Chris Chase

The U.S. is planning to buy large quantities of Japanese seafood to supply its military in response to the ban China imposed on all seafood from the country.

A Reuters report revealed the U.S. would be buying Japanese seafood, and that U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said the U.S. government is looking into how else it can help offset China’s ban on Japanese seafood. China banned all imports of seafood from Japan after the Tokyo

Atlantic Sapphire Founder Johan Andreassen is planning to step down from the role of CEO, effective as soon as the company's board of directors finds a replacement.

Andreassen founded the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farming company, and served as the chair of the its board of directors until stepping down from his position as chair and leaving his role on the board in May 2023. Andreassen has worked as its CEO since 2016, and

Neighbors of Fish Farming (NOFF), an Australian organization working to end salmon farming in Tasmanian waters, has submitted claims to a Federal Senate inquiry into greenwashing that the Atlantic salmon industry in the country is making false sustainability claims.

The Australian Senate started an inquiry into greenwashing on 29 March, 2023, specifically aimed at looking into claims made by companies and the impacts of those claims on

The United Kingdom Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is entering the final phase of the second attempt to rollout inshore vessel monitoring systems (I-VMS) devices for the nation’s 6 to 12-meter fishing fleet.

The MMO announced that the rollout schedule is entering its final phase and said it is urging any fisher with a vessel measuring over 6 meters to take advantage of funding of up to GBP 1,050 (USD 1,271, EUR 1,203) in grant

The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW), representing harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, said they still have a list of five outstanding grievances filed by and against the union after the difficult snow crab season.

The 2023 snow crab season started off with a complete collapse in price – resulting in members of the FFAW vowing they wouldn’t fish at the “unsustainable” price. What followed was a

SEAwise, a research project aiming to better understand fisheries management across Europe, has released a new seafood guide after reviewing the health impact of different fish and fish sizes, and the micronutrient benefits of those species.

The SEAwise project, according to a release, is devoted to creating a tool to give fishers, fisheries management agencies, and policymakers the information needed to apply ecosystem-based fisheries

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and NOAA announced an additional USD 20 million (EUR 18.9 million) in funding for NOAA to assist regional fishery management councils with tackling the impact of climate change on fisheries management.

The funding, according to a release from NOAA, will be provided via the Inflation Reduction Act to support the various councils’ work on climate-related

Water treatment systems specialist Bio-UV Group and Boston, Massachusetts-based aquaculture technology provider Innovasea have signed a new multinational agreement to bring the company’s water treatment devices into the aquaculture market.

Bio-UV, based in France, designs and manufactures water treatment systems that use ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ozone, electrolysis, and advanced oxidation processes (AOP). Its water purification

Luebeck, Germany-based food processing equipment manufacturer BAADER announced it is beginning a new project with a Norwegian partner that it calls its “most monumental project.”

The new project, which BAADER said is being undertaken via a collaboration with Norwegian processing company Nova Sea, is the company’s most ambitious project to date, it said. Through the new project, BAADER said it will deliver a wall-to-wall factory