Chris Chase

Khyber Aquaculture, the company which opened a trout recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Kashmir, India, has received its Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) approval. Khyber opened its RAS facility in 2026, and the company is targeting an eventual production of 7,000 metric tons (MT) over the next three to five years. Its current farm has a capacity of 1,500 MT, and the company plans to include hatchery,… Read More

Atlantic Sapphire has filed an application with Euronext Oslo Børs to delist its shares from the marketplace. The recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon-farming company announced in May that it was planning to become a private company within the year and that it had entered a restructuring agreement to address its long-term financing needs. In August, it sold a majority stake of the company to Coral Holding, and on 13 October, Coral… Read More

A U.S. Appeals Court has ruled against the Maine lobster industry in a lawsuit it brought against the Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation (MBAF). A coalition of Maine lobstermen, including Bean Maine Lobster Inc., the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association, Atwood Lobster LLC, and Bug Catcher Inc., had won a lawsuit against the MBAF over its decision to give the fishery a “red” rating in its seafood watch list. The aquarium foundation appealed… Read More

The Canadian government recently introduced a new bill targeting amendments to 31 different pieces of legislation to reduce regulatory complexity, including some regulations that affect the seafood industry. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat said Bill S-7, “Cutting Red Tape for all Canadians Act,” is designed to eliminate overcomplication of regulations in a range of different industries. “A modern, well-functioning regulatory… Read More

Nordic Aqua Partners’ Ningbo, China-based recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility recently reached another salmon production milestone, the company said. In an operational update for Q3 2026, the company said its RAS achieved harvest volumes of 1,838 metric tons (MT) in Q3 2026, with an average harvest weight of 4.4 kilograms head-on gutted (HOG) salmon. The harvest also had a superior rate of 95 percent.  All told, the company said… Read More

NOAA Fisheries has awarded 14 new grants through its Scallop Research Set-Aside Program. The program was set up by the New England Fishery Management Council in 1999 and carves out part of the fishery’s landings to boats to carry out research projects.  “Instead of awarding federal funds, this unique program sets aside a portion of scallops that would otherwise be available for commercial harvest,” NOAA Fisheries said. “Those pounds… Read More

The Outlaw Ocean Project has released a new set of reporting covering the global fishmeal industry, revealing problems from pollution to labor rights in over two-dozen different reports and offering a “Bait to Plate” tool that includes thousands of data points. The non-profit journalism organization was the creator of a bombshell report on forced and Uyghur labor in the U.S. seafood supply chain that directly resulted in companies cutting… Read More

Ecuador’s shrimp industry has seen remarkable growth in the last decade, and is on pace to continue its greater than 10 percent compound annual growth rate (CAGR) in 2026. While there are some obstacles to that growth, the industry is showing no signs of slowing down, and experts predict that the South American country’s shrimp sector could double its capacity in the coming years using only greater genetics and farming techniques. As… Read More

Local media in Peru are reporting that surveys by the Peruvian marine Research Institute (IMARPE) are indicating unfavorable conditions for the second anchovy fishing season. Diario de Chimbote reported a meeting between Peru’s ministry of production (PRODUCE), the National Fisheries Society (SNP), and IMARPE indicated a second fishing season is unlikely to take place. According to the publication, preliminary results indicate a high presence… Read More

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has posted its final determination on shrimp antidumping duties for frozen warmwater shrimp from Thailand for the period spanning 1 February 2024 through 31 January 2025. According to a posting to the Federal Register, the DOC has settled on a weighted average dumping margin of 1.76 percent for Thai Union Group Public Co., Thai Union Seafood Co., Pakfood Public Company, Asia Pacific (Thailand) Co.,… Read More