Chris Chase

Chris Chase

Executive Editor

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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Published on
August 28, 2024

Norwegian salmon-farming company Masoval posted higher sales revenue and earnings in Q2 2024 despite lower harvests, in part thanks to securing higher average prices year over year amid high volatility. 

The salmon farmer recorded revenue of NOK 934 million (USD 89.3 million, EUR 79.8 million) in Q2 2024, up from the NOK 804 million (USD 76.8 million, EUR 68.7 million) it posted in Q2 2023. That increase came even as its harvests dropped

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August 23, 2024

New Zealand’s National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has opened a land-based kingfish farm, calling it the first of its kind in the country.

The new kingfish farm is located in Ruakaka Northland and can produce up to 600 metric tons (MT) of kingfish each year, according to NIWA. The farm uses a land-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) to produce the fish and is the product of a joint venture between NIWA

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August 22, 2024
Land-based salmon-farming company Atlantic Sapphire has stabilized production at Phase 1 of its Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based recirculating aquaculture system facility, but the company still needs an additional USD 94 million (EUR 84 million) to build out infrastructure to allow it to become profitable.  During its Q2 2024 and H1 2024 results presentation, Atlantic Sapphire CFO Gunnar Aasbo-Skinderhaug said the company needs USD 11 million (EUR… Read More
Published on
August 21, 2024

Oslo, Norway-based aquaculture firm AquaCon has acquired a separate property in pursuit of its goal to build an Atlantic salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) in the U.S.

The company originally planned to build multiple salmon RAS sites in the U.S., including a 1.2-million-square-foot aquaculture facility in Cambridge, Maryland, U.S.A., and received investments from prominent aquaculture companies to do so. The company later pulled out

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