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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The U.S. state of Maine has the potential to build a sustainable blue economy and create opportunities across its expansive coastline, but according to Bowdoin College Schiller Coastal Studies Center Director Holly Parker, this requires innovators who can extend their message beyond the “echo chamber” the seafood industry too often becomes.
At the 2023 Seagriculture U.S.A. conference, which took place in Portland, Maine, U.S.A. for
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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.
- UPSIDE Foods announced has selected Glenview, Illinois, U.S.A. as the location for its first commercial-scale cultivated meat plant. Its “Rubicon” will cover 187,000 square feet once built, the company said 14 September.
In June, the Berkeley, California U.S.A.-based company
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Pet treat company Snif-Snax, a Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based company that creates pet treats using Scottish salmon as its leading ingredient, has received the 2023 Natural Dog Treat Product of the Year award from the Pet Independent Innovation Awards.
Snif-Snax specializes in limited-ingredient, all-natural dog treats, featuring non-GMO ingredients and high levels of omega-3s.
“Omega oils are an incredible benefit to a dog’s
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The Nasdaq Salmon Index reported the average price of a kilogram of Atlantic salmon farmed in Norway increased slightly to NOK 71.96 (USD 6.73, EUR 6.27), up NOK 1.54 (USD 0.14, EUR 0.13), up 2.19 percent, week-over-week compared to week 35.
Fish Pool reported Norway exported 25,523 MT of salmon in week 36 of 2023, up from 25,032 MT in the corresponding week of 2022. The figure was also up from the 25,260 MT Norwegian suppliers exported
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SeafoodSource is closely following seaweed innovation by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
-On 7 September, Alness, Scotland-based seafood processor Aquascot announced the acquisition of SHORE: The Scottish Seaweed Co., an Alness, Scotland-based seaweed snack company. Aquascot and SHORE Seaweed have been longtime partners, and both share a commitment to sustainable practices, according to Aquascot Commercial Director
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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].
- On 5 September, Johan Brouwer was named managing director of Morubel and executive frozen sales leader for Cooke Europe. Prior to joining Cooke Europe, Brouwer worked at
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Monthly U.S. shrimp imports rose in July for the first time in 2023.
The United States imported a total of 69,356 MT, or 152 million pounds of shrimp in July 2023, up from 67,557 MT, or 149 million pounds, in July 2022.
India, Ecuador, and Indonesia remained the top three shrimp exporters to the U.S. India sent 26,641 metric tons (MT), or 58 million pounds, of shrimp to the U.S. in July 2023, up from July 2022, when it exported 23,617 MT, or 52
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The International Air Transport Association reported global airfreight volumes declined 8.1 percent in the first half of 2023 year over year.
Kuehne & Nagle global logistics company CEO Stefan Paul said there is broad uncertainty across the shipping sector, and lower rates will carry into 2024.
“Unfortunately…there is no peak season to be expected in 2023. There are no signals on air or sea, at least not for the time
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Alaska is pushing for an increase in mariculture and kelp-farming sites across the state in an attempt to provide employment opportunities for Indigenous Alaskans.
At the second annual Seagriculture conference, a seaweed and mariculture conference taking place 6 and 7 September in Portland, Maine, U.S.A., Markos Scheer, the founder and CEO of Craig, Alaska-based mariculture firm Seagrove, touted the latest investments and innovation slated for
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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.
- Nelson, New Zealand-based seafood company Sealord Group has invested approximately USD 6 million (EUR 5.5 million) in a forest carbon offset project, working with Maori landowners.
The investment vessel, developed by Te Arawa fisheries and New Zealand Carbon Farming (NZCF), is
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