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Omega-3 pioneer prepares to scale up
A Scottish-based biotech company looking to develop a new source of natural omega-3 is planning to expand after raising £14m in funding. MiAlgae uses nutrient-rich by-products from the whisky industry...
Under fire
From highway robbery to lawsuits from indigenous communities, as Vince McDonagh reports, the Chilean salmon industry is facing challenges on a number of fronts. Of all the major fish farming...
Proximar secures one billion yen in loan capital
Proximar Seafood has secured two loan agreements worth a total of one billion Japanese yen for its Mount Fuji RAS salmon farm project. The figure, broadly equivalent to £5.3m or...
Norwegian salmon price slowly moving up again
The fresh salmon market is back on an upward trend in Norway again, for the first time in several weeks. But the increase is small, at just 1.4% according to...
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Red Lobster restaurant chain secures survival at last
US seafood chain Red Lobster has been saved from bankruptcy thanks to a consortium of investors. The group operates hundreds of restaurants across the United States, Asia and Central America,...
Norway and EU strike deal on seafood quotas
Just days after announcing a key trade deal with Brazil, Norway has secured an agreement to sell more seafood into the European Union. The agreement, which will greatly help Norway’s...
Producers face EU grilling over cartel allegations
Some of Norway’s biggest salmon producers are expected to appear in a closed-doors hearing this week in front of the European Commission’s Competition directorate, to face allegations of price-fixing. Reuters...
Brazil opens up to Norwegian salmon
The Oslo government has persuaded Brazil to fully open its market to Norwegian seafood, most notably salmon. With a population of more than 215 million, Brazil represents a huge opportunity...
Brexit threat to Scottish recruitment
SCOTLAND\'S seafood processors are far more dependent on European workers than those elsewhere in the UK, new figures from Marine Scotland show. And efforts to recruit UK workers were now...
Fish Update Briefing, Friday, January 5
NORWAY SALMON VOLUMES ON THE RISE THE volume of salmon in cages at Norwegian fish farms, as measured by weight, rose by nine per cent year-on-year during November, said Seafood Norway. The industry...
Focus on feed in Middle East
A SHORT course for aquafeed producers will be held during the international trade show VIV MEA 2018 in Abu Dhabi in February. The one-day course aims to promote a better...
Mass rubbish found on fishing grounds
MORE than 100 million pieces of rubbish are lying at the bottom of the Barents Sea, one of the world\'s richest fishing grounds, Norwegian researchers have discovered. The evidence is based...
