As World Food Day approaches and the spotlight shines on global collaboration for a food-secure future, the Norwegian Seafood Council highlights Norway’s commitment to caring for our oceans – both today and for generations to come.
The Norwegian Seafood Management Model is central to both fisheries and aquaculture, ensuring healthy oceans and food security for the future.
Norway was an early leader in integrating sustainability into fisheries management and in 1977, a long-term plan for the Norwegian fishing industry made sustainable resources adhere to a core policy goal. The plan emphasised social and economic aspects, preserving coastal communities and ensuring secure jobs with competitive incomes.
Trond Williksen will help bring company's technology to wider market
Technology company Aquaticode has hired Trond Williksen as a strategic advisor. The company develops systems for real-time phenotyping and sorting of salmon, and says in a press release that the appointment is part of the effort to bring the technology into broad use in the industry.
Williksen has over 20 years of experience in the aquaculture sector, including as chief executive of equipment supplier AKVA group, fish farmer SalMar, and UK-registered aquaculture biotechnology group Benchmark Holdings.
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Raising the price of materials for Europeans could make the industry lose competitiveness, which would have to face the advantage given to canned goods from other countries that do not have taxes on packaging.
The tariff war the US is waging with the rest of the world and the EU's protectionist response could have collateral damage on Galician canned goods. And not precisely because what goes inside the can is being taxed, but because of the can itself. This eagerness to protect EU steel and aluminum by raising tariffs from 25% to 50% "to guarantee the long-term viability of a strategically crucial industry"
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The National Authority for Health and Safety in Fisheries and Aquaculture of Peru, attached to the Ministry of Production (Produce), has announced that, following the approval by the Andean Community (CAN) of Decision No. 960 and Resolution No. 2528, two regulations that modernize the regulatory framework for veterinary products for use in terrestrial and aquatic animals, and which Peru is now adopting, Sanipes will see its powers strengthened for the registration, inspection, and control of veterinary products for use in aquaculture.
Furthermore, the new regulations will provide Sanipes with a set of essential tools: a legal basis with modernized technical requirements; an expansion of the scope of application of community provisions, comprehensively covering both terrestrial and aquatic animals for the first time.
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U.K. grocer Waitrose announced that it will adopt Seafish’s Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool (SCEPT).
The tool, which was created by the U.K. seafood sector public body, allows seafood businesses to assess carbon footprints for both wild-caught and farmed seafood products. Retailers input data about their supply chains, such as fuel use, processing, packaging, and transportation information, and SCEPT generates a carbon footprint they can use to compare the product or processors to other options.
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The Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR-44) will hold its annual meeting in Hobart, Australia, from 20–31 October 2025.
Experts from the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) will attend to advocate for urgent action on krill fishery management and the adoption of long-delayed marine protected areas (MPAs).
In July 2025, the Antarctic krill fishery hit its catch limit for the first time ever, forcing an early closure. This record catch was partly the result of a lapse in a key conservation measure designed to spread out fishing effort, which CCAMLR failed to renew last year. It underscores the dangers of concentrated fishing in sensitive wildlife feeding grounds.
Krill are the foundation of the Southern Ocean ecosystem, feeding penguins, whales, and seals, and they play a vital role in storing carbon and buffering climate change.
Without safeguards, krill fishing threatens not only Antarctica’s wildlife but also global ocean health and climate resilience.
After taking a historic step backwards in protection last year, CCAMLR Members now face a pivotal choice this October: to adopt long-delayed protections, starting with the Antarctic Peninsula MPA, or risk further setbacks for wildlife, climate, and international trust in ocean governance.
Seafood group Milarex sold to Norwegian investor Pangea.
Norwegian investment firm Pangea has acquired seafood processor Milarex from private-equity group Summa Equity. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Norway, Milarex operates a major processing facility in Poland and supplies smoked, fresh and frozen salmon to more than 30 markets worldwide. The company entered the North American market in 2021 through the acquisition of California-based seafood supplier Ultco, which has operations in Iceland and Norway.
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Hofseth International, one of Norway’s key mid-sized fish farming and processing companies, has carried out a major refinancing of its capital structure through the issue of a €300 million (£260m) secured green bond.
Hofseth said the net proceeds from the issuance of the new bonds will be applied for eligible green projects in accordance with the company’s Green Financing Framework.
The refinancing is expected to materially reduce the group’s average interest cost, extend the average maturity of its long-term interest-bearing debt, improve its interest rate cover and provide in excess of NOK 1 billion in financial flexibility going forwards.
Author: Vince McDonagh / Fish Farmer | Read the full article here
The Spanish technology company Satlink, a world leader in the development of technological solutions to improve ocean management and sustainability, has announced the acquisition of the French company nke, a firm with more than 40 years of experience in the design and manufacture of instruments for measuring and monitoring water quality in oceans and freshwater, as well as for navigation.
The transaction "unites two of the most established companies in the sector" and constitutes "one of the most significant milestones in the ocean technology industry in recent years, creating the largest independent European platform in this field," according to Satlink.
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The South Atlantic Environmental Research Institute (SAERI) has published new research investigating the complex environmental factors behind fluctuating Illex squid abundance in Falklands (Malvinas) waters.
The study aims to provide critical data on how the migratory squid species is affected by different environmental conditions. Understanding these variables is vital for the region's fishing sector, allowing the industry to better adapt its strategies in future years to ensure the sustainable management of the commercially important Illex stock. SAERI is sharing the findings to strengthen fisheries science and management.
Norway Pelagic Fishing Update Week 44 Norway
Good Herring Catch in the North, and Mackerel from Foreign Vessels
Norwegian Vårygtende (Spring-Spawning) Herring (NVG-Herring) and Other Species Update
A successful week of fishing was report...
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The Norwegian Seafood Management Model is central to both fisheries and aquaculture, ensuring healthy oceans and food security for the future.
Trond Williksen will help bring company's technology to wider market
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Raising the price of materials for Europeans could make the industry lose competitiveness, which would have to face the advantage given to canned goods from other countries that do not have taxes on packaging.
PERU
The National Authority for Health and Safety in Fisheries and Aquaculture of Peru, attached to the Ministry of Production (Produce), has announced that, following the approval by the Andean Community (CAN) of Decision No. 960 and Resolution No. 2528, two regulations that modernize the regulatory framework for veterinary products for use in terrestrial and aquatic animals, and which Peru is now adopting, Sanipes will see its powers strengthened for the registration, inspection, and control of veterinary products for use in aquaculture.
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Experts from the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition (ASOC) will attend to advocate for urgent action on krill fishery management and the adoption of long-delayed marine protected areas (MPAs).
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Hofseth International, one of Norway’s key mid-sized fish farming and processing companies, has carried out a major refinancing of its capital structure through the issue of a €300 million (£260m) secured green bond.
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The Spanish technology company
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