Pilot program seeks to improve maritime safety in rural western Alaska
The study found one straightforward solution was to provide better life jackets to fishermen
View ArticleStudy suggests hatchery strays, climate change could smother wild Alaska...
Salmon die-offs have been documented over the last century, although little has been understood about why they happen
View ArticleShrimp sales decline as lower-priced crab takes spotlight in US supermarkets
Stronger prices on wholesale level overseas yet to trickle down to the US market
View ArticleHurricane Lee has potential of hitting Atlantic Canada, draws comparisons to...
Hurricane Fiona was the costliest storm ever recorded in Atlantic Canada, and Canada’s 10th-most expensive disaster on record
View ArticleUS state of Maine rescinds two leases needed by Nordic Aquafarms
Nordic Aquafarms spokesperson Jacki Cassida said the company is likely to reapply for the leases from Maine's Bureau of Parks and Lands when legal issues are resolved
View ArticleSupreme Crab hires Guetarni to serve in operations role
Catherine Guetarni most recently served for three years as vice president of supply chain for Slade Gorton and Company, a Boston, Massachusetts area-based company
View ArticleUS barramundi farmer Australis to spend $100m expanding Vietnamese farm
The Greenfield, Massachusetts-based company aims to increase its capacity from around 10,000 metric tons to 50,000t
View ArticleSnow crabs in Bering Sea are still in decline
Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game will make an announcement on whether the fishery will open in October
View ArticleRussian crab business with US links faces repeated legal setbacks
A Russian fishery business accused of having close ties with US companies is struggling to prove it was not subject to 'foreign control'
View ArticleUS wild-catch shrimp harvesters ask eight governors to seek disaster...
'If the historic low prices were not bad enough, the sheer volume of the imported shrimp has also caused issues with buyers not having enough cold storage space for domestic caught shrimp' -- Thomas...
View ArticleGap paper thin between large, mid-sized US scallop prices
Companies will begin throwing U-10s and U-12s into programs calling for 10-20s, one longtime industry expert predicts
View ArticleWith CAD 300m at its disposal, Canadian investment firm eyes RAS
'We have a strong conviction about deploying capital in sustainable seafood. I would prefer it to be in the RAS sector' -- James Rickert, Power Sustainable Lios
View ArticleChinese processors concerned about possible US ban on their Russian-origin...
Song Peng, chair of Qingdao Beiyang, executive expressed concern that Chinese processors would face uncertainty if the US were to ban the import of Russian seafood processed in third countries
View ArticleUS agency mulls changes to sweeping federal fisheries law
The public comment period for the proposed revisions to the Magnuson-Stevens Act closed Tuesday
View ArticlePike Place Fish Market in battle over use of name on non-site business
The Pike Place Market Preservation and Development Authority says it's 'not opposed to' private vendors using the Pike Place name as long as the authority has 'the ability to work with that vendor...'
View ArticleBiden administration releases draft plan for New England national monument
Comments are being accepted until Oct. 26
View ArticleJuly US seafood import, export data available on UCN trade portal
The July data for US seafood exports and imports is now available on new trade portal
View ArticleMark Foods deal with Arista creates $800m US importer
Mark Foods statement reveals it also acquired a 'significant interest' in Endeavor Seafood, an importer and marketer of seafood products based in Newport, Rhode Island, in 2021
View ArticleVietnam reports hefty cut in pangasius anti-dumping rates to US
VASEP said the preliminary anti-dumping rates for pangasius shipped to the US market for period of review 19 are down at just $0.14/kg
View ArticleAmerican Panaeid CEO: Shrimp sector on course for consolidation
The vannamei broodstock and post-larvae supplier faces order cancellations from shrimp farmers, which may aid in reducing shrimp inventory levels
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