PE-backed Captain D’s brings in new CFO from Cracker Barrel
The US seafood restaurant chain has announced the appointment of Jeff Wilson as its new chief financial officer
View ArticleCanada’s Northumberland Strait fall lobster season begins after several delays
The fall lobster season has officially started in lobster fishing area 25
View ArticleLouisiana gets $58m to help fisheries recover from 2019 flood
The money will be used for various resiliency projects, including vessel access and dock improvements, oyster cultch plants and equipment reimbursement grants
View ArticleUS gov’t seeks $392k from American Seafoods over alleged clean water violations
The US Environmental Protection Agency is seeking $392,000 from American Seafoods for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act by Northern Jaeger off Washington and Oregon
View ArticleUS scallop capital makes case for hosting NOAA’s Northeast HQ
The 'physical separation of NMFS facilities from the locus of fishing activity in the Northeast has fueled the industry's persistent distrust of federal regulators'
View ArticleNOAA’s national seafood strategy opens floodgates for hot-button political...
'By increasing domestic processing capabilities, we will increase the seafood industry’s resiliency, reduce the carbon footprint of our industry, and create job opportunities' -- Seafood Harvesters of...
View ArticleEditor’s choice: ‘Collapse’ in pink salmon pricing the worst since ’90s;...
EMEA editor Neil Ramsden brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
View Article‘Clearwater West’ expansion talks ‘ongoing,’ Premium Brands CEO confirms
'Clearwater West is a platform launch and not an acquisition. It is still ongoing, and hopefully, we can get to a stage that we can announce' -- George Paleologou, Premium Brands
View ArticleSearch for missing fisherman suspended off Nantucket coast after two days
The fisherman went overboard from the 'Gaston's Legacy' a US-flagged squid fishing vessel from New Bedford
View ArticleSeal attack blamed for loss of 50,000 salmon at two Maine Cooke sites
A seal attack has been blamed for the loss of 50,000 juvenile Atlantic salmon at two fish farming sites owned by Cooke Aquaculture
View ArticleMowi makes another run at expanding Newfoundland salmon hatchery
Mowi wants to increase production at the location from 4.5 million smolt per year to 6.7m. The fish would be used to stock some 39 seawater farms
View ArticleDataSalmon: Chile salmon price to US climbs again, Brazil flat
Spot prices for farmed Chilean salmon sold to the US rose once more in week 31, while those to Brazil dipped
View ArticleWhy aren’t US retailers lowering shrimp prices?
With a margin of 40% between retail and wholesale price, shrimp appears to be being used to make up for negative margins of other proteins
View ArticleSkretting promotes Seeley to commercial director role in North American...
New role effective from August
View ArticleTrident delays build of new Unalaska plant amid ‘collapsing’ markets
'The rate and pace at which markets are collapsing across our key species is staggering' -- Joe Bundrant, Trident CEO
View ArticleNew commercial whelk fishery announced for Nova Scotia
The first season is expected to begin as soon as Spring 2024
View ArticleGrist takes North America-wide glance at climate change impact on fisheries
Six of the last seven Dungeness crab seasons off the coast of California have been delayed due to hot spells experienced on the US Pacific Coast
View ArticleSkretting promotes Hejazipour to director of procurement at North American...
The executive has risen through the ranks over the past eight years at the company's operations in Vancouver, British Columbia
View ArticleLand-based shrimp farmer tru Shrimp names exclusive US distributor for...
Derived from shrimp exoskeletons, chitosan is used in pharmaceutical and medical device industries
View ArticleUS processor Raw Seafoods launches new ‘specialty seafood’ brand
Massachusetts, US-based seafood distributor and processor Raw Seafoods has announced the launch of its new "City Pier specialty seafood" brand
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