Chris Chase

Australia-based Seafarms Group Limited (SFG) is facing another court case as the Cameron Group claims the company engaged in misleading or deceptive conduct. SFG posted an update to the Australian Securities Exchange indicating the Cameron Group – which is associated with Jan Cameron, a well-known businesswoman in Australia – filed a claim on 19 March claiming the company breached provisions of the Corporations Act when it made statements… Read More

The U.S. fishery and aquaculture industries are leaving money on the table, but a collection of investment groups and scientific institutions are working to change that via the recently launched North Atlantic Blue BioTech Summit.  Begun by the Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences in East Boothbay, Maine, U.S.A., as well as aquaculture investment firm Hatch Blue, the inaugural summit took place on 19 March and brought investors, startups,… Read More

Canada Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson told SeafoodSource she is planning to continue supporting the country’s seafood industry through both internal and international policy during her tenure as fisheries minister. Thompson was sworn in as the fisheries minister of Canada in March 2025, exactly one year before she attended her first Seafood Expo North America (SENA) – this year's edition of which ran from 15 to 17 March in Boston,… Read More

Barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture is continuing to scale up production as it closes in on finishing a customized processing plant that will make the firm a fully vertically integrated company.  Australis was founded in 2004 in Western Massachusetts as a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) company producing barramundi. Australis Aquaculture President Jason Paine told SeafoodSource at the 2026 Seafood Expo North America – which ran… Read More

Stonington, Maine, U.S.A.-based Greenhead Lobster is continuing to refine the processing and packaging of its lobster products at its 15,000-square-foot facility.  The processing facility, which it announced in 2018 and completed in 2019, unlocked full traceability for all of its lobster products. Greenhead purchases lobster from local lobstermen in the region, and transforms it into multiple different products using high-pressure… Read More

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident Seafoods is aiming to break into new territory on restaurant menus with its Crispy Battered Sauceable Nuggets. Trident Seafoods President Jeff Welbourn told SeafoodSource the new offering, which won a Seafood Excellence Award, is the product of the hard work of the company’s innovation team and is a way of differentiating its nuggets from existing seafood products. “Going after other seafood is a… Read More

Land-based salmon farming company Gigante Salmon said it has transitioned beyond a developing company to a fully-fledged salmon producer. In its recent FY 2025 report, Gigante Salmon CEO Kjell Lorentsen said the company’s first harvest from its Lille Indre Rosøy facility was a turning point toward its eventual goal of profitable salmon farming. “The construction and commissioning of the facility have progressed according to plan, and we… Read More

For the first 43 instances of Seafood Expo North America (SENA), the show contained two overarching categories of seafood: wild-caught and farmed.  At the 44th edition – which took place from 15 to 17 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – it added a third category for the first time.  “It’s the third category of seafood – wild, farmed or ranched, and cell-cultivated seafood,” BlueNalu CEO Lou Cooperhouse told SeafoodSource… Read More

Spanish tuna company Balfegó is beginning a marketing push in the U.S. as its new processing and office facility enables it to increase its supply of products. Balfegó opened its new facility in 2025, and has since expanded its company to 350 employees. Balfegó Marketing Manager Laia Ortiz Radua told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo North America (SENA) – which ran from 15 to 17 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – that the new… Read More

A panel of financial experts, speaking during the 2026 Seafood Expo North America, said economic changes over the past three years have had a lasting impact on the seafood industry as it has navigated the ups and downs of the post-pandemic period.  “Two or three years ago, we were coming off 2022 and 2023, when there were a lot of clients who had some significant inventory adjustments,” John Doucette, a managing director with Rockland… Read More