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    NOAA to identify new Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska

    Science, indigenous knowledge, and collaboration with local communities are key to identifying these Aquaculture Opportunity Areas.

    Ocean Farm 1’s new fish transfer system from Nekkar subsidiary

    SalMar Aker Ocean's offshore project will benefit from improved fish welfare during transfer, as Nekkar's recently-acquired subsidiary Techano Oceanlift completes delivery and commissioning of new live fish transfer system.

    Washington state partners with Blue Sustainable to explore on-land aquaculture

    Hilary Franz signed a partnership agreement with Sustainable Blue to determine the implementation of sustainable finfish on-land aquaculture.

    Washington fish farm workers united against the Hilary Franz ban

    Hilary Franz, the Commissioner of Public Lands, made the "unilateral and unscientific" decision in November 2022 to ban aquaculture in state waters that Washington fish farm workers are now complaining about.

    Cooke will not have to harvest fish in Washington this week

    Cooke will not yet have to collect its fish in...

    Cooke appeals denial of its Washington trout farming lease licenses

    "Given the deplorable actions of Commissioner Franz and DNR, Cooke...

    NWAA also responds to Commissioner Franz: “You got it wrong”

    We knew Cooke's response and also that of the Jamestown...

    Washington’s net pen aquaculture ban is an “ill-informed order”

    "We urge the DNR to reverse this ill-informed order, follow...

    “The order is short-sighted”, Cooke after Washington’s ban on net pen aquaculture

    Following Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz's statement announcing there...

    No more net pen aquaculture in Washington

    What was on the horizon following the decision by the...

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    NOAA to identify new Aquaculture Opportunity Areas in Alaska

    Science, indigenous knowledge, and collaboration with local communities are key to identifying these Aquaculture Opportunity Areas.

    Ocean Farm 1’s new fish transfer system from Nekkar subsidiary

    SalMar Aker Ocean's offshore project will benefit from improved fish welfare during transfer, as Nekkar's recently-acquired subsidiary Techano Oceanlift completes delivery and commissioning of new live fish transfer system.

    Scottish seafood industry still on hold for HPMA review

    Discontent continues to grow among Scottish coastal communities over the government's proposed HPMA that would impose limitations on human activity such as fishing, aquaculture, and tourism in the country's waters

    Challenging times for Norway but remains solid in seafood exports

    Norway exported seafood products worth NOK 13.1 billion in May. These figures represent a 7% increase compared to the same month in 2022. These figures are attributed to the weakness of the NOK.