Chris Chase

Oslo, Norway-headquartered Nordic Aqua Partners, which is developing a land-based Atlantic salmon farm in Ningbo, China, saw increased revenue in FY 2025 as the company begins working toward full operations of its Stage 2 facilities. Nordic Aqua Partners posted EUR 12.9 million (USD 15.2 million) in revenue in FY 2025, up from the EUR 6.5 million (USD 7.6 million) it posted in FY 2024, though those differences are largely related to the company… Read More

Land-based Atlantic salmon-farming firm Atlantic Sapphire has posted improved harvests and biology in Q1 2026 compared to the same period of 2025 and to its prior quarter.  In an operational update posted to the Oslo Børs, Atlantic Sapphire said it harvested 1,504 metric tons (MT) of gutted weight salmon in Q1 2026. That total is up from the 1,183 MT it harvested in Q4 2025 and up from the 1,319 MT it harvested in the first quarter of 2025.… Read More

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is expanding the marking of hatchery-origin Pacific Chinook salmon in a bid to support conservation and hatchery management. Canada operates salmon hatcheries on the Pacific coast that raise salmon to release live alongside wild Pacific salmon. The program, which is also used in the U.S., aims to protect and, in some cases, rebuild wild salmon populations.  DFO said it is continuing that… Read More

U.S. President Donald Trump has extended a ban on several products produced by the Russian Federation, including a ban on seafood harvested or produced by Russian-flagged vessels. In a post to the Federal Register, Donald Trump signed a continuation of the National Emergency that was initially declared under the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden in 2022. That order was then expanded under U.S. Executive Order 14068, which added… Read More

A new report by the U.K. Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) shows the country is behind on several environmental metrics as pressure on its ocean environment “remains high.” DEFRA recently released the first part of its “U.K. Marine Strategy,” which provides an updated assessment of the current progress toward Good Environmental Status (GES), which is a measure of progress and sustainability in an ecosystem.… Read More

A Norwegian court of appeals has upheld an earlier decision by the country’s Directorate of Fisheries regarding a salmon escape at an Aller Aqua Norway operation in 2022 and fined the company NOK 5 million (USD 529,000, EUR 450,000). Roughly 35,000 salmon escaped an Aller Aqua facility in Vadheim in Sognefjord four years ago, which the company identified after finding a 4-by-4-meter hole in its net pen. Soon after, the directorate ordered the… Read More

The U.S. state of California has reopened commercial salmon fishing in state waters after a three-year closure. Regulators signaled they were considering a commercial salmon fishery in 2026 after forecasts showed the population of Klamath and Sacramento River fall Chinook were at a level that could potentially sustain a fishery. Those predictions proved true, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) said it is reopening the… Read More

The Fish, Food, and Allied Workers Union (FFAW), which represents both snow crab harvesters and processing employees in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, has continued to push back against the province's current snow crab price, as the dispute over the minimum price paid to harvesters stretches on.  Each year, a government-mandated price-setting panel sets the minimum price paid to harvesters for snow crab in Newfoundland if the FFAW and the… Read More

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has downgraded fisheries for multiple species in its Spring update to the Good Fish Guide, which recommends species based on environmental concerns. MCS said its new ratings take into account the declines of the various species, and provide a more up-to-date view of those species’ sustainability status. As a result it has placed all U.K. wild-caught cod in the “red” category, instead recommending… Read More

The Federation of European Aquaculture Producers (FEAP) is calling on the European Commission to separate aquaculture from fishing when it considers new plastics regulations. The European Commission recently launched a call for evidence as a part of its Single-Use Plastics Directive (SUPD), as it aims to reduce marine litter. FEAP said it supports that directive’s ambitions and environmental protection overall but added that current… Read More