Portuguese, Irish firms merge to sell tailored whitefish hatchery feeds
Portuguese feedmaker Sparos has merged with Irish distributor PTAqua in order to sell feeds tailored for seabass, seabream, cod, amberjacks, and rock gilthead
Losses mount in Irish port as vessels turn away over weighing requirement
Losses are mounting in the Irish port of Killybegs with vessels turning away over a requirement that fish is weighed without water before further transport
Leroy Q1 salmon, trout harvest down 24%
The company, majority-owned by Austevoll Seafood, reported a Q1 harvest of 32,100 metric tons
Northern Ireland sees end of EU ‘discrimination’ with herring quota upped 1,500t
Alan McCulla, CEO of the Kilkeel-based Anglo-North Irish Fish Producers Organisation, said Brexit is bearing "substantial rewards" for the Northern Irish fishing industry
US foodtech firm, Nordic soy meal producer team to target European aquaculture
The two companies' plan is to deliver non-GMO soy ingredients to the European aquaculture sector
SalMar’s Q1 harvests up across all regions
The company harvested 45,000t of salmon in Q1, up 22% y-o-y
Two convicted in Canadian lobster sales scam
The illegal sales of lobster harvested via Canadian food, social and ceremonial fishing licenses was seen by many as cover for a growing black market fishery
Watch: Ecuador shrimp farms can’t stop expanding even amid rising costs
Gabriel Luna, Ecuadorian shrimp farmer and owner of GLuna Shrimp, believes that producers and the supply chain will have to absorb raw material price increases, for now
Mowi names McManus operations director in Ireland
Former company technical manager Catherine McManus assumes the role after more than 30 years at Mowi
Joyvio’s Australis begins family-focused value-added products push in US
'What we are looking to do is to develop products that are kid-friendly, aimed at young families' -- Jorge Niemann, Australis marketing and consumer products manager