Read more about the article Norcod: Time is right for sustainable cod farming
Trondheim company Norcod is heading going into cod farming, aiming for a 25,000 tonne annual production by 2025. Image: Norcod

Norcod: Time is right for sustainable cod farming

Trondheim-based Norcod is making plans for farming cod on an industrial scale, anticipating a robust global demand for seafood. The company sees a generally favourable environment ahead, with projected strong…

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Read more about the article Atlantic Sapphire Wins European ‘Star of Innovation’ Award

Atlantic Sapphire finance director Karl Øystein Øyehaug accepting the European ‘Star of Innovation’ Award at an event in Brussels. Image: Atlantic Sapphire

Atlantic Sapphire Wins European ‘Star of Innovation’ Award


Atlantic Sapphire has been named ‘Star of Innovation’ at the annual European Small and Mid-Cap Awards 2019 held in Brussels. Atlantic Sapphire is the first seafood company to win this…

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Read more about the article Atlantic Sapphire nominated for 2019 European Small and Mid-Cap Awards
Atlantic Sapphire is pioneering its Bluehouse (land-raised) salmon farming locally and transforming protein production globally. Its innovation centre has been based at Langsand in Denmark since 2011. Image: Atlantic Sapphire

Atlantic Sapphire nominated for 2019 European Small and Mid-Cap Awards

Atlantic Sapphire, a pioneer of Bluehouse (land-raised) salmon farming locally and transforming protein production globally, has been shortlisted as a Star of Innovation company at the annual European Small and…

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Read more about the article MPI’s new JetMaster prototype at AquaNor 2019
MPI’s new Jetmaster cage cleaning system will be shown for the first time at this year’s Aqua-Nor in Trondheim

MPI’s new JetMaster prototype at AquaNor 2019

As well as displaying the world’s fastest remote-controlled automated farm cage cleaning robots at this year’s AquaNor exhibition in Trondheim, aquaculture cage washing experts Multi Pump Innovation (MPI) have announced…

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Read more about the article Egersund Ísland – back to IceFish in 2020
Egersund Ísland’s is one of Iceland’s main suppliers of pelagic trawls and purse seines, and has been increasingly expanding into serving the growing aquaculture sector in Iceland. Image: Egersund Ísland

Egersund Ísland – back to IceFish in 2020

‘We won the prize for the best stand in the exhibition in 2017, so we’ll certainly be back next time,’ said Egersund Ísland’s sales manager Benedikt Ernir Stefánsson. Closely linked…

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Read more about the article Irish rope-grown mussels get MSC blue label
BIM CEO Jim O’Toole with Jo Pollett of MSC UK and Ireland and mussel farmer Michael Mulloy of Blackshell Farm Ltd. Image: Julien Behal Photography

Irish rope-grown mussels get MSC blue label

The Irish rope grown mussel fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification. Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, is the holder of this latest MSC certificate. The state…

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Read more about the article An electric future
Moen Marine’s first electric newbuild for the aquaculture sector will be on display at Aqua-Nor. Image: Moen Marine

An electric future

Having already delivered hybrid fishing vessel Angelsen Senior earlier this year, Norwegian yard Moen Marine is set to build an all-electric aquaculture support vessel for a Norwegian customer. The 13.50…

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Read more about the article Top salmon producer opts for latest innovation in cage cleaning technology
Mowi in Ireland have opted for cage cleaning technology provided by Norwegian firm MPI (Multi Pump Innovation, using the Racemaster remotely-controlled robot with pressurised water jets to clean marine growth from salmon cages

Top salmon producer opts for latest innovation in cage cleaning technology

In Ireland MOWI has continued in the development project that began in 1979 in Fanad Fisheries in Donegal and has now expanded to include additional sites in Donegal (Lough Swilly,…

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