Bhavana Scalia-Bruce is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. She attended the University of Maine studying journalism and Spanish. Before joining the SeafoodSource team, Bhavana worked for DownEast magazine as an editorial intern, as well as a columnist and business manager for UMaine’s student award-winning newspaper, the Maine Campus.
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Filming is underway on the first season of a Netflix project titled Billionaire Island, a drama about familial rivalry within the global salmon industry.
The series, which is categorized as contemporary fiction, portrays the fish-farming industry in a “funny as well as dramatic portrait,” Netflix said in a press release on 24 September.
“Over the last few decades, fish farming has changed both the Norwegian coast and
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Due to low demand and excess capacity in the global shipping industry, blank sailings have risen across the Pacific, Atlantic, Asia-North Europe, and Mediterranean routes.
Blank sailings, otherwise known as void sailings, are shipments canceled by the carrier, usually referring to instances when ocean carriers skip a drop-off in the middle of a fixed schedule. According to shipping logistics firm Container xChange, blank sailings will rise
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The average per-kilogram price for Norwegian farmed salmon rose to NOK 73.97 (USD 6.86, EUR 6.52), up NOK 0.12 (USD 0.011, EUR 0.011) over the past week, according to the Nasdaq Salmon Index.
The Nasdaq index provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price for fresh, head-on gutted Atlantic superior salmon from Norway.
This past week, Norway exported a total of 24,851 MT of salmon, down from 27,882 MT in the corresponding week
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SeafoodSource is closely following the sustainable seafood movement and is compiling a regular round-up of sector updates pertaining to sustainability initiatives.
- Dickie’s Seafood received an “A” rating from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) for its new seafood processing facility in Richmond, Virginia U.S.A., the company announced on 14 September.
The BRC is recognized as a Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI)
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SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
- Loryma wheat ingredient company announced the debut of its tuna analog, sourced from wheat-based ingredients, described as a “canned tuna alternative."
The Zwingenberg, Germany-based company announced the development of “several application recipes” for its tuna analog,
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SeafoodSource is closely following seaweed innovation by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
- Atlantic Sea Farms was awarded a NEXTY Award for its Spicy Gochujang Seaweed Salad product, the company announced on 21 September.
The Biddeford, Maine U.S.A.-based seaweed-farming company was recognized for having the Best New Plant-Focused Product for its newest kelp-based fermented condiment.
“As always,
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To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide. If you have an announcement, please send it to [email protected].
- Paul Jewer (pictured) has been appointed as the interim CEO of High Liner Foods following the resignation of Rod Hepponstall.
Jewer will take over leadership of the
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An expected rebound in global shipping traffic has stalled, with manufacturers and distributors still struggling to reduce inventories stockpiled during the peak of consumer demand for goods during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Global freight flows have not significantly recovered from the significant freight downturn that began in the middle of 2022, and the nine largest ports in the U.S. each recorded their lowest summer traffic since 2017, according
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Elizabeth, New Jersey, U.S.A.-based wholesale import and purveying company De Medici – a subsidiary of specialty food importer Atalanta Corporation – has introduced three new tinned seafood products.
The new products from De Medici, which offers a variety of foods from Italy, Spain, France, Argentina, and the U.S., include canned small sardines in olive oil, smoked mussels, and a tinned tapas kit.
Released in partnership with
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Norwegian salmon prices are on the rise again.
According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index, the average price of a kilogram of Atlantic salmon farmed in Norway rose to NOK 73.85 (USD 6.90, EUR 6.44), up NOK 1.89 (USD 0.18, EUR 0.16), up 2.63 percent, over the past week.
The Nasdaq index provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price for fresh, head-on gutted Atlantic superior salmon from Norway.
In week 37 of 2023, Norway
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