Chris Chase

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) said four individuals in the province of Nova Scotia have been arrested for undersized lobsters and unauthorized fishing. DFO said on 31 May fishery officers arrested four at Saulnierville wharf in Nova Scotia after discovering undersized lobsters, while also determining the four individuals fished without authorization. Authorities seized a fishing vessel, 40 lobster traps, two crates, and 76… Read More

Tuna company Bumble Bee Foods will continue to face a lawsuit stating it is financially liable for forced labor that allegedly took place aboard some of the vessels that supply the company with tuna.  Bumble Bee won a partial victory in early June that denied plaintiffs in Akhmad et al. v. Bumble Bee Foods injunctive relief, meaning the company was not forced to grant several requests by the plaintiffs. In another court filing on 11 June,… Read More

A new research paper published in Frontiers in Marine Science has linked the decline in osprey breeding populations in the Chesapeake Bay to a decline in menhaden. The paper, “Widespread reproductive deficits in Chesapeake Bay ospreys,” links a reduction in breeding pairs of osprey in the bay with a lack of access to menhaden in the region. The study found that in the 2024 breeding season, osprey productivity in areas with high salinity… Read More

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has increased the Northern cod quota in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador by 55 percent. DFO reopened the fishery in 2024, setting an 18,000-metric-ton (MT) quota after a 32-year moratorium. Since that time, it more than doubled the quota in 2025 to 38,000 MT, deeming the population had sufficiently recovered to support wider fishing after assessments. Now, that quota is being bumped… Read More

Norway-based cod farming company Ode said it has hit a new milestone in its efforts to farm cod in submersible pens. Ode has been using a “deep farmed” method for some of its cod, and recently harvested a batch of cod from a submersible cage it sourced from AKVA Group. On 10 June, the company said it has continued to develop the technology and stocked juvenile cod directly into what it said is one of its largest submersible pens to date.… Read More

A new study has found populations of the endangered Maugean skate have remained relatively stable but vulnerable, as NGOs continue to push against salmon farming near its habitat.  The study, performed by the University of Tasmania and the Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies, investigated the populations of the species in Macquarie Harbour, located in Tasmania, Australia. The Maugean skate currently only lives in Macquarie Harbour, and… Read More

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) reported a North Atlantic right whale in the Gulf of St. Lawrence was observed entangled. DFO reported on its Facebook page that the whale was spotted by aerial surveillance on 8 June. The department said it is working with its Marine Mammal Response partners to locate the whale, and if it is located again and conditions allow, efforts will be made to remove any gear from the… Read More

France-based insect feed producer Innovafeed successfully raised EUR 51 million (USD 58 million) to scale up its operations and announced it is cutting 60 positions, mainly from its Gouzeaucourt site, in a shift away from research and development. Innovafeed said the funding round was largely backed by its financial partners and the funding will help it in a new phase of its development as a company. That new phase, according to the firm, will… Read More

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has announced the 21st sanction package by the bloc against Russia, this time including cod in the list of goods to be completely banned. In a statement, von der Leyen said the current sanctions are beginning to pay off as Russia’s economy is slowing, and the E.U. must now focus on sectors with the “highest impact,” which includes the country’s fisheries for the first time. “We are… Read More

The annual sales value of Scottish salmon is closing in on GBP 1.6 billion (USD 2.14 billion, EUR 1.85 billion) as volumes continue to grow.  Salmon Scotland reported the country sold 81,000 metric tons (MT) of salmon in the 12 months ending in April 2026, an increase of 8.5 percent year over year. Sales value reached GBP 1.59 billion (USD 2.12 billion, EUR 1.84 billion) in the period, up 7.3 percent over the same period of the prior year.… Read More