Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.
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Canada is officially reopening its redfish fishery for the first time in 30 years as part of a larger transitional plan for fisheries in the nation's coastal communities.
The Canadian redfish fishery consists of two species of redfish in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Laurentian Channel areas – deepwater redfish (Sebastes mentella) and Acadian redfish (Sebastes fasciatus). Populations of the two species collapsed in 1995, but
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Russia reported its efforts to establish substitutes for aquaculture feed imports have been making progress as the country’s domestic output has increased by almost 40 percent.
According to the Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo), from January to November 2023, the production of aquaculture feed in Russia increased by 39 percent compared to the same period of 2022, amounting to 48,000 metric tons (MT) of
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Megan Sorby is hoping to reignite commercial interest in red drum through her new company, Pine Island Redfish.
For over three decades, red drum – commonly known as redfish – has not been available to commercial fishermen in the Gulf of Mexico after stock assessments found declining populations after heavy overfishing in the 1980s. In the span of a decade, the species disappeared from U.S. menus, and although there are a few
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Proximar Seafood, which operates a land-based salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, has launched a subsequent offering to raise up to an additional NOK 25 million (USD 2.4 million, EUR 2.2 million) for its project.
The funds will be raised through the sale of an additional 12.5 million shares, at a share price of NOK 2 (USD 0.19, EUR 0.17) per share.
The latest offering is an extension of
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The Kingfish Company has completed an extension of its Netherlands-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS), more than doubling its production capacity.
In a Q4 2023 trading update, The Kingfish Company said its latest expansion – which builds upon the company’s existing Zeeland, the Netherlands-based facility – will increase its total yellowtail kingfish production capacity to 3,500 metric tons (MT). The company added
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A critically endangered North Atlantic right whale was found dead off the coast of Edgartown, Massachusetts, U.S.A. on 29 January – the second right whale death so far in 2024.
NOAA Fisheries reported the dead whale, and since that time, marine experts with the International Fund for Animal Welfare have performed an initial investigation into the cause of its death.
“The deceased whale was found entangled,” IFAW Animal Rescue
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The Southern Shrimp Alliance is calling on the U.S. government to increase its scrutiny of shrimp processed and shipped to the U.S. by Chinese exporters, and a complete ban on imports from multiple companies, after recent revelations regarding alleged uses of Uyghur and forced labor by The Outlaw Ocean Project.
In just over a year, artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT, Midjourney, Bard, and more have gone from a novelty to a viable tool for an array of industries – and the seafood industry could capitalize on them to increase sales and target more customers.
The use of AI is not new to the seafood industry but typically is relegated to uses in the aquaculture industry. An analysis by ThisFish CEO and Co-Founder Eric Enno Tamm
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The share prices of some of the top publicly traded salmon-farming companies in Norway dropped sharply after the European Commission informed them it was advancing an investigation into price fixing in the salmon spot market.
The E.C. alleged that Mowi, Cermaq, Grieg, Bremnes, Lerøy, and SalMar all breached European Union antitrust rules and colluded to influence prices on the spot sales of Norwegian-farmed Atlantic salmon. The
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Alaskan Leader Seafoods is working to have its miso black cod penetrate markets across the U.S., as the company works to leverage the growing available quota into a sustainable option for Alaska’s fishing fleet.
The company has been expanding the product in both retail and restaurant markets, capitalizing on the notoriety it obtained through winning two awards at the Alaska Symphony of Seafood in 2022. Alaskan Leader Seafoods
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