Cliff White

The U.S. Department of Labor is urging a U.S. appeals court to reconsider a lawsuit filed against Inland Seafoods, alleging mismanagement of an employee stock ownership plan.

The DOL has filed an amicus brief urging the U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals to consider an en banc review of Rani Bolton, et al. v. Inland Fresh Seafood Corporation Of America, Inc., et al., a lawsuit alleging Inland Seafood’s financial situation was

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U.S. shrimp imports in May 2024 surpassed 63,000 metric tons, marking a rise of 1,500 MT year over year.

For 2024 through May, the U.S. has brought in 654 million pounds (296,663 MT) of shrimp, just off the 658.3 million pounds (298,610 MT) recorded in the same time period of 2023. The gap narrowed with the May total of 140.6 million pounds (63,768 MT), up from 137.3 million pounds (62,263 MT) brought in in May 2023.

In April 2024, the U.S.

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Mike Dunleavy, the governor of the U.S. state of Alaska, has once again vetoed a bill funding the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI). ASMI, which works to promote Alaska seafood, is supported by state funding, but Dunleavy used a line-item veto in the state’s 2025 budget bill to deny… Read More

The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) issued 12 penalties for environmental violations in May 2024, including fines to two seafood firms. Astoria, Oregon, U.S.A.-based Da Yang Seafood was fined USD 150,000 (EUR 139,000), while Astoria-based Astoria Pacific Seafoods was hit with a… Read More

A group of non-governmental organizations, including Oceana and Greenpeace, are calling on the Norwegian government to ban imports of African fishmeal. In a 2 July letter sent to Norwegian government officials, including Norway Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre, the letter requests the… Read More

The head of a South Korean seafood distribution business has been brought to trial for allegedly selling imported fishing bait as food to restaurants. The Republic of Korea Ministry of Food and Drug Safety said the unnamed distributor purchased 28 tons of frozen anchovies from Mexico graded as… Read More

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based pollock- and hake-fishing firm American Seafoods Group has paused its sale process. In May 2023, Bregal Partners announced it would commence a sale process of its majority holding in the company. But, in a 3 July announcement, American… Read More

Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.-based P&D Seafood Company has merged with Pacific Fresh and Golden State Seafood.

Founded in 1985, P&D Seafood describes itself as one of the largest seafood importers and distributors in Los Angeles. It performs daily deliveries of fresh and frozen seafood products to restaurants, markets, hotels, catering services, and conventions in Los Angeles, Palm Springs, and San Diego, California.

Also based in Los

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An electrical fire has forced the Hannah, Northline Seafoods’ new floating processor, to reduce its capacity, just as the sockeye salmon season is picking up in Bristol Bay, Alaska, U.S.A. The Sitka, Alaska, U.S.A.-based company, which has the goal of revolutionizing Alaska’s… Read More

A campaign launched by Human Rights at Sea International, centered around a film about Eritara Aati Kaierua, a Kiribati fisheries observer who died at sea in March 2020, will push for greater protections for fisheries observers. The Death at Sea Justice Campaign and the Death at Sea film, which… Read More