Nicki Holmyard

Norwegian aquaculture company Baring has begun the first construction phase on its land-based salmon farm in the southern municipality of Farsund.

Baring obtained a license to build a land-based facility for post-smolt and harvest-ready fish in 2022. 

Now, the company said it plans to introduce 100-gram smolts to the facility in the second quarter of 2025 and produce 1,200 metric tons (MT) of 800- to 1,000-gram post-smolt fish within a

After becoming a public limited company and completing its third funding round, food-tech company Big Akwa is inching toward achieving its ambitious plan to develop a 6,000-metric-ton (MT) land-based trout farm in central Sweden.

Big Akwa aims to revolutionize land-based aquaculture by sharing the farm with a processing industry partner, forming an effective symbiotic relationship, according to Big Akwa Co-Founder and CEO Elena Petukhovskaya.

A fresh initiative in the U.K. making fish sticks, or fish fingers, out of underutilized species is underway, aiming to support local fishing communities and encourage consumption of local seafood, especially in the primary and secondary school systems.

The Plymouth Fish Finger initiative was born out of a series of workshops held by the Food Systems Equality (FoodSEqual) project’s team in Plymouth, U.K. 

Led by Clare Pettinger, an

Companies, government officials, NGOs, and even some protestors all converged on London, England, to discuss what innovations are needed to maximize the potential of the blue economy. 

The 2024 Blue Food Innovation Summit, which ran from 21 to 22 May in London, brought together global seafood industry stakeholders to share knowledge and brainstorm how to scale blue food production sustainably.

During the conference, art collective Ocean

The Shetland Islands, situated off the northwestern coast of the U.K., boasts major annual landings of pelagic and whitefish species, as well as thriving salmon- and shellfish-farming operations.

To facilitate further growth on the isles, the University of the Highlands and Islands’ (UHI) campus in the Shetland Islands town of Scalloway has rebranded as the Centre for Sustainable Seafood, with the aim of reshaping the campus as a focal

Motorway service areas across the U.K. typically have a few fast-food outlets, a coffee shop, and maybe some grocery offerings, among other small amenities.

Three service stations in Gloucester, Tebay, and Cairn Lodge, owned by Westmorland Family – a family business started by the family of the same name – and which span the country’s motorway network, have instead become culinary destinations, with kitchens producing food from

Härnösand, Sweden-based foodtech company Agtira has big plans to streamline the Scandinavian country’s food supply chain.

Employing a Farming-as-a-Service (FaaS) strategy, Agtira aims to grow vegetables and fish close to Sweden’s major retailers. Through long-term supply agreements with those retailers, the products will be sent directly to nearby grocery stores.

“Agtira represents a technology shift that can be