Post-harvest

Fresh shrimp produced sustainably in the world’s first clear water, clean energy farm are available for the first time for delivery to households across the UK.

Despite the turbulent economic climate, Netherlands-based The Kingfish Company is expanding - and charting new waters in the USA.

A new report is urging consumers to eat less farmed salmon in favour of more fish and shellfish that are lower down the foodchain.

The unique design of a corrugated cardboard composition pack for the transportation of fresh fish and shellfish has added registered status to its list of accolades.

A share offering in the krill fishing firm Aker BioMarine has been oversubscribed within a day of being launched, while its CEO has been compared to the manager of Liverpool football club.

Norwegian salmon exports to China fell by a third last week following links between salmon imports and the latest outbreak of COVID-19 in Beijing.

One of the world’s largest tiger prawn farms has suffered a key funding setback.

Commercial aquaculture is at risk "of fostering future zoonotic pandemics", according to a new report by FAIRR.

The introduction of grouper aquaculture in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) could be “economically sound, environmentally beneficial, and socially enhancing”.

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to act as a catalyst for a number of key changes in the global seafood sector, according to Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik

Aquaculture business models need to be more inclusive of smallholder farmers and others in the industry’s value chain in order to alleviate poverty.

The global salmon sector is suffering from a rising discrepancy between the projected and actual harvests and producers can’t afford to be complacent about their ability to fulfil global demand for salmon.

SARS-CoV-2 cannot infect aquatic food animals, meaning that these do not play a direct role in spreading COVID-19 to humans.

The cascading effect of the coronavirus pandemic have had a striking impact on marine trade in India – aquaculturists have been losing their livelihoods, and experts are expecting more disruption to come

The coronavirus pandemic led to a 32 percent drop in Scottish salmon exports in February, although the sector is trying to adapt to the ever-changing COVID-19-related restrictions.

The salmon and shrimp sectors have been affected very differently by the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, according to Gorjan Nikolik, senior seafood analyst at Rabobank.

Despite its horrific implications for global health and the global economy, the coronavirus outbreak should serve as a call for more countries, including Kenya, to become more self-sufficient in food, argues John Eric.

Stolt Sea Farm reported a $12 million drop in the value of its sole, sturgeon and turbot biomass during the first quarter of the year, driven “by a significant drop in market demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic”.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Benchmark expects a “significant” reduction in sales of its advanced nutrition products but believes that its genetics sales should hold firm.

Irish aquaculture producers have been asked to fill in a form to strengthen the sector's case for financial aid from the government as they struggle to deal with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.