Nicki Holmyard

Sea Eight has signed an agreement with the government of Asturias to invest EUR 75 million (USD 91.3 million) over the next six years to develop a recirculating aquaculture system farming Senegalese sole (Solea senegalensis).

Senegalese sole is similar to common or Dover sole (Solea solea), both of which are recognized as premium sole species.

The company, part of the Valencian group Atitlan, plans to build an RAS farm in the port of

The latest report on the caviar market from the European Market Observatory for Fisheries and Aquaculture Products (EUMOFA) shows that in 2018, global aquaculture production of sturgeon was around 115,000 metric tons (MT), and production of caviar was 380 MT.

China accounted for 84 percent of global sturgeon production with 97,000 MT, followed by Armenia at 3 percent, or 3,900 MT; and Russia at 3 percent, or3,800 MT. Much of China’s

The row between the United Kingdom and France over post-Brexit fishing rights continues to escalate.

On Thursday, 6 May, dozens of French fishing boats set off for Saint Helier, the main port of Jersey, a British Crown dependency, threatening to mount a blockade. In response, the U.K. sent two Royal Navy gunboats to keep watch. Fishing crews set off flares, sounded their horns and displayed banners. The two sides currently remain in a

A recent benchmarking study by WSI, the International Association for Women in the Seafood Industry, found that seafood supply companies underperform significantly when it comes to gender equality compared to public-facing companies in retail, foodservice, and hospitality.  

The organization has long suspected that there is disparity within the supply chain in the way that seafood companies relate to and act upon gender issues, WSI

Avramar – formed in 2020 through the merger of Andromeda Group, Nireus, Selonda, and fish feed producer Perseus – has engaged G4S to provide a bespoke security package.

The vertical integration of the company’s operations in Greece and Spain, farming sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax), sea bream (Sparus aurata), corvina (Argyrosomus regius), and pagrus (Pagrus major), created what is now the largest aquaculture company

The Netherlands has lost a fight to overturn a European Union-wide ban on use of the trawls that implement electric impulse current, a practice known as electric-pulse fishing.  

The technique uses electrodes that emit pulses of electricity to stun fish, which then float into beam trawl nets. Pulse fishing was originally banned by the E.U. more than 20 years ago, in 1998, but the Dutch government argued that research and innovation to

Nordic Halibut has announced it will renew its plan to seek listing on the Euronext Growth market (formerly the Oslo Børs) market to help it enter “a new era in halibut farming.”

Averøy, Møre og Romsdal, Norway-based Nordic Halibut was founded in 1995, but has suffered biological and operational challenges, racking up losses of around NOK 200 million (USD 23.9 million, EUR 20 million) between 1998 and 2018,

Måløy, Norway-based Maiken Foods is the latest company to propose a land-based salmon farm in Europe.

The company’s founder and chairman, Arve Gravdal, has announced his intention to construct the farm using a unique system of individual production units (IPU) in the resort town of Figueira da Foz, Portugal. If successful, the project will be the first land-based salmon farm ever built in the Western European country.

Gravdal,

The Aquaculture Advisory Council (AAC), a stakeholder representative organization created to provide official advice to the European Commission, European Parliament, member-states, and various committees, has issued a report stating that aquaculture can play an important role in the implementation of the European Green Deal.

The report was issued as the AAC works through the process of developing advice on consumer information, seaweed