Cliff White has been the executive editor of SeafoodSource since 2016. Previously, he worked as the senior business reporter for the McClatchy-owned Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas deposit and the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Thai Union plans to divest from its minority share of the Red Lobster seafood restaurant chain.
In a corporate announcement, Thai Union said its board of directors decided in a board meeting on Tuesday, 16 January to pursue an exit from its strategic partnership and minority investment in Red Lobster Master Holdings, which it has held since 2016.
Samut Sakhon, Thailand-based Thai Union is one of the largest seafood companies in the world. It
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Dungeness crab fishermen in the U.S. state of California are holding out on starting their season as they protest low prices being offered by processors.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has opened more of the state’s coast to commercial Dungeness crab fishing after an initial opening on 5 January. Limited fishing will open on 18 January in zones 3 through 6 – stretching from the Sonoma-Mendocino county line to
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Peter Pan Seafood had decided to shutter its seafood processing facility in King Cove, Alaska, U.S.A. for the 2024 “A” pollock season.
Peter Pan's King Cove facility – located 600 miles southwest of Anchorage on the Alaska Peninsula – is the Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A. company’s largest processing plant and typically processes king crab, opilio crab, Tanner crab, Alaska pollock, cod, salmon, halibut, and black cod
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A settlement between American Seafoods subsidiaries Kloosterboer International Forwarding (KIF) and Alaska Reefer Management (ARM) and the U.S. government regarding an alleged Jones Act violation must be resolved by February 2024, according to a court order.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon L. Gleason has given the two sides until 5 February to file closing documents in the case, according to an order issued 9 January 2024.
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Larsen Mettler is the managing director of S2G Ventures’ oceans and seafood investments. He previously worked as chief financial officer of Alaska processor Silver Bay Seafoods and director of KeyBanc Capital Markets’ seafood investment banking portfolio.
SeafoodSource: What is the state of Alaska’s seafood processing sector? Would you describe it as in crisis mode?
Mettler: No, I would not describe the sector as in crisis mode
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U.S. suppliers are scrambling to figure out how the nuances of an expanded U.S. ban on Russian seafood might impact their trading in Alaska pollock.
On 22 December 2023, U.S. President Joe Biden signed an executive order expanding the U.S. ban on Russian seafood to include imports of Russia-originated seafood processed in third countries, including China. The expanded ban entered into immediate effect, with import contracts signed before that
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Houston, Texas, U.S.A.-based Sysco, the world’s largest broadline food distributor with more than 600,000 customers, has promised to end its purchasing of all seafood traced back to the Chishan Group, a Chinese processor accused of using Uyghur forced labor.
In a 5 January 2024 letter responding to an inquiry from U.S. Rep. Jared Huffman (D-California), Sysco President and CEO Kevin Hourican said he was committed to rooting out illegal
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Måsøval has submitted the winning bid for Mowi’s Ulvøya salmon-processing plant in Norway’s Hitra municipality.
Måsøval CEO Helge Kvalvik said his company plans to increase capacity at the facility and continue harvesting operations there, pending completion of the sale. The purchase price was not disclosed.
Mowi announced it was selling its 7,500-square-meter salmon slaughterhouse, which sits on a
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Big Fish Maldives has opened a value-added tuna-processing facility on Himmafushi Island, enhancing its capacity as it solidifies its status as the Maldives’ top yellowfin tuna exporter.
Big Fish Maldives was founded in 2017 as a producer and exporter of sashimi-grade fresh and frozen tuna products to the E.U., U.S., and Asia. The company has spent USD 5 million (EUR 4.6 million) to increase capacity and equip its facility on
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A U.S. federal judge has backed NOAA's decision to block two shipments of U.K.-caught Chilean sea bass from entering the U.S.
U.S. Court of International Trade Judge Timothy M. Reif has approved a request from Southern Cross Seafoods to transfer its lawsuit against the U.S. government and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida, stating the court on which he serves does not
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