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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April 16, 2026
Aquaticode, the developer of an AI-powered fish-sorting system, has entered an agreement to deploy its technology with sea bass and sea bream producer Ilknak.
Aquaticode said Ilknak will use its technology for phenotyping and sorting as many as 300 million sea bass and sea bream each year, replacing manual visual assessments to evaluate juveniles at the company’s hatcheries.
“Ilknak is one of the most significant juvenile producers in the… Read More
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April 15, 2026
The Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) and five seafood processors are suing the leadership of the Fish, Food, and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) for CAD 2.5 million (USD 1.8 million, EUR 1.5 million), claiming the ongoing dispute over snow crab has caused damage to the industry.
Barry Group, Beothic Fish Processors Limited, Quin-Sea Fisheries, Ocean Choice International, and Quinlan Brothers – along with the ASP – are plaintiffs in the… Read More
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April 15, 2026
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it will launch the first phase of its tariff refund process on 20 April.
CBP’s latest message said it will initiate the first phase of the “Consolidated Administration and Processing of Entries (CAPE)” tool in its “Automated Commercial Environment Secure Data Portal (ACE Portal).” The agency said CAPE will simplify duty refunds by giving businesses an electronic path to submit tariff… Read More
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April 15, 2026
Land-based turbot and sole producer Stolt Sea Farm saw its revenue and profit increase in Q1 2026.
According to the Q1 2026 financial report issued by Stolt-Nielsen Limited, the parent company of Stolt Sea Farm, the company posted revenue of USD 41.7 million (EUR 35.3 million) in Q1 2026, which was up from the USD 31.6 million (EUR 26.8 million) that it posted in Q1 2025. Its gross profit, excluding fair value adjustment, increased to USD 16.7… Read More
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April 15, 2026
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
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April 14, 2026
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
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April 14, 2026
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
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April 14, 2026
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
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April 14, 2026
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
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April 14, 2026
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
