Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based executive editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.
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February 12, 2026
The United Kingdom Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has opened consultations on four new fisheries management plans – the final four plans being delivered by the department.
The new management plans will cover wrasses, seabream, Celtic Sea and Western Channel pelagic fish, and Celtic Sea and Western Channel demersal fish, the department said. According to DEFRA, the new management plans are intended to enhance the… Read More
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February 10, 2026
Seafarms Group (SFG) has successfully acquired all non-cash assets of Project Sea Dragon as it works to restart the stalled land-based shrimp aquaculture project in Australia.
SFG, through subsidiary Sea Dragon Shrimp (SDS), acquired the assets for AUD 750,000 (USD 530,000, EUR 445,000). The company first announced its plans to acquire the assets in November 2025 and that it planned to acquire the assets and begin the process of staging and… Read More
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February 10, 2026
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) has recommended a big increase in Gulf of Alaska (GOA) cod catch limits for 2026 and 2027.
The NPFMC’s latest action would increase the catch limit in the western and central Gulf of Alaska by 25 to 49 percent. The council’s revised recommendations would place the federal total allowable catch (TAC) for 2026 at 30,053 metric tons (MT), a significant bump from the 21,826 MT it recommended… Read More
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February 10, 2026
Japanese seafood company Maruha Nichiro achieved a record high operating income in its third fiscal quarter alongside higher net sales.
The company posted an operating income of JPY 29.4 billion (USD 188.6 million EUR 158.3 million) for the three-month period ending 31 December 2025. That total is 5.5 percent higher than the JPY 27.8 billion (USD 178.3 million, EUR 149.7 million) the company posted in the same period of 2024.
That increased… Read More
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February 9, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump issued an executive order following through on a trade deal with India he announced in early February, reducing U.S. tariffs on the country to 18 percent.
Trump first announced the new trade deal with India on 2 February, which he said came after a discussion with India Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Just four days later on 6 February, he formalized the deal with an executive order, cutting reciprocal tariffs on the… Read More
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February 9, 2026
U.S. President Donald Trump has once again revoked restrictions on commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument.
The move marks the fourth time that the status of fishing in the region has been changed in the last 10 years since the creation of the monument in 2016 by former U.S. President Barack Obama. Obama used the Antiquities Act to designate the nearly 5,000-square-mile area as the first U.S. marine… Read More
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February 9, 2026
Japanese seafood company Nissui posted a double-digit percentage increase in its operating and ordinary profit in Q3 2025, or the three-month period ending 31 December 2025.
Nissui posted net sales of JPY 689.7 billion (USD 4.4 billion EUR 3.7 billion), marking a year-over-year increase of 4 percent compared to Q3 2024. That increase in revenue came with a significant increase in profit, with the company posting an operating profit of JPY 31.4… Read More
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February 6, 2026
Fortune International subsidiary Boston Sword and Tuna (BST) has reached a settlement agreement with Vikenco over prior litigation that alleged the latter company stole confidential business information.
The lawsuit, launched in April 2025 by Fortune and BST, alleged Vikenco North America CEO Christopher Marchese breached contractual obligations and misappropriated “significant amounts” of confidential and proprietary information from BST.… Read More
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February 6, 2026
Denmark-based feed company BioMar has acquired all outstanding shares in BioMar Ecuador, a move it announced soon after it posted preliminary results indicating flat revenue and earnings in FY 2025.
BioMar reported revenue of DKK 16.5 billion (USD 2.61 billion, EUR 2.21 billion) for the full year, which was within the narrowed revenue guidance it adopted in Q3 2025. If finalized in its official FY 2025 results, it would be a slight decline from… Read More
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February 6, 2026
The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is participating in a new coalition that aims to keep the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USCMA) in place as the trade deal approaches its first major joint review in July 2026.
The new coalition, titled the Agricultural Coalition for USMCA, is working to advocate for maintaining the trade agreement – with some targeted adjustments to benefit agricultural industries. NFI is joined on the coalition… Read More
