There is a 'natural fit' for traditional salmon farmers with offshore aquaculture, says chief seafood analyst Gorjan Nikolik
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WWF-backed Ocean Rainforest plots global seaweed revolution
Ocean Rainforest, a Faroese seaweed farmer, has opened a $6m series A funding round to finance a number of new farms in the Atlantic and Pacific Continue reading
Maine lobster harvester group staffs up for whale, wind fights
Maine lobster harvesters might be enjoying record high prices but new trap rope rules are coming that, they fear, could shut down the fishery Continue reading
UK gov’t to announce plans for £100m post-Brexit fishing fund ‘very shortly’, says minister
Victoria Prentis told MPs on Tuesday that the first tranche of money would support the first of 'three pillars' of the government's strategy for the sector
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Newfoundland harvesters, processors compromise on sea cucumber price
Harvesters in the Canadian province have informed their union that they will begin fishing for sea cucumbers this week Continue reading
With shutdown avoided, Alaska sockeye season off to strong start
'Probably within the next seven days we’ll see the peak harvest' -- Alaska Department of Fish and Game's Forest Bowers said of Bristol Bay sockeye salmon fishing
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Good illex squid catch weighs on global prices
This season's illex squid fishery in the southwest Atlantic has closed with an estimated catch of 580,000t, the highest since 2015 Continue reading
Maine elver season ends with return of high wharf prices
Prices for Maine's baby eels bounced back after a slump in 2020 brought about by a collapse in demand
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Rattled Spanish, French Med fleet claims EU demersal plan ‘ignores reality’
"It seems as if the EU authorities wanted the fishing sector to disappear, making such plans without taking into account our already difficult situation," Europeche's Javier Garat said Continue reading
Moroccan summer octopus fishing season starts with record high prices
Despite the restart of the fishing activity in Morocco, octopus prices remain at a very high level. And some European companies expect them to further increase Continue reading