Tongwei, BioMar JV captures 20% of China’s sturgeon feed market
Tongwei BioMar was established in 2015, specializing in the production of coldwater fish feed
Plans in motion to allow caviar production in Australia
It is illegal to import live sturgeon into Australia for aquaculture purposes, but the government is currently working on a new biosecurity import risk analysis
Energy firm to pay Russian fish regulator $984m in oil spill settlement
The energy firm NTEC will also fund scientific research carried out by Russia's federal fisheries research institute, VINRO
UK caviar firm readies for world’s first cell-cultivated sturgeon roe by 2023
Exmoor Caviar hopes to have cell-cultivated sturgeon caviar marketed in Japan by late 2023 and in Europe and the US in 2025
Russian fish farmers run short of imported aquafeed
Russian freshwater fish farmers are reluctant to use feed from domestic ingredients as it clogs up their closed-loop systems
Illinois man pleads guilty to illegally harvesting $14,563 worth of roe, sturgeon
Individual illegal hauls of sturgeon roe ranged from 7 pounds to 84 lbs that drew payments of $791 to $5,057
Dairy giant Muller in talks to add Polish processor to seafood holdings
The German food conglomerate is in talks to acquire a private equity-backed seafood processor based in Poland, sources told Undercurrent
With Sedacca at the helm, Sterling Caviar plans series of US aquaculture acquisitions
Sterling Caviar is looking at a series of acquisitions and is exploring the purchase of US striped bass, tilapia, black bass and catfish farmers, among other possibilities
Russia’s aquaculture output hit almost 357,000t in 2021
Russia's aquaculture production increased by 8.5% year-on-year to 356,600 metric tons in 2021, with salmon accounting for 38% of the total during this period
Icelandic startup snaps up Stolt’s local sturgeon assets
Newly-formed Nordlenzka Styrjufelag has bought 200 or so sturgeon from Stolt Sea Farm after the latter decided to drop the species from its portfolio at its Icelandic site