Kenya, Seychelles, Gabon, Tanzania and South Africa advance country-led actions to strengthen fisheries transparency with tuna leading broader momentum toward full electronic monitoring.

At the Our Ocean Conference hosted in Kenya, the governments of Kenya, Seychelles, Gabon, Tanzania and South Africa unveiled a set of country-led commitments to advance electronic monitoring—the use of onboard video cameras, GPS and sensors to monitor and verify fishing activities—to strengthen transparency across their fisheries. These announcements reflect growing African leadership in modernizing fisheries management and improving accountability at sea.

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The move of Aquaculture UK from Aviemore to Glasgow attracted a record attendance, organiser Diversified UK has announced.

The biennial trade show, which ran from June 16-17 at the Scottish Event Campus (SEC) on the Clyde, saw a 22% increase in visitors since the last Aquaculture UK in Aviemore, with the number of international attendees surging by 33%.

Also making his debut was Scotland’s new agriculture, marine, and the islands minister Jim Fairlie, who cut the ribbon at the SEC and reaffirmed the Scottish government’s commitment to working with the sector.

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Nekkar has exercised an option to acquire the 40.43 percent stake in FiiZK held by Bevest, increasing its ownership in the aquaculture technology company to approximately 86 percent.

The transaction also gives Nekkar control of around 90 percent of FiiZK’s outstanding voting shares.

The exercise price for the stake was NOK 55.1 million (€5 million), based on NOK 0.10 per FiiZK share. Settlement took place on 22 June through the transfer of 3,649,079 treasury shares in Nekkar, valued at the company’s 30-day volume-weighted average share price of NOK 15.09.

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The Okayama University of Science and Murakami City have launched a joint research project to cultivate chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) in a land-based aquaculture system using an innovative land-based closed-recirculation aquaculture system (c-RAS).

Operating at the university’s Next-Generation Aquaculture Center, the initiative marks a major milestone for sustainable aquaculture. The initial batch of juvenile salmon, delivered from Murakami earlier this year, has grown to an average weight of 23 grams and an average length of 13 centimetres.

Murakami has been known as one of Japan’s leading salmon-producing regions along the Sea of Japan coast since the Heian period (794–1185). In recent years, however, climate change has altered the distribution of marine species, resulting in increased predation on released salmon juveniles by species such as yellowtail and Spanish mackerel that have expanded northward into the region. 

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Norway’s government has approved production growth in three salmon farming regions while ordering a capacity reduction in one area under the country’s traffic light system for aquaculture.

The decision, announced by Fisheries and Oceans Minister Marianne Sivertsen Næss on Friday, could result in approximately 8,300 tonnes of additional maximum allowed biomass (MTB) being allocated in green-rated production areas. At the same time, production capacity in one red-rated area will be reduced by an estimated 5,300 tonnes.

The traffic light system determines whether salmon farming capacity can increase, remain unchanged or be reduced based on the impact of sea lice on wild salmon populations.

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Tetra Pakand Spanish seafood producer Jealsa have launched what they describe as the world’s first carton packaging solution for shelf-stable tuna, marking a significant innovation in one of the food industry’s most established categories.

The new packaging, based on Tetra Pak’s Tetra Recart technology, was introduced in Sweden last month through retailer Axfood in a 200ml Mini format and is now being made available to food producers and brands globally.

Developed through a collaboration between the two companies, the solution aims to provide an alternative to traditional metal cans while helping brands stand out in the growing shelf-stable tuna market, which is forecast to reach 12.4 billion units by 2030

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MOMBASA – In a historic milestone, the first Our Ocean conference in Africa concluded in Mombasa with 320 commitments from over 100 governments and businesses, valued at $6.4 billion to protect oceans and the blue economy.

Among the key announcements, Canada will allocate $682 million to small craft harbors, and the World Bank will invest $1 billion over two years for resilient blue economies. French Polynesia will expand protection in Tainui Atea by 27,000 square kilometers.

As host, Kenya led with 42 commitments worth $1 billion, including $200 million for electronic monitoring on industrial fishing vessels. This measure aims to curb illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, which costs Africa between $11 billion and $13 billion annually.

The forum brought together 5,000 delegates and highlighted the role of youth in a continent where 70% of the population is under 35 and views the sea as a source of employment and food security. The World Resources Institute (WRI) confirmed that 78% of historical commitments in the region are complete or in progress, marking a definitive shift toward financing and solutions led by Africa itself.