A German company that produces “cultivated” seafood grown from fish cells is looking at the post-Brexit United Kingdom as potentially its first market in Europe.

Two smoked salmon products produced by fish farmer Huon Aquaculture have won gold awards at the 2022 Royal Tasmanian Fine Food Awards, with a further two products gaining a silver award.

Canadian seafood heavyweight Cooke Inc. has bought western Europe’s leading shrimp processor, Morubel NV, that cultivates, processes, packs and distributes shrimp and other seafood products.

Transgenic-salmon farmer AquaBounty today revealed that it may have to phase the construction of its 10,000-tonne on-land farm in Ohio because of rising costs.

Recirculating aquaculture systems and floating closed containment offer fish farmers more control of the farming environment but fish can quickly die if equipment malfunctions. Here BioMarine, a division of OxyVision, details what can happen if fate pulls the plug and how emergency oxygen can avert a rapid disaster.

Gene-edited, sterile salmon is similar to other farmed salmon in terms of both health and omega 3, a study by Norway’s Institute of Marine Research showed.

Recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) specialist Billund Aquaculture’s Danish and Norwegian operations have become separate companies with separate owners.

Nordic Aquafarms Inc, which plans to build a 33,000-tonne on-land salmon farm in Humboldt, northern California, has thanked its partners, supporters, and the community after planners voted unanimously to certify the project’s Environmental Impact Report (EIR).

Global aquaculture industry supplier AKVA group today said it expects to make an operating loss of NOK 41 million (£3.45 m) for the second quarter of this year, despite a 9% increase in revenue to NOK 907 m – and cited Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as one of the reasons why.

Competition authorities in Iceland have approved salmon farmer Arnarlax’s agreement to buy full ownership of a smolt facility in which it already has a 50% stake, paving the way for the farmer to produce bigger smolts.

A spectacular salmon farming visitor centre that has been constructed in Norway has begun the journey to its destination.