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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A group of four fishermen from Indonesia, co-counseled by attorneys for NGO Greenpeace USA, have sued Bumble Bee Foods, claiming they experienced forced labor and human trafficking while working on fishing vessels supplying the company.
The four fishers filed the suit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California under the Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPRA), a law first passed in 2000 to combat
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The seafood industry has so far mostly avoided tariffs on imports amid the global trade war started by U.S. President Donald Trump.
Trump imposed 25 percent tariffs on imports of steel and aluminum from all countries with no exemption starting 12 March, and the European Union and Canada immediately retaliated with new tariffs of their own. Trump claimed the tariffs are being imposed as imports of steel and aluminum pose a “national
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Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based government relations, digital solutions, and communications firm Converge Public Strategies is expanding its focus on seafood and leading a new lobbying effort as the industry deals with potential tariffs on imports.
Converge Public Strategies was formed six years ago and, before entering the seafood industry, provided an array of services in the transport, climate, and sports sectors – offering
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South Africa-based Sea Harvest Group posted an increase in its revenue and EBIT despite dealing with what it called “the most challenging year since listing in 2017.”
Sea Harvest posted revenue of ZAR 7.2 billion (USD 394 million, EUR 361 million) for FY 2024, an increase of 16 percent compared to the ZAR 6.2 billion (USD 340 million EUR 311 million) it posted for FY 2023. That higher revenue came despite historically low catch rates
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The Responsible Offshore Development Alliance (RODA) has appealed its case against the Vineyard Wind offshore wind project to the Supreme Court of the United States.
RODA, a lobbying group representing commercial fishermen, first filed a lawsuit against in 2022 in objection to federal approvals of the wind energy project. The 800-megawatt project, located in an area off the coast of the U.S. state of Massachusetts, is planned to take up as much
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Industry groups are pushing Canada’s government to engage diplomatically before tariffs decimate seafood companies
China recently announced 25 percent tariffs on Canadian seafood species – set to go into effect on 20 March – and leaders in the industry are anticipating a huge impact for multiple species.
China announced the tariffs on 8 March, and said they are in response to Canada’s tariffs on Chinese electric
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The government of China announced it is imposing 25 percent tariffs on an array of seafood items from Canada, in what it said was a response to Canadian tariffs on certain goods from China.
China’s Ministry of Finance announced the new tariffs on 8 March, and said the new tariffs are in response to a 100 percent tariff on electric vehicles and a 25 percent tariff on steel and aluminum products from China. Canada announced the set of
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