Europe, UK, and Norway Seafood and Aquaculture News: Industry Insights and Trends

Europe

Swedish rainbow trout fed with "future feed" made with no marine ingredients.

Made in Sweden: world’s first commercially-available fish raised on mycoprotein

Rainbow trout raised on mycoprotein-based feed will be available to Swedish consumers from September 2025 through selected retailers and food service outlets.

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Johann Martin Krüger, industrial policy and communication advisor for Sjømatbedriftene.

Norway seafood trade body urges clarity and speed on offshore aquaculture plans

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Aller Aqua's production facility and headquarters in Denmark.

Aller Aqua Norway sentenced for a salmon escape in 2022

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Kristine Hartmann, CEO of Salmon Living Lab, and Bente E. Torstensen, CEO of Nofima.

SalMar's Salmon Living Lab partners with Nofima

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Iceland's Minister of Industry, Hanna Katrín Friðriksson and EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Oceans, Costas Kadis.

EU and Iceland hail WTO deal to curb harmful fishing subsidies

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Representatives from the four companies pictured at the event where they signed their joint declaration of intent, part of the Terraforming LIFE project.

Four Icelandic aquaculture firms sign agreement to tackle waste sustainably

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Carl Erik Arnesen, STIM CEO, and Bjarki Mar Johannsson, Stim Iceland's Customer Manager.

Fish health supplier STIM opens subsidiary in Iceland

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Western Norway hit by strongest marine heatwave in three decades

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"A good foundation has been laid," said Sjømat Norge's Head of Aquaculture Technology, Ole Fretheim.

Norwegian seafood federation welcomes government policy on offshore aquaculture

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Toke Binzer, new CEO of Royal Greenland.

Royal Greenland names new CEO

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Anchovies (Engraulis encrasicolus) underwater in the Atlantic Ocean, off the coast of Galicia, Spain.

Spain reopens anchovy fishery in the Cantabrian Sea and the Northwest

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Sjømat Norge urges new Norwegian parliament to prioritise land access for aquaculture

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Torbjørn Alstad, new CEO of Aquastructures AS.

Norwegian aquatech and certification firm Aquastructures appoints new CEO

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From crop to coast: BioMar joins Cefetra to cut emissions at the source

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The project will deploy 40,000 Oyster Heaven artificial reefs pre-loaded with oyster spat, installed by Norfolk Seaweed.

UK's largest oyster reef restoration project launches

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Raúl Prellezo, who is entering his fifth term, has been elected president.

The EU's Fisheries Scientific Committee appoints three AZTI researchers, one of them as Chair

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Bjørn-Erik Stabell, UK Director of the Norwegian Seafood Council

Bjørn-Erik Stabell is new UK Director of the Norwegian Seafood Council

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Frederik Langehaug will continue as Managing Director following the merger of Artec Aqua and VAQ.

Artec Aqua and VAQ to merge into one aquaculture services provider

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Europe

Europe

Made in Sweden: world’s first commercially-available fish raised on mycoprotein

Norway seafood trade body urges clarity and speed on offshore aquaculture plans

Aller Aqua Norway sentenced for a salmon escape in 2022

SalMar's Salmon Living Lab partners with Nofima

EU and Iceland hail WTO deal to curb harmful fishing subsidies

Four Icelandic aquaculture firms sign agreement to tackle waste sustainably

Fish health supplier STIM opens subsidiary in Iceland

Western Norway hit by strongest marine heatwave in three decades

Norwegian seafood federation welcomes government policy on offshore aquaculture

Royal Greenland names new CEO

Spain reopens anchovy fishery in the Cantabrian Sea and the Northwest

Sjømat Norge urges new Norwegian parliament to prioritise land access for aquaculture

Norwegian aquatech and certification firm Aquastructures appoints new CEO

From crop to coast: BioMar joins Cefetra to cut emissions at the source

UK's largest oyster reef restoration project launches

The EU's Fisheries Scientific Committee appoints three AZTI researchers, one of them as Chair

Bjørn-Erik Stabell is new UK Director of the Norwegian Seafood Council

Artec Aqua and VAQ to merge into one aquaculture services provider

Sweden's Big Akwa takes next step with signing of land allocation agreement

EU needs an Action Plan on Blue Foods, aquaculture producers claim

Changes in AKVA Group's management team following Sea Based Nordic COO's departure

Kristian Botnen is new CEO of Benchmark Genetics

Mowi bets on bulk portioning for its growth in Spain and Portugal

UK launches "Fish, Trace, Ship" campaign to prepare seafood sector for new EU export rules