Bhavana Scalia-Bruce

Bhavana Scalia-Bruce

Associate Editor

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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Published on
February 27, 2024
Eleven finalists have been selected for the 2024 Seafood Excellence Awards, a competition taking place at Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., taking place 10 to 12 March 2024. The annual competition recognizes leadership in seafood product… Read More
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February 26, 2024

SeafoodSource is closely following seafood processing and equipment innovation by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.

- Sydney, Australia-based University of Technology Sydney (UTS) has announced a collaboration with researchers at the Vietnam National University and Ho Chi Minh University of Technology to develop a real-time aquaculture monitoring system in Xuan Dai Bay, Vietnam. 

The system will be scaleable and

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February 26, 2024
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]. - Lilani Dunn has been… Read More
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February 23, 2024

SeafoodSource is closely following the sustainable seafood movement and is compiling a regular round-up of sector updates pertaining to sustainability initiatives.

- The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) joined the National Women, Infants, and Children Association (NWA) as a small business partner. The partnership supports NFI’s efforts to advocate for and strengthen the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Special Supplemental

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February 22, 2024
SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector. - Berlin, Germany-based fermentation technology company Pacifico Biolabs secured USD 3.3 million (EUR 3 million) in funding for seafood analog… Read More
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February 21, 2024
Norwegian salmon prices remained relatively flat week-over-week in the seventh week of 2024 after inching up over the past few weeks following a significant jump. According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index which provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price for fresh, head-on gutted… Read More
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February 21, 2024
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]. - Ocean Outcomes (O2),… Read More
Published on
February 20, 2024

Puyallup, Washington, U.S.A.-based seafood importer and distributor Wheeler Seafood has debuted offerings of Sealand Advanced Aquaculture's Patagonia king salmon.

Wheeler has been named the official North American vendor for the Puerto Montt, Chile-based company, which is the world's only company producing king salmon in a recirculating aquaculture system.

"Patagonia king salmon [marks] a new chapter for RAS seafood sold in North America,"

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Published on
February 15, 2024
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]. - Dronninglund,… Read More
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February 14, 2024

Norwegian salmon prices increased in the sixth week of 2024.

According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index, the average per-kilogram price of Norwegian salmon in the sixth week of 2024 reached NOK 109.03 (USD 10.30, EUR 9.60) from last week’s 106.37 (USD 10.04, EUR 9.32), marking an increase of NOK 2.66 (USD 0.25, EUR 0.23), or 2.5 percent, week over week.

The index, which provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price for fresh,

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