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

Europe

Baked cod with pumpkin, Mar de Noruega.

Yes, Norwegians can have fresh cod for Christmas dinner

Wild catches are declining, but there is a farmer in Norway who is supplying fresh farmed cod to the market this season.

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Aquaculture facility in Reyðarfjörður, Iceland.

Iceland's new aquaculture bill is out

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Bio Lofoten Center in Lekne, Norway, where the Northern Aquaculture Academy is located.

Torghatten Aqua sells its stake in Aquaculture Academy North

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Ovum's Egget® closed containment aquaculture concept

Construction begins on Hofseth’s closed sea-based systems

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Ode's cod farm in Alida, Norway.

Deep-farmed cod reaches the market for the first time

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Mowi worker (woman) in a fish farm.

Mowi and Skretting partnership secures future of feed division

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CEO Martin Rasmussen said the company was “very pleased with our fish farming performance so far."

Andfjord Salmon secures a further NOK 300m and reports "stable" performance in Q3 update

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Secretary General of the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries, Mette I. Wikborg.

Finalized the fisheries agreement between Norway and Russia for 2026

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Gigante Salmon's land-based flow-through aquaculture facility at Lille Indre Rosøy.

Gigante Salmon adopts nanobubble oxygenation system at Rosøy site

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A salmon farm in Norway.

Norway launches new statistics portal on farmed salmon production, in bid for greater transparency

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Karl Buiks, new/former CEO of The Kingfish Company.

The new CEO of The Kingfish Company resigns before taking office

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Design for Big Akwa's land-based aquaculture facility in Ånge Municipality, Sweden.

Big Akwa secures SEK 7.85m to advance Swedish land-based trout farm

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Electrofishing in a Norwegian river.

Focus on preventing escapes at hatcheries paid off in Norway

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From left: the Mayor of Rianxo, Julián Bustelo, the President of the Xunta de Galicia, Alfonso Rueda, CEO of Stolt Sea Farm, Jordi Trías, and Galician Fisheries Minister, Marta Villaverde.

Jordi Trias to step down from The Kingfish Company's Supervisory Board

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Alsaker Fjordbruk and Bolaks company logos.

Alsaker to acquire Bolaks, forming largest privately owned salmon farmer in Western Norway

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Fisheries ministers at the December 2025 AgriFish negotiations.

European fisheries ministers strike deal on 2026 catch limits

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Salmon farmers attending to fish health and welfare in Scotland.

Scottish aquaculture's gross value added increased by 37% from 2014 to 2023

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Ground-breaking at MiAlgae's Grangemouth site.

MiAlgae breaks ground on major sustainable algal omega 3 production facility

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Danish water treatment specialist Mutag acquires IP rights to Alpha Aqua

Danish water treatment specialist Mutag acquires IP rights to Alpha Aqua

Close-up cooked, fresh Scottish langoustines.

Kangamiut Seafood to acquire majority stake of Laeso Fish Ltd.

offshore farming ocean

Norwegian authorities withdraw approval for SalMar-owned offshore farming site

Norwegian seafood in a supermarket in Asia.

Norwegian seafood was more expensive in overseas markets in November

"These adjustments will allow us to continue providing high-quality services, insight and support, ensuring Seafish remains a stable, effective and trusted partner for the UK seafood sector,” said Seafish Chair Mike Sheldon.

UK's Seafish to restructure and refocus

EU fishing fleet

EU fishing fleet recovers as profits are forecast to rise in 2025

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