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Bergen, location of the North Atlantic Seafood Forum taking place this March.
Seafish, MSC and Veramaris named finalists for NASF sustainability award
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The North Atlantic Seafood Forum has introduced the sustainability award for the first time this year, with the winner due to be revealed during the event on 3 March.
Scotland's largest wellboat completed its first work period
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Lødingen Fisk and Pure Salmon Technology launch RAS project execution
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AKVA ends 2025 with 41% revenue rise, driven by land-based projects
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Jordi Trias (right), President of Stolt Sea Farm, with Nathan Pyne-Carter, CEO of Ace Aquatec (left), at NASF.

Confirmed Jordi Trias's resignation from The Kingfish Company's Supervisory Board

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The executive had already announced his intention to step down to focus more fully on his responsibilities as Stolt Sea Farm Chairman last December.
Front row, from left to right: Bharat Guha - SIT CEO, Christopher Luxon - Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, Blair Wolfgram - Director, Ocean Beach, and Hon. Penny Simmonds - Minister for Vocational Education. Back row, from left to right: Kaumatua Michael Skerrett - Ngãi Tahu, Julia Russell - SIT Head of Faculty, Gary Monk - Chair, Ocean Beach.
Industry and education unite to drive aquaculture innovation in Southland
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A new partnership in New Zealand aims to facilitate strong, practical connections between education and the aquaculture industry.
New records for Mowi in both Q4 and FY 2025
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The world's largest salmon farmer and Norway's largest food producer said it has never had better revenues or harvest volumes than in 2025.
Ireland establishes seaweed aquaculture working group to develop sector
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AKVA group signs strategic partnership for the supply of concrete feed barges
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Thai Union expands its business in Ecuador
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Norwegian authority confirms which aquaculture companies it will audit in 2026
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Aquaculture

Jordi Trias (right), President of Stolt Sea Farm, with Nathan Pyne-Carter, CEO of Ace Aquatec (left), at NASF.

Confirmed Jordi Trias's resignation from The Kingfish Company's Supervisory Board

The executive had already announced his intention to step down to focus more fully on his responsibilities as Stolt Sea Farm Chairman last December.
2 min read
Front row, from left to right: Bharat Guha - SIT CEO, Christopher Luxon - Rt. Hon. Prime Minister, Blair Wolfgram - Director, Ocean Beach, and Hon. Penny Simmonds - Minister for Vocational Education. Back row, from left to right: Kaumatua Michael Skerrett - Ngãi Tahu, Julia Russell - SIT Head of Faculty, Gary Monk - Chair, Ocean Beach.
Wellboat Inter Alba, from Trident Aqua Services.
The plant will include one department for fry, one for smolt and two for post-smolt.
Knut Nesse, AKVA Group CEO.
MOWI signature brand smoked salmon package.

Seafood

Bergen, location of the North Atlantic Seafood Forum taking place this March.

Seafish, MSC and Veramaris named finalists for NASF sustainability award

The North Atlantic Seafood Forum has introduced the sustainability award for the first time this year, with the winner due to be revealed during the event on 3 March.
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Ingebjørg Hjortdahl, NSC country director in South Korea, participated in the annual conference.
ANFACO-CYTMA and the Consellería do Mar of the Xunta de Galicia are leading a programme of activities.
Shrimp processing in Peru.
Jan Eirik Johnsen.
Wakao Hanaoka, Founder & President/CEO of Seafood Legacy Inc. and Kelly Harrell, Executive Director of Ocean Outcomes.

Fisheries

Since the implementation of the Registry in 2023, 6,600 registrations have been accepted.

Chile completes historic certification of women in artisanal fishing

The initiative, promoted jointly with WWF, enabled the certification of a total of 74 women workers in new occupational profiles related to activities connected to artisanal fishing.
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Project ReCon protects artisanal fishermen and brings a proven solution for marine debris to the Somali coastline, the longest in continental Africa, and a key area due to its geography, oceanographic conditions, and proximity to tropical tuna fishing areas.
Blumar's fishing vessel 'Don Alfonso'.
This monitoring vessel is used to protect the La Graciosa Island and Northern Islets of Lanzarote marine reserve (Canary Islands)
The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas, during the event 'Fishing and Aquaculture in Spain: Blue Economy from Sea to Table'.
Aerial view of the Port of Skagen

Environment

Bergen, location of the North Atlantic Seafood Forum taking place this March.

Seafish, MSC and Veramaris named finalists for NASF sustainability award

The North Atlantic Seafood Forum has introduced the sustainability award for the first time this year, with the winner due to be revealed during the event on 3 March.
1 min read
The Blow Me Down Wall, a huge granite cliff located in a remote fjord on the southwest coast of Newfoundland, Canada.
Hima Seafood land-based trout farm in Rjukan, Norway.
Humpback whale pictured off the coast of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Therese Rist joins as senior advisor at WWF in northern Norway, at a time of growing pressure on Arctic marine ecosystems.
Cleaning up this debris will help protect marine life and improve public safety.

Feed

Carlos Diaz, BioMar CEO.

BioMar to expand its capacity in China

The Danish-headquartered aquafeed producer plans to add 50,000 tonnes of capacity at its facility in Wuxi, with a new production line expected to be operational in early 2027.
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Cod juvenile.
BioMar's facility in Ecuador.
Norwegian blue mussel powder.
European seabass (Dicentrarchus labrax)
Anchovy on a Peruvian fishing vessel.
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