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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Norway once again posted a record-breaking month in terms of seafood export value in February largely thanks to a big increase in salmon export volume.
Norway exported seafood worth NOK 14.2 billion (USD 1.3 billion, EUR 1.2 billion) in February 2025, an increase of NOK 853 million (USD 78 million, EUR 72 million), or 6 percent, compared to February 2024.
"We have never before experienced such a high export value in the month of
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California, U.S.A.-based Tsar Nicoulai Caviar is already making progress on turning around caviar producer and sturgeon farmer Sterling Caviar.
Sterling Caviar was founded by Stolt Sea Farm in 1983, but after posting years of losses, the company sold its operations to Eugene Fernandez in 2020. Fernandez told SeafoodSource he was confident that he could turn the company around and improve its finances, but his efforts weren’t enough;
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The Tuna Transparency Pledge has gained multiple major signatories – including retailers, suppliers, and tuna associations – as it pushes to increase on-the-water monitoring of the world’s tuna vessels.
The Tuna Transparency Pledge is a global initiative started by The Nature Conservancy (TNC) in 2024. The central goal of the pledge is to gain signatories who promise to advance on-the-water monitoring across tuna-fishing
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U.S. President Donald Trump followed through on his original order to institute 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico, launching tariffs on goods from both countries on 4 March after a one-month pause.
In addition to the 25 percent tariffs on Canada and Mexico, Trump also instituted an additional 10 percent tariff on Chinese goods on top of the 10 percent he announced in February, meaning certain goods from China are now subject to a 45
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Cooke subsidiary Kelly Cove Salmon (KCS) has acquired the defunct operations of Aqua Bounty Canada on Prince Edward Island.
Cooke said the acquisition will allow KCS – the Atlantic Canadian salmon-farming division of Cooke Aquaculture – to produce large smolts for stocking its existing ocean salmon-farming sites. According to a Form 8-K filed by AquaBounty Technologies, the parent company of Aqua Bounty Canada, the purchase price
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The federal government is discontinuing USD 4.5 million (EUR 4.3 million) in grant funding for the U.S. state of Maine, leaving its Maine Sea Grant program in limbo.
The grant program is a partnership between the federal government and the U.S. state of Maine overseen by the University of Maine System. According to a fact sheet from the university, in 2023, the federal government invested USD 1.5 million (EUR 1.4 million) in a number of coastal
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Lucasiñas has regained 100 percent control of Profand Fishing Holding through a EUR 127 million (USD 133 million) transaction.
Lucasiñas announced it reached an agreement with Corporación Financiera Alba to acquire the latter company’s 23.7 percent stake in Profand. Corporación Financiera Alba acquired its stake in Profand Fishing Holding in 2021, at the time paying EUR 100 million (USD 105 million) for its
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The U.S. State of Maine recently released its preliminary 2024 data on harvest volume and value, indicating a significant increase over 2023.
Maine Department of Marine Resources (DMR) statistics for 2024 indicate Maine’s commercial harvesters landed seafood worth USD 709 million (EUR 681 million) in 2024, an increase of USD 74 million (EUR 71 million) over 2023.
“During a year shaped by unprecedented storms and damage to our
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