Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based executive 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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The Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) is renewing and expanding its successful “Fall in Love with Seafood” campaign to reach more consumers across the U.S. in 2025.
SNP launched the campaign in October 2023 as a way to increase seafood consumption and later partnered with U.S. grocery retailer H-E-B to roll out the campaign inside its stores. Over the course of the year, the nonprofit ramped up the campaign and partnered with
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The U.S.’s usage of pangasius increased in 2024 as an uptick in the price of tilapia drove customers to find an inexpensive whitefish alternative.
A panel of experts at the 2025 Global Seafood Market Conference – which ran from 20 to 23 January in Palm Desert, California, U.S.A. – highlighted U.S. customs data which shows a steady decline in U.S. tilapia imports since 2020.
That decline is occurring even as global production
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With the current projected catch of sockeye salmon indicating a lower supply in 2025 and an odd-numbered year bringing increases in the supply of pink and keta salmon, multiple companies are working to bring more attention to underutilized salmon species.
Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association Executive Director Lilani Dunn, speaking at the 2025 Global Seafood Market Conference in Palm Desert, California, U.S.A., said the Alaska
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The North American lobster industry is projected to have similar volumes and landing patterns as it has had in years past in 2025, but U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated mentions of 25 percent tariffs on Canadian products could cause disruptions.
The North American lobster supply has been relatively stable for a decade, averaging between 300 million and 350 million pounds each year. According to a panel of experts at the Global
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The U.S. market for pasteurized crab meat in 2025 will largely come down to whether some of the main exporters of the products are hit by tariffs, according to a panel of experts at the Global Seafood Market Conference (GSMC).
According to data presented during the GSMC shellfish panel, crab meat imports to the U.S. have remained relatively stable for the past 10 years at slightly lower than 60 million pounds. For the past year the market was
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Quin-Sea Fisheries, a Newfoundland-based seafood processor owned by Royal Greenland – has withdrawn from the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) after a dispute over crab pricing data.
Quin-Sea said its withdrawal is the result of “many months of a strained relationship with ASP.”
The company had been in a dispute with the association – which represents processing companies in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and
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Retail seafood sales ran counter to positive trends in 2024 with drops in both volume and value, but Circana data reveals big opportunities in certain categories for the industry.
During a talk at the Global Seafood Market Conference, Circana Executive Vice President and Protein Practice Leader Chris Dubois presented some of the firm’s latest data, highlighting the difficult year the overall seafood category faced. According to Circana,
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