Cliff White has been the executive editor of SeafoodSource since 2016. Previously, he worked as the senior business reporter for the McClatchy-owned Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas deposit and the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Dutch retail chain Albert Heijn has begun stocking farmed shrimp fed on a diet that includes insect meal created by Protix and algal oil from Veramaris.
The debut is the result of a collaboration between Protix, Veramaris, Ecuadorian shrimp-farming firm Cofimar, feed-maker Skretting, and shrimp importer Klaas Puul begun in 2023.
“Albert Heijn is setting a new standard for sustainable seafood in the Netherlands. They are the first to
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The Ukraine war has been blamed for the recent bankruptcy filing of Whittier, Alaska, U.S.A.-based seafood-processing and -trading firm Whittier Seafood.
In a Chapter 11 declaration in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Alaska filed 19 August, Whittier Seafood Owner Alexey Kozlov said his company was brought down by its ties to Marine Fishing International (MFI) and its sister firm JSC Tefida, a Vladivostok, Russia-headquartered
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Grupo Solimeno, a diversified fishing firm based in Mar del Plata, Argentina, has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with Gava Foods.
Solimeno operates 13 vessels, including three onboard trawlers, three wetfish trawlers, five freezer-beam trawlers, and two squid-jiggers. It recently added the new-builds Luigi and Anita, which have become the two largest vessels in the company’s fleet.
The fleet is large and diverse enough to
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Singapore-based Japfa Group has announced what it is calling a breakthrough in eel aquaculture.
The group’s PT Suri Tani Pemuka (STP), which operates the Aquaculture Research Center (ARC) in Banyuwangi, East Java, Indonesia, has successfully bred tropical eel (Anguilla bicolor) in captivity.
The eel is in high demand in Asian markets for its “rich flavor and high nutritional content, making it a popular choice for premium
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Premium tilapia farmer Regal Springs has faced difficulties in its operations in Mexico and Honduras, but the worst is over, according to Vernon Bradley, the company’s head of marketing and media relations.
In Honduras, the company faced high mortality in 2022 and 2023, as well as a government push to eliminate industrial activity on Lake Yojoa, one of the two lakes on which Regal Springs operated. As a result, it will now only operate on
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Three recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) fish farm projects in France are facing mounting public opposition, led by animal welfare NGO Welfarm and marine conservation NGO Seastemik.
Metz, France-based Welfarm, a partner of the larger Eurogroup for Animals and World Federation for Animals groups, initiated an oppositional campaign in April 2023, and Seastemik, a French organization founded in 2023 with a focus on eliminating commercial salmon
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Salmon catch totals and fish sizes have been disappointing thus far in the U.S. state of Alaska’s summer season, potentially accelerating the ongoing shakeout taking place in Alaska’s seafood sector.
Around 87 million salmon have been caught in Alaska this summer, far short of the 230.2 million salmon harvested in 2023 and tracking well below the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) forecast of 135.7 million fish by
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StarKist and its owner, Dongwon Industries, and former Bumble Bee Foods owner Lion Capital have agreed to pay more than USD 200 million (EUR 180 million) to settle class-action lawsuits, alleging they collaborated to fix the price of canned tuna between 2011 and 2015.
Two separate settlements were filed 13 August between the so-called end-payer plaintiffs (EPPs) and direct purchaser plaintiffs (DPPs) and companies alleged to have engaged in a
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