The Marine Ingredients Organization (IFFO) announces its Annual Conference, to be held for the first time in Tokyo, Japan, from October 20-22, 2025. Open to IFFO members and non-IFFO members interested in the marine ingredients value chain, the conference will discuss marine ingredients supply and demand trends and developments in the broader value chain. Registration closes on October 3, with an early bird discount available until August 22.

The Conference Market Forum will provide a deep dive into the global supply of marine ingredients with updates on Europe, Japan, Chile, and Peru, while also analyzing the feed ingredients industry in general.

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Innovasea, a global leader in technologically advanced aquatic solutions for aquaculture and fish tracking, announced today the hiring of Andreas Mintsios as the new Managing Director for the Mediterranean.

Working out of Innovasea’s dedicated office in Greece, Mintsios will play a key role in the strategic development and execution of Innovasea’s aquaculture operations across the Mediterranean region.

With the launch of their sturgeon farm, Mintsios played a key role in creating Greece’s first successful farmed caviar operation in the modern era.

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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), through its Ocean Stewardship Fund, has provided ZAR 610,000 (USD 34,000 EUR 29,000) to fund three sustainability projects, including the initial phase of South Africa’s first fishing net-recycling initiative, within the country’s hake trawl fishery.

According to the MSC, the funding for the net-recycling effort will provide preliminary support to help the fishery’s stakeholders conceptualize the best methods for discarding fishing nets, provide for the project’s implementation, and develop a research and development strategy – all in an effort to help the fishery transition to meeting the requirements laid out in MSC’s amended 3.1 Version of its Fisheries Standard. 

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The World Aquaculture Safari 2025 Conference (WA25 Uganda) took place from June 24 to June 27, 2025, at the Speke Resort in Munyonyo-Kampala, Uganda. Themed “Aquaculture on the Rise,” the event marked a significant resurgence of in-person gatherings at an international aquaculture conference in Africa. It emphasized how partnerships in education, science, technological advancement, and business development continue to support the rapidly growing aquaculture sector on the continent. WA25 Uganda offered something for everyone, catering to a diverse rangeof interests in aquaculture, and providing valuable opportunities for learning, information sharing, and networking among professionals, entrepreneurs, scientists, technical specialists, students, policymakers and development partners.

Hosted by the Government of the Republic of Uganda through the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF), the event attracted over 1,800 attendees from 79 countries worldwide, with a majority from Africa.

WA25 Uganda was the second time a WAS global event has been held on African soil, following the successful World Aquaculture Conference in Cape Town, South Africa, in 2017. Since then, WAS has organized the Annual Aquaculture Africa Conferences (AFRAQs) in Egypt in 2022, Zambia in 2023, and Tunisia in 2024, with plans to continue this annual tradition in other identified countries.

Over 200 industry players and professionals from Uganda, Africa, and around the world attended WA25 Uganda. Among the major industry players present were Aller Aqua, the corporate sponsor for the WAS African Chapter, along with various aquafeed companies, fish producers, equipment suppliers, and consulting firms. Large-scale aquafeed companies are recognized for bringing a vast network of aquaculture farmers from various countries. The African Aquaculture Business Leaders Network (ABLN), which was launched at the previous conference in Tunisia (AFRAQ2024), was prominently featured at WA25 Uganda.

Salmon farmer Grieg Seafood has agreed to sell its businesses in Newfoundland and British Columbia in Canada and in Finnmark, Norway, to the world’s third-largest salmon farmer, Cermaq, for NOK 10.2 billion (£738 million / CAD 1.36bn), it announced today.

Grieg, which has been struggling financially, will focus on developing its fish farming operations in the Rogaland region in western Norway, where it expects to harvest 30,000 gutted weight tonnes this year.

Grieg said Cermaq, which is owned by Japanese industrial giant Mitsubishi, is well positioned to take the Finnmark, Newfoundland, and British Columbia (BC) regions further. 

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Steakholder Foods rolls out plant-based fish products in Israeli retail.

Steakholder Foods, a developer of 3D-printing technologies for alternative proteins, has commercially launched its first plant-based seafood products in Israel, marking the company’s entry into full product-cycle revenue generation.

The two products — a white fish kebab and a salmon patty — are now available under the Green Future (Atid Yarok) brand in vegan specialty stores across Israel. They are manufactured by Bondor Foods, a local producer and distributor of plant-based foods, following a pilot phase and commercial scale-up.

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More than 150 farms in England have been caught illegally taking too much water from rivers, lakes and underground sources, a BBC analysis reveals.

Since mid-2022 there have been nearly 200 breaches of permits allowing farmers to use water from local sources, according to Environment Agency data obtained through a freedom of information request.

Of these incidents, 141 threatened environmental damage - but just one farmer has been prosecuted.

The Environment Agency said in response that it carried out 3,000 licence inspections each year, with prosecution a "last option for persistent offenders".

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