Aas Mek awards contract for wellboat pumps
Aas Mekaniske Verksted has awarded PG Flow Solutions a contract to supply seawater circulation pumps to a wellboat the shipyard is building for Brønnbåt Nord Lofoten. The wellboat for Brønnbåt…
Salmon producer Loch Duart has announced that it is making significant further investment to ensure the traceability of its salmon as it takes the food fraud fight to North America. Image: Loch Duart
Loch Duart extends protection of its salmon into North America
The North-West Scotland-based salmon farming business has been working in the UK with forensic food analysis experts Oritain, for two years, deploying their pioneering ability to trace fresh salmon samples…
The Future of Food from the Sea report argues that oceans have the potential to enable a sixfold increase in food production – if the management and technology are in place
Six times more food from the ocean, claims new report
The world’s oceans have the capacity to supply much of the food required to feed a growing world population, primarily through the sustainable expansion of marine aquaculture, according to a…
Prestige Oysters are the first wild oyster fishery in the Americas to be recognised for sustainable fishing practices
Prestige Oysters – first MSC-certified oyster fishery in the Americas
Prestige Oysters, one of the largest producers of Gulf oysters, has achieved MSC certification for its private oyster fisheries in Texas and Louisiana, making it the first wild oyster fishery…
Vónin’s new Norðskála facility is expected to be finished in January 2020.
Expanding aquaculture capacity at Norðskála
The expansion of Vónin’s aquaculture division at Norðskála will update the company’s capacity, gearing it up to continue providing the aquaculture industry with a premium service. The new working hall…
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…
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…
Atlantic Sapphire has joined the United Nations Global Compact. Image: Atlantic Sapphire
Atlantic Sapphire joins UN Global Compact
Pioneering salmon producer Atlantic Sapphire has joined the United Nations Global Compact, the world’s largest voluntary corporate sustainability initiative. As a member of the UN Global Compact, Atlantic Sapphire commits…
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…
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…
