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Bergen, Norway-based Ovum, formerly known as Hauge Aqua Solutions, has announced plans to acquire its partner, Herde Kompositt, as a means of securing its production capacity.
Ovum produced the first pilot model of its Egget floating closed-containment system farm in May 2022 at the Herde Kompositt factory in Ølve, Norway. The Egget farm is 44 meters tall and 31 meters wide, and has a capacity of up to one million salmon. Ovum had
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