WeAreAquaculture

🇺🇸🌊🐟 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝'𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫."  ✍️ This sentence, included in the text of the #executive #order signed by President Trump last week to put #US #seafood first, sums up its spirit. 🗣️ "During the past 4 years, our #fishermen were once again crushed under the pressure of unnecessary regulations and unfavorable policies. It is vital that we now build upon our previous hard work with new, additional measures to promote #domestic #fishing," Donald Trump also stated. 🎯 '𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬' points out the guidelines that the #US Secretary of Commerce will have to develop in the coming months to put the North American country back in first place in seafood products. 🟣🔵 Discover all the details on Trump's #EO here 👉 https://lnkd.in/dhAyVqAi

🛑 Upstream Watch is set to purchase a 54-acre parcel along the Little River in Belfast, Maine, owned by Nordic Aquafarms, where it planned to build a $500M land-based #salmon #farm. However, #legal #challenges led the Norwegian company to quit. 👩💼 Former president of Upstream Watch, Amy Grant: "Going forward, we will be advocating for the entire Penobscot Bay Watershed as Penobscot Bay Waterkeeper, but making sure the Little River #ecosystem is protected means we will have completed our #commitment to our supporters, the Bay and the Little River." https://lnkd.in/g3JCSW3Q

👌 Subsecretaría de Pesca y Acuicultura (Subpesca) has reported, as it does every year, the status of #fisheries nationwide, with 54% of them in a #healthy state according to the #data verified in 2024. 🐟 Specifically, #Subpesca has detailed that the fisheries for Deep-sea Cod, Squid, South Sardine (Los Lagos), and South Sardine (Aysén) have shown #improvement in their #status compared to 2023. 🆙 Moreover, a 25% increase in the jack #mackerel #quota for 2025 has been agreed upon, due to the success of the modifications in the #management of this fishery. https://lnkd.in/diAtYjxT

👍 Christian Sørensen's new company, founder of Billund Aquaculture, will be renamed Globaq Solutions, which focuses on developing advanced recirculating #aquaculture systems (#RAS) for land-based #fish #farming. 🗓️ In August 2024, Billund Aquaculture filed for bankruptcy after almost 40 years in business. Three months later, Sørensen announced he was launching a new company specialising in RAS systems, under the name Billund Aquatech. ⭐ "This new chapter marks our continued #commitment to responsible aquaculture and to delivering #value for our clients through deep #expertise and #innovation." https://lnkd.in/dDm4GfT3

#China's first commercial-scale #RAS #Atlantic #salmon #farm, Nordic Aqua Partners, announced it has entered a short-term #credit facility of EUR 13 million with DNB and Rabobank. 🇳🇴🐟🇨🇳💶💶 📌 This amount will be in addition to the EUR 29.7 million the company raised last September, after the successful completion of a private placement.  📌 The short-term loan will be used to support the company's construction process, production strategy, and general corporate purposes. 🟣🔵 More info 👉 https://lnkd.in/dReYXiZx

💰 In the first quarter of 2025, Ministerio de la Producción del Perú, through the Fondo Nacional de Desarrollo Pesquero - FONDEPES has granted over $1 million in supervised credits to #aquaculturists and #artisanalfishing agents. 🐟 In the case of #aquaculture, this financial support helps to acquire balanced #feed, materials, and #equipment, expand aquaculture infrastructure and incubation rooms, and purchase eggs and/or fingerlings. 🎣 For artisanal #fishing, it allows the purchase of motors, #nets, fishing gear, #navigation and communication #equipment, boat repairs, and cold #storage insulation, among other #materials and equipment for artisanal fishing. https://lnkd.in/dwMJMmUn

Just a fortnight after Andreas Kvame stepped down as CEO of Grieg Seafood, Chief Strategy Director Nina Stangeland and Global Quality Assurance Director Martin Mjøs-Haugland also announced their #departures. 👋🇳🇴🐟👩💼👨💼 📌 Neither has given details about the circumstances of their departure from the company.  📌 The #leadership change came as the Norwegian seafood giant advances its "financial transformation" program, which Kvame launched in February following poor 2024 results. 🟣🔵 More info 👉 https://lnkd.in/din2Ess2

👏 Seastex, a startup that has developed a #biodegradable wool-like material using by-products from the Scottish #seafood sector, has confirmed its headquarters relocation to Glasgow to drive its #growth and shorten #supply chains. 🔝 The company will grow its team from two to 40 people over the next five years and aims to secure the #production of three tonnes of raw material per week. To achieve this, Seastex collaborates with the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre. 🗣️ CEO and founder Sander Nevejans: "Moving to Glasgow is a critical step in our growth plan and brings us closer to the essential #supplychain that can ensure access to even more #mussel beards to turn into new #products." https://lnkd.in/d-wkXdnt

The Norwegian Seafood Council announced the #resignation of its #envoy to #Portugal. 👨💼🇳🇴🐟👋🇵🇹 📌 The #NSC said Trond Rismo has accepted a #new #job in another part of the #seafood #industry, unrelated to conventional products, so it is considering what measures may be necessary from a competition perspective. 🗣️ "Trond Rismo has helped give conventional products a significant boost. The entire industry has benefited from this, especially during the three years he has served as seafood envoy to Portugal," Børge Grønbech, Director of Global Operations of the NSC, stated, taking stock of the still envoy to Portugal's time in the organization. 🗣️ "It has been rewarding to work with talented people both within the company and in the seafood industry. There is a time for everything, so after my time in Tromsø, followed by three great years in Portugal, I am looking forward to new opportunities," Trond Rismo said for his part. 🟣🔵 More info 👉 https://lnkd.in/djb9TFFe

🏅 MarinTrust, has confirmed that #fisheries certified to standards assessed against one of the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) tools will automatically meet the fishery assessment prerequisite under its Whole Fish Fisheries Criteria Version 3. 🤝 By combining the two assessments, unnecessary duplications will be avoided, and individual #standards formally recognized by #GSSI will no longer need to undergo a separate #recognition process under MarinTrust. 🐟 The fisheries that will benefit the most from these changes will be those of small #pelagics used in #marine #ingredients. https://lnkd.in/d9C6P8Fy