Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate 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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A study commissioned by the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) indicates the Atlanto-Scandian herring stock in the Northeast Atlantic may be nearing a collapse if steps aren’t taken to halt overfishing.
NAPA is one of the groups behind persistent calls for action to end overfishing of Atlanto-Scandian herring, which has faced severe sustainability issues for multiple years. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) suspended its
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Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans released its annual stock assessment on snow crab, finding that the stock remains on par with last year and signaling there will likely be little change in 2024 quota.
According to the CBC, the stock assessment showed the snow crab fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador – one of the region's most lucrative fisheries – remained relatively stable, with the exception of area
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Norwegian cod-farming company Norcod is contemplating a private placement to raise working capital and cover higher-than-expected operating costs experienced in Q4 2023.
The Trondheim, Norway-based company announced in its Q4 results it is contemplating a NOK 100 million to NOK 150 million (USD 9.5 million to USD 14.2 million, EUR 8.7 million to EUR 13.1 million) private placement to “cover the company’s working capital
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Trident Seafoods, High Liner Foods, and Sysco are among the U.S. seafood firms that have suspended relationships with Chinese processors named in the latest Outlaw Ocean Project report, which revealed their use of North Korean labor, in violation of U.N. sanctions and U.S. law.
The use of North Korean laborers was prohibited in 2017 by the United Nations Security Council in response to the country testing a series of nuclear and ballistic
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Seafood processed by Chinese companies using labor from North Korea has made its way into international seafood supply chains, according to a new Outlaw Ocean report published in The New Yorker magazine.
The latest story builds on previous work by the Outlaw Ocean Project which discovered evidence of Uyghur labor in the supply chains of prominent seafood companies, retailers, and distributors. The new report details evidence gathered over
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Proximar Seafood, the Norwegian company developing a land-based salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Japan, said it continues to be on track to have its first harvest in Q3 2024 even as it takes steps prevent a similar tank breach to one that occurred in early February.
The company began construction on its RAS facility – located in Yama, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan near Mt. Fuji – in 2021, using equipment
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Plans for a massive land-based prawn aquaculture operation in Western Australia dubbed “Project Sea Dragon” are once again in jeopardy as a federal court has ordered the liquidation of the company and found its administration should be “brought to an end” – with the order staying liquidation for 28 days from 22 February to appeal the ruling before proceeding.
Project Sea Dragon was originally intended to be an
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