Post-harvest

Malaysia-based retail chain AEON Co Bhd won praise today for publishing a comprehensive new fish health and welfare policy that protects the "five freedoms" of fish in the company's supply chain.

Scientists have identified a new species of ultra-small microalgae found in home aquaria, saying that the new algae can be produced in mass quantities and yield innovative products for the food industry.

Victory Farms might have achieved a great deal in their first seven years, but – as company CEO, Joseph Rehmann, explains in the second part of the article – fresh challenges and opportunities await.

Vegan seafood company Boldly is entering the food scene with its calamari, shrimp, salmon and tuna sashimi offerings derived from konjac root vegetable.

The shrimp sector is in for a difficult year, with many of the smaller farmers likely to go out of business, according to Rabobank’s latest Global Aquaculture Update, which was published this week.

BioMar has signed a collaboration agreement with Benson Hill Ingredients to shore up BioMar’s responsible feed ingredient sourcing programme and to make further advancements on sustainable aquafeed.

Following on the success of its inaugural event in 2022, the Global Shrimp Forum is returning to Utrecht for 2023 and is accepting early-bird reservations.

Regal Springs has won multiple corporate social responsibility (CSR) awards from the Serdang Bedagai District Government in Indonesia, underscoring the firm’s efforts to serve the local community and foster industrial re…

The company behind the leading shrimp-ISH plant-based seafood line has completed another seed funding round and plans to continue developing its alternative seafood portfolio.

Ittinsect, a Rome-based biotech startup, is developing a range of high-performance aquafeeds based on insects, microalgae and agriculture by-products to replace the use of ocean-sourced fishmeal in aquaculture.

Mowi is reporting low harvest volumes and poorer than expected fish growth at its Irish salmon operations.

The latest analysis from the IFFO explores both the supply and demand of marine ingredients for 2022 and early 2023 – finding that fish oil supplies are increasing as fishmeal production is trending lower.

Atlantic Canada’s bivalve sector is receiving new investment to aid recovery from Hurricane Fiona and safeguard key jobs.

Reaching 10,000 tonnes of tilapia production within eight years of being founded is no mean feat – especially in a poverty-stricken country with an extremely limited aquaculture ecosystem – but it’s only the tip of the i…

Angela Odero, CEO and co-founder of Rio Fish Limited, is on a mission to end the sex-for-fish trade in Kenya, (whereby women traders are sexually exploited by predatory fishermen) - through market linkages so that women …

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 latest edition of the EU’s blue bioeconomy report, which has just been published, focuses on the farming of algae and seaweeds.

Over the last two years, Karavela, one of the largest canned fish producers in Northern Europe, has turned to develop plant-based seafood alternatives with great success across several European countries and is now aimin…

Worldchefs has renewed their longstanding partnership with Sterling White Halibut, the world's leading halibut farmer.

Scallop aquaculture in Maine has been developing for the past 20 years – giving former and existing commercial fishermen new job prospects in the blue economy.