Skretting Turkey, Metro Turkey and Hatko Aquaculture companies have teamed up to jointly develop the value-chain project ‘The Feed of Today is The Food of Tomorrow’. The resulting premium fish products -basically sea bream and sea bass- already have improved sustainability credentials, better growing conditions and health benefits for consumers. In the first phase of the project, 150 tones of...
Scottish Sea Farms has been awarded with the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its Summer Isles farms, the first time the company has achieved the coveted accreditation. Considered one of the most demanding of all global seafood certification schemes, the target is to have up to five farms and facilities ASC certified by the end of 2022. “ASC certified...
Collaborative research between Benchmark Genetics and the USDA-Agricultural Research Service (ARS) Aquatic Animal Health Research Unit (AAHRU) in Auburn, Alabama, has been awarded the USDA-ARS Southeast Area Award for Excellence in Technology Transfer. The award recognized the pioneering work on selection for improved disease resistance in Nile tilapia. This pioneering work commenced in 2014 and has produced impressive results with...
The new edition of the HavExpo International Fair was held in the port city of Bergen, Norway, from May 10 to 12. The city, considered the local capital of aquaculture, received more than 330 domestic and foreign exhibitors and 15,000 attendees, who were able to learn about the latest news from suppliers of the global aquaculture and fishing industry, in...
Qatar Airways Cargo has reported that 95% of the so-called PES (perishable seafood) traveling on board it’s from Scandinavia, especially from Norway, is salmon. In 2021, it transported a shocking 1.3 million tons of salmon, worth EUR 8.57 billion. To achieve this, the aviation company operates six B777 cargo services each week, supplying global demand via the Oslo-Doha route. These...
The inaugural Blue Food Innovation Summit in London on June 14-15 presents 23 innovators from across the globe who are pioneering breakthrough technologies in aquaculture and blue food and seeking opportunities to scale through partnerships and investment. Our oceans have forever been a vital source of nutritious (and delicious) proteins and ingredients, producing 70% of earth’s oxygen and absorbing up to a...
The Thai company Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company (CP Foods) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on trade cooperation with Uoriki, Japan's No.1 fresh fish retailer, engaging wholesales and retails of fresh seafood products from Japan and enabling Thai people to easily access a variety of Japanese premium fish. CEO of CP Foods, Prasit Boondoungprasert, and Uoriki President, Masayuki...
Blue Waters LLC Oman, which produces sea bream (Sparus aurata) in the Gulf of Oman, achieved Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, the Global Seafood Alliance announced some days ago. The farm, which consists of circular cages off the coast of Qurayyat about 100 kilometers south of Muscat, is Oman’s first facility to attain BAP certification, and the fourth in Middle...
The 10th edition of Seafood Expo Asia will take place from 14 to 16 September at the Suntec Singapore Convention & Exhibition Centre, in Singapore. Diversified Communications, organizers of the world’s leading seafood trade expositions, announced the return of its in-person event, Seafood Expo Asia, to the Asian market. The move to Singapore will cater to the varying needs across...
In a strong market, Mowi made an operational profit of EUR 207 million at record-high levels in the first quarter. This period was characterised by a surge in salmon prices in all markets due to a continued increase in global demand for salmon combined with low supply. “The increase in salmon prices coming out of the pandemic has been impressive....
In the framework of the partnership relations between the Kingdom of Morocco and the European Union (EU), the Minister of Agriculture, Maritime Fisheries, Rural Development and Water and Forestry, Mohamed Sadiki, chaired a few days ago the launching ceremony of the twinning project in the field of aquaculture reinforcement in Morocco. The project will be financed by the EU with...
The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has announced that Scotland has won the bid to host the 23rd edition of its signature event, 'Goal: The Responsible Seafood Conference', in the autumn of 2024. The announcement came in Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, by GSA CEO, Brian Perkins, Seafood Scotland CEO, Donna Fordyce, and Mairi Gougeon, Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs...
