Chris Chase

The Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC), aside from Russia, has adopted measures to curb mackerel fishing by Russia in the wake of it setting its own total allowable catch (TAC). The E.U., the U.K., Denmark, Norway, and Iceland, all of which are members of NEAFC, all agreed to adopt measures that would limit Russia’s catch of mackerel in international waters to 1,495 metric tons (MT). They also agreed to prohibit NEAFC members… Read More

Taste of BC Aquafarms, a subsidiary of Blue Star Foods, has been evicted from its salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in British Columbia, Canada after a court found the company’s negligence of the facility violated its lease. Blue Star Foods finalized the acquisition of Taste of BC Aquafarms in 2021 and announced plans to raise steelhead trout at the facility. Soon after the purchase, Taste of BC sought approval for a new… Read More

The Port of Tacoma Commission has approved a ground lease for a proposed cold storage and processing space first announced by Fathom Seafood in 2025. The commission said Saxum Investment Company has been granted a lease for a 30-acre site in the port, which is located in the U.S. state of Washington. The commission said the project is expected to cost USD 250 million (EUR 218 million) and generate 400 jobs with USD 43 million (EUR 37 million)… Read More

U.S. seafood firm Red Chamber has reportedly agreed to withdraw a lawsuit against Spanish seafood company Profand Group related to control over processing facility in Argentina.  Profand Group said it reached an agreement to operate the facility with the province of Chubut, Argentina, in September 2025, saying it agreed to lease it and retain the facility’s workforce. However, prior to Profand taking over the facility, it was managed by Red… Read More

San Diego County has filed a labor enforcement lawsuit against several grocery store sushi companies, alleging they used a franchise scheme to cheat workers out of pay, overtime, and workplace protections. A press release said the San Diego County Office of Labor Standards and Enforcement (OLSE) investigated several companies and examined how sushi workers were classified, paid, managed, and required to operate inside various grocery stores… Read More

Gulf Marine Products (GMP), a Louisiana-based importer of crawfish, is suing A La Carte Specialty Foods (ALC) claiming the latter company has violated its trademarks by using the Boudreaux brand. In a complaint filed with the U.S. Eastern District Court of Louisiana, GMP claims the company, controlled by its president, Karl D. Turner, previously had an arrangement to use the Boudreaux brand. However, GMP said it terminated that authorization… Read More

Norwegian cod-farming company Norcod posted reduced harvest volumes in Q1 2026 as the company delayed harvesting to increase average weight and build biomass. In its Q1 2026 results, the company said it harvested a total of just 404 metric tons (MT) of cod, down from the 3,929 MT it harvested in Q1 2025. The company said that decrease was purposeful, and the cod it did harvest was meant to supply strategic customers while it worked on… Read More

Kats, Netherlands-based Kingfish Company posted increased revenue in FY 2025 and higher harvest volumes in Q1 2026 but has observed higher downgrade rates in its fish since May.  According to its preliminary results for last year, the recirculating aquaculture system yellowtail farmer posted revenue of EUR 35.8 million (USD 41.24 million), up 29 percent from the EUR 27.7 million (USD 31.91 million) it posted the prior year. Volumes produced… Read More

For over 40 years, dsm-firmenich has been giving farmed salmon the world over the color that customers have come to expect. The company first launched its CAROPHYLL Pink product in 1985, and it continues to manufacture it today. The product is a type of carotenoid called astaxanthin, a molecule that is found in the wild inside crustaceans like shrimp and krill. Dsm-firmenich is a global leader in producing a huge range of molecules, and Global… Read More

The administration of U.S. President Donald Trump has walked back plans to dismantle a deep-ocean observation system after pushback from members of Congress. The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) announced recently the administration was planning to dismantle the USD 368 million (EUR 321 million) Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI). The OOI consisted of multiple underwater monitoring arrays, which provide openly accessible data to… Read More