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Réunimer-Pêcherie du Sud, a seafood processor based in Réunion, has attracted investment interest from Hivest Capital Partners, which has acquired a majority stake in the business. The size of the stake and the price paid were not disclosed. Réunimer-Pêcherie du Sud operates across the entire seafood value chain, supplying products to both French and international markets. The company has a focus on sustainability and has partnerships with various organizations in the field. Hivest plans to strengthen the company's position in its current markets and expand internationally. [Extracted from the article]

Bakkafrost, a salmon processing company based in the Faroe Islands, is considering closing two facilities in Stornoway, Scotland. The potential closure of the Marybank and Arnish sites would result in the loss of around 80 jobs. Bakkafrost attributes the proposed move to the majority of its fish being harvested in the first part of the year. The company plans to engage in collective consultation with affected individuals and hopes to complete this process in the coming weeks. The potential job losses have been described as devastating by a local politician. Bakkafrost is the largest fish farming company in the Faroe Islands, the second largest in Scotland, and the third largest in the world. [Extracted from the article]

Canadian frozen seafood company, High Liner Foods, has acquired a 4.5% ownership stake in Norway's Andfjord Salmon Group for C$10 million ($7.29 million). Andfjord specializes in processing Atlantic salmon using sustainable techniques and plans to use the funds to increase production capacity. High Liner Foods sees land-based aquaculture as an important component of the global salmon supply chain and believes that partnering with Andfjord will provide valuable insights and experience in this area. This investment follows High Liner Foods' previous acquisition of a 10% stake in NorcodAS, a Norwegian company specializing in North Atlantic cod. [Extracted from the article]

Bakkafrost estimates the Skálavík facility will help its annual smolt production reach around 6.5m smolt of 500g. Keywords: Fish & Seafood; News EN Fish & Seafood News N.PAG N.PAG 1 11/10/23 20231108 NES 231108 Salmon producer Bakkafrost has cut 140 contractual roles across its value-added products business (VAP), while at the same time announcing its investment in a new smolt hatchery in the Faroe Islands. [Extracted from the article]

Butterfly Equity is a returning investor for the business, having first deployed an unspecified investment to Pacifico Aquaculture in 2017. Keywords: Fish & Seafood; Meat; Deals; News EN Fish & Seafood Meat Deals News N.PAG N.PAG 1 11/03/23 20231101 NES 231101 Pacifico Aquaculture, a striped bass farming business, has attracted investment to fund a new fish nursery off the coast of Mexico. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Fish & Seafood; News; Mowi EN Fish & Seafood News Mowi N.PAG N.PAG 1 05/16/23 20230511 NES 230511 Mowi, the world's largest salmon farmer, has re-affirmed its opposition to the Norwegian government's planned aquaculture tax despite the proposals being amended. Speaking yesterday (10 May), after the release of Mowi's first-quarter results, CEO Ivan Vindheim said the amended proposal presented to the country's parliament contained "disappointingly few changes". [Extracted from the article]

"Working together with the True North Seafood sales team and leveraging Cooke's global infrastructure and reach, we will help support our customers in increasing consumption of seafood in North America." Keywords: Fish & Seafood; Deals; News EN Fish & Seafood Deals News N.PAG N.PAG 1 03/21/23 20230315 NES 230315 Canadian seafood firm Cooke has added to its growing portfolio with the purchase of US-based Slade Gorton. [Extracted from the article]

Fish & Seafood, Deal News, Homepage, News, Food M&A Keywords: Fish & Seafood; Deal News; Homepage; News; Food M&A EN Fish & Seafood Deal News Homepage News Food M&A N.PAG N.PAG 1 07/01/22 20220627 NES 220627 UK-based Thistle Seafoods has bought a Dawnfresh Seafoods' asset out of administration. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents a case study of the aquaculture company Marine Harvest ASA which initiated trading its stock in the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in January 2014. Various issues related to company that are discussed includes panfishing, global aquaculture market, fish farming and technology used for producing growing animals that will be used for farming than natural species.

Keywords: Food; Meat and Seafood; Seafood and seafood alternatives; Sponsored; Sustainability; sponsored EN Food Meat and Seafood Seafood and seafood alternatives Sponsored Sustainability sponsored N.PAG N.PAG 1 04/05/22 20220331 NES 220331 A growing global population, diminishing resources and the ramifications of climate change have resulted in unprecedented levels of innovation, interest and investment in agri-food tech. Food, Meat and Seafood, Sponsored, Sustainability, Seafood and seafood alternatives, sponsored. [Extracted from the article]

HKScan enters fish category with minority interest in Gårdsfisk brand owner The journey of transformation that HKScan has begun, as illustrated by its collaboration with Gårdsfisk, is certainly historic for HKScan as a well-known meat company, but it feels natural as consumer habits change. Keywords: Meat and Seafood; News; Food M&A; HKScan; Homepage Top Section EN Meat and Seafood News Food M&A HKScan Homepage Top Section N.PAG N.PAG 1 11/26/21 20211122 NES 211122 HKScan is taking a minority stake in Scandinavian Aquasystems as the Finnish food group - a meat processor - enters the fish market through a partnership with the Swedish business. [Extracted from the article]

The company, Kearney wrote, is "focused on providing our shareholders, particularly retail shareholders, with the opportunity to secure proper value for all their Huon shares". Keywords: Meat and Seafood; News; Food M&A; Homepage Top Section; JBS EN Meat and Seafood News Food M&A Homepage Top Section JBS N.PAG N.PAG 1 08/27/21 20210823 NES 210823 JBS takeover target Huon Aquaculture has revealed the meat giant's bid for the Australian seafood group is "materially higher" than an offer made some months ago by Tattarang Agrifood, one of its largest shareholders. [Extracted from the article]

Although experts estimate that humans have been farm-raising seafood for nearly 4000 years, the practice of aquaculture has been gaining unprecedented popularity over the past two decades, giving farmraised fish, mollusks, crustaceans, seaweed, and other aquatic organisms an increased importance in the modern food supply. Between 1984 and 2001, world aquaculture production increased by over 300 percent, making it the fastest growing food production activity on the planet. The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) estimates that the production from aquaculture efforts could double between the end of the 20th century and 2020 (Mock, White, & Wagener, 2001). This growth in the aquaculture industry is due to a number of factors. First, global demand for seafood is on the rise, while many ocean stocks are in decline. In addition, aquaculture techniques and technologies continue to improve, making aquaculture a more sustainable practice. Further, aquaculture products are particularly important to the human food chain. Nearly all the farm-raised seafood is destined for use as human food, as opposed to wildcaught seafood, which is also used to make fishmeal and fish oil for animal feeds

Norwegian seafood businesses Nergard Holding and Norsk Sjomat have merged operations, with the combined entity expected to secure a stock market listing in the current quarter. Icelandic seafood company Samherji will hold a majority stake in the new business. [Extracted from the article]

Keywords: Mitsubishi Corp. EN Mitsubishi Corp. N.PAG N.PAG 1 05/07/20 20200414 NES 200414 Cermaq, the Norway-based salmon and trout producer, has closed two facilities in Chile as the business restructures to eliminate over-capacity and meet new regulations. According to the spokesperson, salmon farming in Chile takes place in 16 regions, with Cermaq present in three in the south of the country - ten, 11 and 12. [Extracted from the article]

B David Burrows sets out the state of play in the UK grocery retail market for seafood-alternative products - and asks those in the category how it could take shape in the coming years. b The number of these is growing: according to YouGov research conducted for plant-based product manufacturer Quorn Foods, one in two UK consumers now chooses plant-based alternatives for environmental reasons. [Extracted from the article]

The article presents information related to the trends prevailing in various sectors of the Norwegian economy in 2006. The 1,200-km-long Langeled pipeline supplying natural gas from Norway to Great Britain has been opened on October 16, 2006. The pipeline has been constructed by Norwegian petroleum industry giant Norsk Hydro. Preliminary figures released by Statistics Norway at the end of September 2006 indicate the strengths of Norway's fish farming industry.

Global demand for fish products has doubled since the 1950s and is still rising. Today more than 40 percent of the world's seafood comes not from wild catches but from land-based and offshore farms. With many wild fisheries already overharvested throughout the world, aquaculture is an important food source — especially for poor countries — and has made seafood more abundant and affordable. But some fish farms pollute surrounding waters, and escaped farm fish compete with wild stocks and spread diseases. Moreover, raising carnivorous fish can use up more fish protein for feed than it produces, further stressing wild fisheries. There are also growing concerns about whether imported seafood is safe to eat and whether the United States regulates fish imports strictly enough. Congress is considering legislation to expand ocean aquaculture, but many fish and marine experts urge caution, saying we know little about the potential impact on the oceans. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Open ocean aquaculture, defined as the rearing of marine organisms under controlled conditions in exposed, high-energy ocean environments beyond significant coastal influence, is one possible option for meeting increasing consumer demand for marine products and offering new and alternative employment opportunities. Proponents see such development as avoiding inshore user conflicts and potentially addressing the growing seafood trade deficit. Opponents point to other concerns. Major challenges to open ocean aquaculture development include (1) choosing appropriate species and culture techniques; (2) obtaining sufficient start-up capital investment; (3) remaining competitive in an international market; (4) negotiating a complicated legal and regulatory environment; (5) designing and constructing facilities able to withstand the open ocean marine environment; (6) evaluating social and economic impacts; and (7) addressing potential environmental impacts. New and developmental technology, the risk and uncertainty associated with exposed open ocean locations, lack of operational experience, and high capital start-up costs make estimating profitability and securing financing difficult for new open ocean aquaculture ventures. In addition, significant questions remain about whether an appropriate mechanism exists for any federal agency to provide an open ocean aquaculture lease applicant with the necessary property rights to begin construction and operation. Any U.S. open ocean aquaculture enterprise will also face issues of how to compete in a global marketplace with nations whose aquaculture production costs are likely much lower. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has drafted a "National Offshore Aquaculture Act" that would implement some of the recommendations of the U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, several regional fishery management councils have adopted fishery management plan amendments to address open ocean aquaculture development. This report will be updated as circumstances warrant. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

3. Agco CEO Martin Richenhagen says his company has avoided a lot of the U.S.-China trade war's impacts because of its large international exposure. 4. The dairy checkoff program, which began in 1983, would cost a farmer milking 100 Holstein cows about $3,400 a year. Yet per-capita milk consumption in the United States has fallen, or remained flat, every year since 1985. [Extracted from the article]

The article offers information on London based investor group, FAIRR has issued a warning about future prospects of aquaculture industry. It highlights investment opportunities in sustainable innovation. It mentions marine fish production in South East Asia which expected to drop by rising sea temperature and ocean acidification.

The article reports that Estonia's salmon and trout farming business PRFoods secured fish farm deal with seafood processor Hiiu Kalu.

The article presents the economic performance of Norway in 2010 by Economist Intelligence Unit Ltd. It states that the country's economic conditions appear to be favorable for the fisheries, fish farming, and metal industries. It also explores the factors that contribute to the improvement of the current-account surplus in the first quarter of 2010.

The article offers information on the improvements in earnings of salmon farming company Marine Harvest in the second quarter of 2016. Topics discussed include the increase in the operational EBIT of the company, the volume of fish farmed during this period in several countries including Norway, Scotland, and Canada, and the listing of the company in both the Oslo and New York Stock Exchanges.

The article reports on the decision of seafood processor Marine Harvest Scotland to cut 100 jobs after a review of business operations. Topics covered include the company's low operational earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) and higher start-up costs at the Rosyth processing plant that required restructuring across all departments. Also mentioned are the goals of meeting challenges in sustainability and moving with the faster pace of the fish farming industry.

Discusses the benefits of cod farming for salmon farmers in Great Britain. Harvesting of the first ever batch of commercially farmed cod in the Shetlands; Technical problems that have stalled all attempts at commercial cod farming; Sale of cod to restaurants in the U.S.; European fish farming industry’s focus on the production of salmon; Reduction of salmon prices due to overproduction.