Shareholders reaffirm strong confidence in First Water’s sustainable land-based aquaculture project.

First Water, a company specialising in sustainable land-based salmon farming in Þorlákshöfn, Iceland, has completed a share capital increase amounting to EUR 39 million. The capital raise was led by existing shareholders, including Stoðir hf., FW Horn slhf., Framherji ehf., Lífeyrissjóðurverslunarmanna, Brú lífeyrissjóður, Líra ehf., and LSR.

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Innovasea strengthens RAS design capabilities with new hire

Innovasea has expanded its recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) design team with the appointment of Miguel Martin, a specialist in large-scale RAS projects. The company announced the hire on Wednesday.

Martin joins from Norwegian firms Nofitech and Pure Salmon Technology, where he contributed to salmon farming projects across Norway, Scotland, Japan, the Faroe Islands, Brunei, and the United States. He brings close to a decade of aquaculture experience, including both facility management and RAS design.

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Norwegian family-owned salmon farmer Eide today announced that Roger Sørensen, chief executive of fish health, welfare, and environment services provider Åkerblå, is to become CEO of its floating closed containment project Watermoon.

Eide said with over 10 years at the helm of Åkerblå – where he led the company’s growth from 14 to over 550 employees – Sørensen is one of the most experienced and respected leaders in Norwegian aquaculture.

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++ REPORT ONLY AVAILABLE IN SPANISH ++

I. INTRODUCTION

Cephalopods, invertebrate animals present in most marine ecosystems, exhibit great diversity in their life cycles (Anderson and Rodhouse, 2001) and represent a challenge of high complexity when evaluating their population status (Arkhipkin et al. 2021). Their ecology evolves through interactions between species and their physical environment (ambient), from their embryonic phase until reaching the adult phase (Vidal and Shea, 2023).

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As part of its commitment to innovation in food safety and sustainability, IRTA is coordinating research to transform the production of ready-to-eat smoked products, "making them safer and more sustainable." They are doing so through the "Smoke Up" project, an initiative they have promoted together with Embotits Monells (project leader) and Angulas Aguinaga, and with the collaboration of Proveedora Hispano Holandesa.

Smoked products, such as salmon, and even bacon, are highly appreciated by consumers, however, IRTA points out that:

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U.S. President Donald Trump will impose levies totaling 104 percent across all Chinese imports starting 9 April, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.The 104 percent total is made up of the first 10 percent tariff in February, the second 10 percent tariff announced just a month later, the recent 34 percent tariff announced on 2 April

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Norwegian salmon farming giant SalMar has reported a 10,000 tonne drop, year on year, in its 2025 first quarter harvest. The total gutted weight figure, excluding the Scottish Sea Farms output, was 42,700 tonnes against 52,900 tonnes a year ago.SalMar saw reduced harvest numbers in central Norway and at its offshore and Iceland operations.

The regional breakdown was (Q1 2024 figures in brackets):- Farming Central Norway 21,100 tonnes (27,800 tonnes); Farming Northern Norway 19,300 tonnes (17,500 tonnes) SalMar Ocean 1,200 tonnes (4,800 tonnes) and Icelandic Salmon 1,100 tonnes ( 2,800 tonnes).

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