Chris Chase

A trading update by Faroe Islands-based salmon farming company Bakkafrost revealed mortality at its Scottish operations ended up costing the company millions. The Q4 2025 trading update indicates Bakkafrost harvested 23,300 metric tons (MT) of head-on gutted (HOG) salmon at its Faroe Islands facilities, with an average weight per salmon of 5.6 kilograms. Scotland’s harvest total came in at 4,600 MT, with an average weight of 4.1 kilograms.… Read More

Norway’s seafood exports hit a new value record in 2025 despite a challenging year in which the seafood industry had to contend with multiple headwinds.   According to data collected by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), Norway exported 2.8 million metric tons (MT) of seafood worth NOK 181.5 billion (USD 18 billion, EUR 15.4 billion) in 2025, an increase of NOK 6.4 billion (USD 637 million, EUR 544 million), or 4 percent, over the value it… Read More

Roughly 120 years ago, Harry Brownstein went from smokehouse to smokehouse with a horse-drawn wagon, distributing their products to stores. “He was a wagon jobber, with a horse-drawn wagon buying smoked fish from different smokehouses around Brooklyn and Queens, and he had himself a sales route,” Adam Caslow, Managing Partner and Co-Owner of Acme Smoked Fish, told SeafoodSource. “His dream was to open his own smokehouse, which he achieved… Read More

ScaleAQ announced land-based salmon-farming company Laxey has signed a contract to use its feed system in its flow-through salmon farm located in Iceland. Laxey, originally called Icelandic Land Farmed Salmon, is working on a 32,000-metric-ton (MT) salmon farm in Iceland’s Westman Islands. The land-based farmer has previously signed agreements with equipment manufacturers like BAADER, Marel, and AKVA and hit milestones in 2025 when it… Read More

A group of NGOs have filed a motion arguing a settlement between the U.S. government and the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) over Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) requirements violates the agreement they reached with the U.S. government earlier in the year.  The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD), and the Animal Welfare Institute filed a “Motion to Enforce Settlement Agreement” arguing… Read More

American Mariculture Co-Founder and CEO Robin Pearl has pled not guilty to charges of fraud, money laundering, and grand theft as the property on which the company’s recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) is located has been placed for sale. Pearl co-founded American Mariculture, along with American Penaeid and Sun Shrimp Gourmet, in 2013 and was charged with multiple crimes in November 2025. According to booking documents submitted to the… Read More

The first tuna auction at Toyko’s Toyosu fish market has reached a record price of JPY 510.3 million (USD 3.2 million, EUR 2.7 million). The price went to a bluefin tuna caught off of the town of Oma in Japan’s Aomori prefecture that weighed 243 kilograms. The record price fetched for the fish beats the previous high of JPY 333.6 million (then USD 3 million, EUR 2.6 million) set in 2019. Kiyomura, the company operating the Sushizanmai sushi… Read More

The past year was marked by a shift in global trade as the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump in January brought with it a new administration and a new philosophy on trade. That shift showed in SeafoodSource’s most viewed stories of 2025, with the majority of our top stories focusing on U.S. government shifts during the year. The bill’s backers claim that shark feeding only encourages depredation – the partial or complete… Read More

A U.K.-based debt collection company has reportedly sued Icelandic fishing company Samherji for ISK 140 billion (USD 1.11 billion, EUR 945 million) over claims tied to the “Fishrot” scandal. Icelandic publication Ruv reported the lawsuit is targeting Samherji over claims made by a Namibia-owned company and is also targeting Samherji management. The publication said the lawsuit is being brought against Samherji by Restitution Litigation… Read More

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced another company is recalling shrimp from Indonesia that could be contaminated with radioactive material, adding to a suite of recalls that started in August 2025. Bellevue, Washington, U.S.A.-based Direct Source Seafood is recalling roughly 83,800 bags of frozen raw shrimp imported from Indonesia because they may have been prepared, packed, or held under conditions where they were exposed to… Read More