Discover the Latest Innovations in Seafood Industry News

The Innovators

From left: Ole Jacob Broch, Silje Forbord, Minister of Research and Higher Education Sigrun Aasland, Jorunn Skjermo, Minister of Digitalisation and Public Administration Karianne Tung and SINTEF Oceans Director Vegar Johansen.

New "centre of gravity" for seaweed innovation to launch in Norway

The new SINTEF Ocean-led Centre for Research-based Innovation will focus on developing the cultivated kelp value chain in collaboration with industry partners.

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SeaForester Group, Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), and Kongsberg Discovery

New partnership aims to bring Europe’s disappearing kelp forests back to life

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“Our project aims to support a new farming sector for home-grown king prawns, using indoor closed-system methods, harnessing renewable energy and integrating circular-economy thinking so nothing is wasted," said Project Lead, Professor Rod Wilson.

Could UK farmland become home to a new king prawn-farming sector?

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Alexandra Leeper, CEO of the Iceland Ocean Cluster.

TalentView: Alexandra Leeper, Iceland Ocean Cluster

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Chef Steve Phelps pictured with Megan Sorby, Founder and CEO of Pine Island Redfish.

Florida's Pine Island Redfish exceeds 2025 production targets as company seeks funding for expansion

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"By producing ready-to-eat products from these parts of the fish, we can offer people better nutrition in everyday foods, while reducing waste and creating more sustainable value from every catch," said Hailia CEO Michaela Lindström.

Could salmon byproducts be more nutritious than fillets? This Finnish firm thinks so

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"The future of biotech is blue and will launch in Maine,” said Beth Orcutt, Bigelow VP for Research. Pictured: an aerial view of Bigelow Laboratory facilities in Boothbay, Maine.

Maine bets on "blue biotech" with launch of new accelerator program

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PT Aqua co-founders Ian Sutton and Paul Coyne accepting the BIM Aquatech Business of the Year award from Caroline Bocquel, CEO, BIM, and Richard Donnelly, Director of Development and Innovation Services, BIM.

Ireland’s aquatech industry set for major expansion, say sector leaders

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Cod fry and saithe fry swim around the artificial reefs covered with kelp.

Kelp recovery in record time on Norway's northern coast

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The system aims to demonstrate how renewable energy and aquaculture can operate together efficiently within shared maritime space - the first time such a system has been tested in the Atlantic.

First offshore trials in the Atlantic to combine floating wind power and aquaculture

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

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

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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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Ghost fishing occurs when lost or abandoned gear remains active on the seabed, trapping and killing fish and crustaceans for many years.

Norwegian project to pilot deposit scheme for old fishing gear in fight against ghost fishing

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Aerial view of the Forever Young Aquaponics facility in Atlanta, Georgia.

Innovasea partners with Andrew J. Young Foundation to develop two new aquaponics facilities in the US

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Katelijne Bekers, MicroHarvest co-founder and CEO.

TalentView: Katelijne Bekers, MicroHarvest

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University of Bergen's Professor Ivar Rønnestad and researcher Sergei Budaev, who are developing FishMet in collaboration with Vestlandets Innovasjonsselskap (VIS).

Researchers develop “virtual fish” to optimise aquaculture feeding

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Aerial view of Tropo Farms tilapia ponds on the shore of Lake Volta, Ghana.

Tropo Farms partners with Esox Biologics on new tilapia pathogen detection project

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Anders Fossøy, General Manager of Tidal Norway.

Tidal unveils autonomous AI sea lice control system

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The Innovators

The Innovators

New "centre of gravity" for seaweed innovation to launch in Norway

New partnership aims to bring Europe’s disappearing kelp forests back to life

Could UK farmland become home to a new king prawn-farming sector?

TalentView: Alexandra Leeper, Iceland Ocean Cluster

Florida's Pine Island Redfish exceeds 2025 production targets as company seeks funding for expansion

Could salmon byproducts be more nutritious than fillets? This Finnish firm thinks so

Maine bets on "blue biotech" with launch of new accelerator program

Ireland’s aquatech industry set for major expansion, say sector leaders

Kelp recovery in record time on Norway's northern coast

First offshore trials in the Atlantic to combine floating wind power and aquaculture

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

SalMar's Salmon Living Lab partners with Nofima

Norwegian project to pilot deposit scheme for old fishing gear in fight against ghost fishing

Innovasea partners with Andrew J. Young Foundation to develop two new aquaponics facilities in the US

TalentView: Katelijne Bekers, MicroHarvest

Researchers develop “virtual fish” to optimise aquaculture feeding

Tropo Farms partners with Esox Biologics on new tilapia pathogen detection project

Tidal unveils autonomous AI sea lice control system

First seaweed harvest completed at North Sea farm located among wind turbines

Aquafounders Capital's modular land-based farming system gets key funding for next step

Bakkafrost launches £2.5m aquaculture waste-to-fertiliser project

Finnish seafood byproducts tech firm Hailia embarks on international expansion

AI to connect real-time fish data from farm to processing line

Norwegian project "transforms" CO₂ emissions into microalgae for aquaculture feed