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Benchmark completes sales of genetics division to Danish investor

Benchmark Genetics is now formally part of Danish science investor Novo Holdings, as well as full owner of its salmon breeding facility in Salten, Norway

Atlantic Sapphire hopes to turn page on past mistakes as it moves into ‘industrialized phase’

The land-based salmon farmer has corrected problems with its facility in the US state of Florida and has commenced large-scale production, according to its CFO

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AquaBounty chases ‘strategic alternatives’ for Ohio farm after sale of assets, Canadian farm

Avramar reopens Spanish bass, bream juvenile facility

AquaBounty facing lawsuit from contractor claiming $1.6m unpaid bill

Global fishmeal shortage less than a decade away with more supply shocks likely, analyst warns

India’s Aquaconnect commits $4.5m to aquaculture R&D facility

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Aruna clarifies layoffs actually 18%, says expansion plan still a go

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Norwegian salmon sector turns tide with contained pens, ‘precision’ aquaculture

Indonesian aquatech firm Aruna culls up to 40% of its staff

US land-based steelhead producer considers expansion into tilapia

Finnish fish byproducts firm SuperGround gets €2.5m investment from Hatch

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Aquaculture America 2025: Animal rights activists ‘well-funded, strategic,’ says NAA

Hatch Blue’s Crest aquaculture start-up accelerator program kicks off in Hawaii

AquaBounty sells Canadian assets to Cooke subsidiary for CAD 3m

RAS system provider Pure Salmon Technology’s CEO to step down

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Atlantic Sapphire delays schedule for breaking even

Weakness in global shrimp markets weighs on Benchmark’s turnover, margins

Investors in Indonesia’s eFishery face heavy losses as firm struggles with financial collapse

Brazil develops first commercial-scale genetically edited tilapia

UR-backed Icelandic investor buys up Swedish water treatment firm

Singapore aquaculture CEO charged in $336,000 bribery case

German group secures $4.5m majority stake in Norwegian aquatech firm

Small Ohio town ‘carrying the cost’ after AquaBounty closes down, according to ProPublica

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$3.6 million tilapia hatchery aims to boost Jamaica aquaculture production

Jamaica's aquaculture sector is set to get a boost as construction on a state-of-the-art tilapia hatchery, including a recirculating aquaculture system, nears completion

Red tape is costing US aquaculture nearly $900m in lost opportunities, NOAA-funded study suggests

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Nordic Aquafarms blindsided: $500m Maine salmon project in jeopardy

Report reveals list of employees potentially implicated in eFishery fraud

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Mowi, Leroy back heavy salmon post-smolt, submersible pen investments to bear fruit over winter

Pelagia to open new mackerel filleting factory in 2025 as part of value drive

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companies

FTI Consulting running eFishery with shareholders set to vote on sale, wind-down

Blow for Norway’s ‘Egg’ salmon farm concept as manufacturer goes under

Indonesia’s eFishery drastically inflated auto-feeder sales, internal audit reveals

people

Probe finds eFishery may have inflated revenue by $600m in 2024 alone

Aquaculture veteran Maclean resigns from eFishery prior to financial fraud probe  

Billund Aquaculture founder launches new RAS tech firm

m&a

How Pacifico’s nursery plans brought together two do-good private equities

Interim eFishery CEO exits amid reports co-founder was cooking books from 2018

Nasdaq delists Blue Star after stock price falls below minimum threshold

retail

Tsar Nicoulai acquires Sterling Caviar, consolidating California operations

Investors eagerly eye hybrid flow-through prospects amid challenges for full RAS

Minority shareholders win Sustainable Blue auction with unchallenged CAD 30m bid

processing

Ecuador shrimp farmer Limbomar starts production at new $40m plant

Salmon giant Mowi extends Innovasea as preferred vendor

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fishing

Canada invests over CAD 1.4m to bolster Quebec’s fishing industry

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