Chris Chase

The U.S. Supreme Court has denied to hear a case that targeted the 2018 Section 301 tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump during his first term.  Trump issued a series of Section 301 tariffs targeting Chinese goods, including seafood, in 2018, kicking off a trade war between the two countries. Those tariffs, launched as a means of combating alleged intellectual property theft, were maintained through the administration of U.S.… Read More

Salmon Scotland and Fisheries Management Scotland have entered a joint agreement that the industry said is designed to support wild salmon conservation. Salmon Scotland has agreed to enter a funding scheme that will see salmon companies contribute funds to conservation based on the number of salmon that are part of an escape. Escapes of between one and 50 fish will see a GBP 500 (USD EUR) payment, with payments escalating until any escape with… Read More

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney has unveiled the first-ever National Food Security Strategy, designed to create a robust, more affordable food system. The new strategy covers imports, domestic production, retailers, and more. A central theme across all aspects of the new plan is strengthening domestic production of a range of different products – including seafood. “Canada is one of the world’s great food producers. But, too much of… Read More

The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) has decided to keep antidumping duties on frozen pangasius fillets from Vietnam after a mandatory five-year review of the order. The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) and the ITC determined Vietnamese frozen pangasius fillets were subject to dumping in the U.S. market, and thus placed antidumping duties on those products. The original antidumping duty orders date to 2003, and the DOC has performed… Read More

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