Chris Chase

IFFO – the Marine Ingredients Organization held its annual China Summit recently in Shanghai, where it highlighted the nation’s growing demand for marine ingredients and aquafeed, as well as the impending supply crunch.  The event covered a number of discussions surrounding fishmeal and fish oil and the market developments in key production regions like Northern Europe, Peru, and China. Production has remained relatively consistent over the… Read More

Norwegian cod-farming company Norcod has entered a supply agreement with Havland to supply juvenile cod to its farming operations in Norway. Under the new agreement, all cod juveniles produced by Havland will be exclusively supplied to Norcod, which said the supply will help support the company’s long-term growth strategy. "Havland has, for many years, been, and continues to be, an important partner for Norcod,” Norcod CEO Christian Riber… Read More

AtlantiCan Growth Partners (AGP), based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, has launched as a long-term investment platform it said is focusing on the blue economy in Atlantic Canada. The firm said its new investment platform is dedicated to high-potential businesses across Atlantic Canada and will partner with operators, founders, and leaders in sectors where the region holds a competitive advantage. The long-term vision is to launch three… Read More

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