Despite turmoil in world trade caused by US tariffs, the value of Norwegian seafood exports hit an all time April record last month with salmon again taking the lead.
Norwegian Seafood Council CEO Christian Chramer said the growth was due to increased export volume and rising demand for Norwegian salmon in important markets such as the USA and China.
Norway exported seafood worth NOK 14.3 billion (just over £1 bn) in April. This is an increase of NOK 293 million (£21m), or 2% compared to the same month last year.
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Visscher Seafood changes name to reflect Norwegian focus.
Visscher Seafood Group has announced a full rebrand, adopting the name Norwegian Seafood across the parent company and all subsidiaries.
The move follows the group’s acquisition of Norwegian Seafood AS in 2023 and marks a strategic shift toward integration and brand unity across its operations.
The rebrand reflects the company’s growing reliance on Norwegian raw materials and its ambition to position itself more clearly in the global seafood market.
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The Spanish tuna fleet, grouped under OPAGAC, has appointed Silvia Manglano as its new Project Manager. In this role, Manglano will oversee initiatives aligned with the fleet's Code of Best Practices, focusing on minimizing the fishery's impact on the marine ecosystem and ensuring the biological sustainability of tropical tuna. Key projects include the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.
Manglano holds a degree in Environmental Sciences from the Autonomous University of Madrid, a master's degree in Oceanography and Marine Environment Management from the University of Barcelona, and has completed studies at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz (Germany). She is currently working on her master's thesis at the Institute of Marine Sciences (iMARES), analyzing the feeding patterns of sea turtles and their ecological role in the food web.
Despite her relative youth, OPAGAC's new Project Manager has extensive experience in research projects related to marine biodiversity and forest biomass, as well as in the development of product traceability strategies, such as the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certification, and in conducting legislative studies on environmental regulations and sustainability reports.
Reston, VA – The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) is setvto launch a Seafood Nutrition Toolkit in early June that will provide resources for its members tovcommunicate the nutritional benefits of seafood around the globe.
ICFA, a coalition of the national fish and seafood industry associations from the world’s majorvfishing nations, is working together with its counterpart, the Global Seafood Communicatorsv(GSC), a group dedicated to advancing effective communication within the seafood sector, tovconstruct a resource that will assist ICFA and its members in communicating unified messagingvon seafood’s health benefits to a wealth of audiences.
“The toolkit will not only identify existing evidence and known benefits of seafood consumptionvbut will contain messaging to help ICFA reach a common goal: raise public awareness of thevbenefits of eating seafood using correct, science-based messaging,” GSC Chair Fiona MacMillan, of Seafood New Zealand, said.
The group plans to introduce the toolkit during their panel at Seafood Expo Global on Tuesday, May 6, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m.
“This new resource will be a cornerstone of the work ICFA and GSC do and will support us as we continue to move forward and grow,”ICFA Chair Ivan López Van der Veen said. “With resources like the toolkit, we will be able to not only discuss the topics most important to seafood internally but communicate them publicly.”
On April 24, 2025, Nichirei Logistics Group entered into a share purchase agreement with Litt Resources Sdn. Bhd. to acquire additional issued shares of our affiliated company, NL Litt Tatt Group Sdn. Bhd. (“NLLTG”).
This acquisition will make NLLTG our consolidated subsidiary. The transaction is expected to be completed in July 2025.
This acquisition builds upon the company's previous investments in Malaysia, beginning with NL Cold Chain Network (M) Sdn. Bhd. (“NLCCN”) in June 2018, followed by an investment in NLLTG in June 2022, and the full acquisition of NLCCN in March 2023. These steps have progressively strengthened the company's integrated storage and transportation services and expanded its Malaysian operations.
The consolidation of NLLTG is aimed at streamlining decision-making and enhancing the company's management structure. This will enable the company to maximize synergies between NLLTG's specialized delivery services and NLCCN's extensive storage capacity, driving further business growth in Malaysia.
Patagonian toothfish will be subject to a management plan to adapt the resource's status to fishing. Therefore, the management plan, established for three years, is currently being reviewed in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Economic interest is crucial, since France receives €100 million from this resource for approximately 6,000 tons.
The fishing of this precious resource, exported mainly to China and the United States, is governed by a management plan based on the total allowable catch (Tac), revised annually. Scientific monitoring of the resource is carried out by the National Museum of Natural History, with a monitor on board the vessels.
Based on the marine litter that appears on beaches, the European Commission estimates that between 80 and 85% is plastic, and that 27% is "fishing-related." The law that, implementing an EU directive, will specifically regulate the management of plastic waste from fishing gear has not yet been approved in Spain. However, Brussels already requires member countries to monitor the waste entering their markets, the waste generated, and what is done with it. Among other reasons, this information will be used to establish "binding" annual collection and recycling rates.
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The value of Chilean salmon exports increased by 5.6% to US $1.857 billion in the first quarter of 2025, against a background of domestic restrictions on the industry and fluctuations in global markets in which US tariffs were a major factor.
Data prepared by consulting firm Infotrade shows that the value of Atlantic salmon exports fell 5.3% to $1.126bn, coho salmon export value increased by 25.2% to $637 million, and the value of trout exports increased by 54.1% to $94m.
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Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global opens the doors to its 31st edition on 6 May, bringing exhibitors from 87 countries to Barcelona, Spain.The expo, running from 6 to 8 May at Fira de Barcelona’s Gran Vía Venue, will occupy 51,217 net square meters and features 2,187 exhibiting companies in Halls 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and the Galleria (between halls 4 and 5), according to event organizer Diversified
Nordic Halibut enjoyed an all-time high price level and what it says was a unique market position for farmed halibut in 2024.
The company, which farms halibut in sea cages, said in its annual review that its price performance was in response to strong market demand for premium halibut and limited supply. It implemented a 4% price increase across all sizes and markets, achieving an all time an all-time high average price of NOK 167 per kilo (£12.07) HOG (head on, gutted)
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Despite turmoil in world trade caused by US tariffs, the value of Norwegian seafood exports hit an all time April record last month with salmon again taking the lead.
Visscher Seafood changes name to reflect Norwegian focus.
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“The toolkit will not only identify existing evidence and known benefits of seafood consumptionvbut will contain messaging to help ICFA reach a common goal: raise public awareness of thevbenefits of eating seafood using correct, science-based messaging,”
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WORLDWIDE
Patagonian toothfish will be subject to a management plan to adapt the resource's status to fishing. Therefore, the management plan, established for three years, is currently being reviewed in the French Southern and Antarctic Lands. Economic interest is crucial, since France receives €100 million from this resource for approximately 6,000 tons.
Based on the marine litter that appears on beaches, the European Commission estimates that between 80 and 85% is plastic, and that 27% is "fishing-related." The law that, implementing an EU directive, will specifically regulate the management of plastic waste from fishing gear has not yet been approved in Spain. However, Brussels already requires member countries to monitor the waste entering their markets, the waste generated, and what is done with it. Among other reasons, this information will be used to establish "binding" annual collection and recycling rates.
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The value of Chilean salmon exports increased by 5.6% to US $1.857 billion in the first quarter of 2025, against a background of domestic restrictions on the industry and fluctuations in global markets in which US tariffs were a major factor.
Nordic Halibut enjoyed an all-time high price level and what it says was a unique market position for farmed halibut in 2024.
