Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.
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Scallop exporters in Japan are continuing to grapple with China’s total ban on imports of Japanese seafood, with some pivoting to Southeast Asia as a new destination for raw products.
China’s complete ban on Japanese seafood went into effect in August 2023 and was made in response to the release of contaminated cooling water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by the plant’s operator: Tokyo Electric Power Company
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Kaunas, Lithuania-based Viciunai Group has finally sold its Russian business and processing facility, in a process that members of the company’s board called “the most complex transaction” in its history, forced by its promise to withdraw from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
According to a statement from the company, Vicunai Group has sold its factory operating in the Kaliningrad region of Russia and its logistics and
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Ålesund, Norway-based cod-farming company Ode harvested its first batch of fish in November 2022, and in 2023, the company delivered 4,000 metric tons (MT) of fresh cod to market.
In 2024, the company is planning to increase that total to 12,000 MT, and Ode Founder and CEO Ola Kvalheim told SeafoodSource that the future of the company and for farmed cod looks promising.
“Farmed cod will be an important part of the future seafood
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