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Mowi ASA has suspended dividends and warns of job cuts by 2024 in today’s second quarter results.

Lagos State University in Nigeria has received $4,000 of equipment to train fish farmers and promote sustainable cage aquaculture in West Africa.

Swiss food giant Nestle is launching a plant-based tuna alternative in Switzerland this month, with plans to tap the global market later this year.

The state government in Odisha, India has launched a new policy to promote biofloc farming in intensive aquaculture operations.

The European Union and United States have announced a $200-million trade deal that would cut import tariffs on US lobsters.

Following the launch of Hatch’s latest aquaculture accelerator programme this week, The Fish Site delves a little bit more into the companies who make up the cohort and what they’d like to achieve over the cours…

The federal waters off southern California and in the Gulf of Mexico have been designated as the USA’s first two Aquaculture Opportunity Areas by NOAA Fisheries.

A vegetarian shrimp product developed by The Plant Based Seafood Co has been declared the Most Disruptive Product of 2020 in Prepared Foods’ Spirit of Innovation awards.

A salmon farm off the Kintyre Penninsula in Scotland is in a precarious position after Storm Ellen dislodged its anchors.

Plans to stock one of the most extraordinary fish farms on the planet have been delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Norwegian salmon sector’s capacity has been increased by nearly 30,000 tonnes, following an auction of new permits this week.

Asia continues to be an attractive market for investments in the aquafeed sector, despite a number of challenges, according to a new report by Rabobank.

NOAA has awarded grants to six aquaculture startups as part of a new $3 million initiative to support the development of innovative technology for marine sectors including aquaculture.

Following the launch of its Rethink Fish campaign, which aims to increase the emphasis on fish welfare, Compassion in World Farming’s Dr Krzysztof Wojtas explains why welfare needs to be prioritised.

Aquafeed manufacturer BioMar increased sales by 9 percent and revenues by 7 percent compared to the second quarter of 2019.

This year’s Seafood Expo Asia has been cancelled due to ongoing health and safety issues caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ecuador’s production and trade minister expects a quick resolution to a trade dispute with China after traces of the SARS-CoV-2, the causative agent of COVID-19, were detected in a container of exported shrimp.

A consortium of researchers has taken a significant step forward in the development of anchoring technology that could support the aquaculture sector’s ambitions to deliver long-term sustainable growth and reduce its env…

Transgenic-salmon producer AquaBounty has announced plans to raise funds via a share offering.