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Kingfish moves across the pond

7 Jul 2020

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

Crawfish aquaculture: a season in review

24 Jun 2020

In the first installment of a new monthly column for The Fish Site, Professor Greg Lutz looks at how Louisiana’s crawfish farmers are faring in an extraordinary year for the sector.

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Shrinking prospects for shrimp farmers as India faces a global slump

23 Apr 2020

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

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What US import refusals can tell us about global shrimp aquaculture

26 Feb 2020

The reasons why shrimp are denied access to the US market raises serious questions about both food safety and food waste.

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News

Ecuador says that shrimp exports to China are back on track after COVID-19 dispute

12 Aug 2020

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.

WWF invests in Faroese kelp farming firm

6 Aug 2020

Faroese kelp farming firm Ocean Rainforest, which is also conducting cutting-edge trials in California, has announced the closure of a $1.5 million funding round this week.

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A novel way of assessing broodstock value

3 Aug 2020

Assessing the value of a company’s broodstock is now possible, following the launch of a new service from Xelect.

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Bangladesh’s aquaculture success story

31 Jul 2020

By capitalising on its geography and adopting a “blue growth” economic policy, Bangladesh has become the fifth largest global aquaculture producer – and is expected to keep growing.

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Aquatic chickens or blue internationalism?

13 Jul 2020

Four possible scenarios for the development of global aquaculture have been suggested in a thought-provoking new study.

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More news

Economics & markets

Salmon farming worth £2 billion to Scottish economy

29 Apr 2019

Scotland’s salmon farming sector is worth over £2 billion to the country’s economy, according to a new report.

A decision that "could reshape the salmon market globally"

11 Apr 2019

Rabobank and WWF have teamed up to improve the sustainability of Chile’s salmon farming sector by offering the country's…

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How swine fever could benefit the global aquaculture trade

22 Mar 2019

Aquaculture producers can expect a rise in demand for their products over the next few years, due to protein shortages c…

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Health message key to future salmon sales

16 Jan 2019

Salmon sellers must market their products as being “the leading healthy and sustainable protein and move away from being…

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Consumer products

Fish-free seafood – a quick look at an emerging market

1 Apr 2019

With sales of vegan seafood already booming, The Fish Site looks at some of the movers and shakers in the fish-free seaf…

Shrimp farmer secures $100 million retail deal

30 Mar 2019

Chinese e-commerce giant ecMAx has signed an agreement to buy €100 million worth of shrimp and other aquaculture product…

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Cermaq cashes in on polar provenance

18 Mar 2019

Cermaq has launched its True Arctic brand of salmon at the Seafood Expo North America (SENA) this week.

Scottish farmers target US seafood market

12 Mar 2019

Four of Scotland’s top aquaculture producers are en route to Boston this week to exhibit at Seafood Expo North America (…