New players from the financial, technology, and science sectors are joining the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) to strengthen innovation and sustainability in aquaculture.

The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP), a pre-competitive ecosystem committed to raising sustainability standards in the shrimp industry, announces the addition of three new associate members: Banco Guayaquil, Kampi, and Kemin AquaScience.

Through working groups, collaborative projects, and the continuous exchange of technical and operational knowledge, SSP members—companies from across the value chain—work together to identify common challenges, develop shared solutions, and enhance performance across the shrimp industry.

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NASF to launch new sustainability award as Pareto strengthens role in Bergen.

The North Atlantic Seafood Forum (NASF) has announced the launch of a new North Atlantic Sustainability Award, marking a significant expansion of the conference’s emphasis on long-term environmental and social performance across the seafood sector.

The award is designed to showcase standout efforts within the North Atlantic at a time when sustainability expectations, regulatory requirements and investor scrutiny are converging more sharply than ever. 

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New Zealand King Salmon, one of the southern hemisphere’s major fish farmers, has reported a loss over the past few months due to biological challenges, including high mortality and low fish weights, which have affected harvest volumes and led to a drop in revenues.

The loss in the eight months to 30 September was NZ $6.3 million (£2.7m) versus a profit of NZ $13.4 million (£5.8m) for the 12 months ended 31 January 2025.The results are the company’s first under a revised 30 September balance date, reflecting a shortened eight-month reporting period.

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Mowi has issued NOK 4,500 million ($441 million) in new senior unsecured green bonds across two tranches, following its stock exchange notice

The company placed NOK 3,500 million ($343 million) in five-year floating-rate notes at 3-month Nibor plus 1.10 percent, and NOK 1,000 million ($98 million) in five-year fixed-rate notes at 4.95 percent. The full amount, including coupons, will be swapped into floating-rate euro exposure. Mowi said the transaction was well oversubscribed.

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China imported 742,758 tonnes of shrimp in the first 10 months of 2025, with the total representing a 1% decrease on the corresponding period of last year – largely due to a sharp contraction in January, confirms new industry analysis from Shrimp Insights. 

The organisation notes the volume slump was gradually offset by steady growth from February through August. Monthly imports peaked in July at 90,683 tonnes (+10% year-on-year) before easing to +1% in September and flattening completely in October.

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With wild stocks under pressure from trade and habitat loss, Ecomare’s seahorse project in Portugal is testing how controlled aquaculture can meet demand and protect fragile populations.

Seahorses are fish, yet they look nothing like conventional ones – being upright, horse-headed and equipped with curling tails, it’s little wonder that the Japanese call them “children of the dragon”.

They have also developed commercial value as traditional Chinese medicine, curio objects and aquarium favourites. When seahorses became the first marine fish protected under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in 2004, attention shifted to aquaculture as an alternative to meet global demand. 

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