Bhavana Scalia-Bruce is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. She attended the University of Maine studying journalism and Spanish. Before joining the SeafoodSource team, Bhavana worked for DownEast magazine as an editorial intern, as well as a columnist and business manager for UMaine’s student award-winning newspaper, the Maine Campus.
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U.S. shrimp imports continued to steadily increase in August after a consistent decline earlier in the year.
In August 2023, the U.S. imported a total of 73,429 metric tons (MT), or 161 million pounds, of shrimp – up from 71,388 MT (157 million pounds) imported in August 2022, and up from the 69,356 MT (152 million pounds) of shrimp imported in July 2023.
Mathew Scaletta, the owner of Klawock, Alaska, U.S.A.-based Wildfish Cannery, believes tinned seafood is having its rightful moment in the spotlight but that U.S. brands – at least when it comes to premium products – have still not found their foothold in the burgeoning market.
That’s something he’s looking to change.
“We’ve been executing on the premise of the tinned fish fad for eight years now. My goal
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Burgos, Spain-based food machinery supplier Hiperbaric has joined forces with the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO) to create a new high-pressure thermal processing (HPTP) system to keep products shelf stable.
Hiperbaric, which has its headquarters in Spain but also operates an office in Doral, Florida, U.S.A. to conduct its North American business, unveiled the canister at PACK Expo, a processing and
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The Biden administration awarded USD 34.4 million (EUR 32.5 million) in April toward projects to combat climate change in Puerto Rico, including ocean restoration.
Eight projects have been selected for grants to boost both economic and environmental outcomes for Puerto Rico’s coastal communities. The selected projects, the administration said, will benefit the community across Puerto Rico.
Administred by NOAA, the awards were selected
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To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide. If you have an announcement, please send it to [email protected].
- BioMar announced Derek Kohn (pictured) has been appointed the managing director for BioMar Chile, part of the company's salmon division.
“We are thrilled Derek has
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Filming is underway on the first season of a Netflix project titled Billionaire Island, a drama about familial rivalry within the global salmon industry.
The series, which is categorized as contemporary fiction, portrays the fish-farming industry in a “funny as well as dramatic portrait,” Netflix said in a press release on 24 September.
“Over the last few decades, fish farming has changed both the Norwegian coast and
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Due to low demand and excess capacity in the global shipping industry, blank sailings have risen across the Pacific, Atlantic, Asia-North Europe, and Mediterranean routes.
Blank sailings, otherwise known as void sailings, are shipments canceled by the carrier, usually referring to instances when ocean carriers skip a drop-off in the middle of a fixed schedule. According to shipping logistics firm Container xChange, blank sailings will rise
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The average per-kilogram price for Norwegian farmed salmon rose to NOK 73.97 (USD 6.86, EUR 6.52), up NOK 0.12 (USD 0.011, EUR 0.011) over the past week, according to the Nasdaq Salmon Index.
The Nasdaq index provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price for fresh, head-on gutted Atlantic superior salmon from Norway.
This past week, Norway exported a total of 24,851 MT of salmon, down from 27,882 MT in the corresponding week
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SeafoodSource is closely following the sustainable seafood movement and is compiling a regular round-up of sector updates pertaining to sustainability initiatives.
- Dickie’s Seafood received an “A” rating from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) for its new seafood processing facility in Richmond, Virginia U.S.A., the company announced on 14 September.
The BRC is recognized as a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)
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SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
- Loryma wheat ingredient company announced the debut of its tuna analog, sourced from wheat-based ingredients, described as a “canned tuna alternative."
The Zwingenberg, Germany-based company announced the development of “several application recipes” for its tuna analog,
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