Regulations

A new report by Rabobank, published this week, warns that the growth of Norway’s salmon farming sector is extremely vulnerable to the resource rent tax proposed by the government.

A new report details how First Nations right to self-determination and reconciliation could lead the way to a successful transition plan for salmon farming in British Columbia.

Norwegian salmon farmers have enjoyed a decade of unprecedented profitability, but plans to introduce a 40 percent resource rent tax on the sector - combined with the emergence of new systems for growing salmon in differ…

The Superior Court of the State of Washington has granted Cooke Aquaculture until 14 April to harvest steelhead trout and remove equipment at its Rich Passage and Hope Island fish farms in Puget Sound.

China will stop screening frozen foods for Covid-19 contamination from 8 January after more than two years of strict pandemic testing protocols.

Trøndelag County Authority has granted Kvidul a permit for the land-based production of 10 million salmon smolts and 20,000 tonnes of harvested salmon.

Indonesia needs a sustainable source of funding to conserve and restore its blue carbon ecosystems and combat climate change – and carbon credits may be the solution that helps them flourish.

US officials have been asked to launch further investigations into the supply chains for fishmeal and fish oil production in China, Thailand and Vietnam.

Plans to establish two tuna farms off the north coast of Malta have been lodged by AJD Tuna and Malta Mariculture.

Aquaculture advocate Jennifer Bushman is the co-founder of Fed by Blue and executive producer of Hope in the in Water – a four-part docuseries about the future of blue foods that’s due to be broadcast in early 2024.

After the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) ordered to closure of Cooke Aquaculture’s rainbow trout farms on 14 November, the company has decided to appeal the decision, saying the move was, “unjusti…

Establishing an aquaculture sector in US federal waters is one step closer, as Congress considers a new bipartisan measure — the Science-based Equitable Aquaculture Food (SEAfood) Act.

Aker BioMarine’s krill-based fish feed ingredient, Qrill Aqua, has been approved for sale in the Canadian aquafeed market.

The Russian aquaculture sector is facing the deepest crisis in its modern history, as the ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine and the ever tightening sanctions on Russia has led to a shortage of fish fee…

The Kingfish Company’s plan to build an 8,500 tonne capacity yellowtail kingfish farm in Jonesport, Maine has now been fully permitted.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is putting AquaBounty’s AquAdvantage salmon through an additional environmental assessment (EA) following a lawsuit from multiple organisations that resulted in a court order cal…

More research is needed to shape the regulatory standards for farming seafood offshore in United States federal waters, according to a new report.

Washington DNR’s refusal to extend the leases for Cooke Aquaculture Pacific’s steelhead farms in the state must be reviewed, according to three American seafood trade groups.

The Norwegian government’s plans to dramatically increase tax on salmon production is likely to have a raft of unintended negative consequences along the salmon supply chain, without having a long term benefit to the cou…

Chile’s State Defence Council (CDE) is suing Nova Austral for damages to the sea floor stemming from farm operations in the Magallanes region.