Teddy Hans

From the 2008 financial crisis, to the Covid-19 pandemic, to China’s four-year ban on Australian seafood, to the recent spike in fuel prices affecting fleets all over the world, Hendon, Australia-based seafood firm Ferguson Australia has experienced several global shocks affecting its operations over the past 15 years. Through these upheavals, Managing Director Andrew Ferguson said his firm has built resilience by continuing to focus on… Read More

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, a Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.-based nonprofit aiming to expand the world’s access to responsibly sourced seafood, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based traceability software firm Seafood Souq. The MoU serves as a commitment in which the two firms have promised to work together to help seafood supply chain actors better identify harvest sources and understand… Read More

The Danish Pelagic Producers Organization (DPPO) set a goal in 2019 of achieving net-zero carbon emissions across its members’ vessels by 2040 through such innovations as intelligent trawl doors, implementing more electrical capabilities in ports, and more. According to Esben Sverdrup-Jensen, the CEO of the Danish Pelagic Producers Organization (DPPO), an industry representative group with a member base that catches 10 percent of the E.U.’s… Read More

Despite ongoing trade difficulties, rising costs such as fuel, and other challenges facing seafood sectors around the globe, Canadian seafood producers remain optimistic in the long-term viability of their sector, according to Canadian Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson. “The world wants Canadian seafood. I saw it when I was in Boston [at the 2026 Seafood Expo North America], and I see it here. There’s huge potential to diversify and expand… Read More

Despite all of the current difficulties associated with trying to penetrate the U.S. market, Zadar, Croatia-based aquaculture firm Cromaris remains steadfast in its goal of getting its Grand Selection line of products into high-end Mediterranean restaurants across America. “We have quality products that we want to enter the U.S. market. It has taken time to figure out the logistics and deal with the current political [climate], but we hope… Read More

The Pacific Island nation of Vanuatu has removed three vessels from its national fishing registry after they were recently fined for illegal fishing in Argentina’s exclusive economic zone (EEZ). According to Milko Schvartzman, the ocean policy coordinator at Argentina-based environmental NGO Circulo de Politicas Ambientales, the three vessels – Bao Win, Hai Xing 2, and Bao Feng – were flagged to Vanuatu while fishing off of the Argentinian… Read More

Indonesian ocean conservation NGO Kebersamaan Untuk Lautan (KUL), together with researchers from Bangor University, IPB University, and the University of Oxford, recently launched a pilot program on the Indonesian island of Lombok that has resulted in what is believed to be the nation’s first vessel buyout scheme. The program centered around Tanjung Luar, which is on the east coast of Lombok and is home to around 61 licensed shark longline… Read More

New Zealand Parliament has proposed several amendments to the nation’s fisheries bill. Amendments lawmakers have proposed to the bill, which was passed in 1996, include removing minimum commercial catch size limits for specific species, expanding the range of options for setting and adjusting sustainable catch limits, allowing commercial fishers to return species managed under the country’s quota management system (QMS) to the sea when… Read More

Through a wide network of distribution hubs and carrier partnerships, as well as the development of proprietary route-planning and storage software, Edison, New Jersey, U.S.A.-headquartered e-commerce logistics firm ColdTrack has built up robust capabilities to ensure perishable products like seafood can get to nearly any possible consumer in the U.S. within two days of an order’s placement. Originally founded as NutriFresh in 2014, the firm… Read More

Morningside, Queensland, Australia-based seafood firm A. Raptis and Sons is set to close after nearly 70 years in operation.  The firm, which specializes in wild-caught prawn products and is among Australia’s largest privately owned, vertically integrated fishing companies, went into voluntary administration in early March, citing a particularly weak banana prawn return last year and external market factors such as oversupply and rising… Read More