Chris Chase

Nearly 30 years ago, Joshua Scherz watched as the U.S.’s sardine canneries – once numbering in the hundreds across multiple states – began to shut down for good.

He then had an idea that shaped his future.

As an undergrad economics major at the University of California Santa Cruz – located on the coast of California’s Monterey Bay – he saw firsthand the remains of the sardine industry along Cannery Row in

Proximar Seafood said in its Q3 2024 results it has sold its first-ever salmon harvest from its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Japan, but ongoing turbidity issues and customer preferences have it delaying it Q4 harvest plans.

Proximar Seafood has been operating its Atlantic salmon RAS since October 2022 and is aiming to achieve targeted annual production of 5,300 metric tons (MT) from its facility near the foot of Mount

Fisheries trade body Europêche has welcomed the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas’ (ICCAT) recent decision to reduce a moratorium on fish aggregating devices (FADs) in the Atlantic Ocean.

ICCAT implemented a moratorium on FADs in 2019 that introduced closure periods for the use of the devices. FADs are frequently used in the Atlantic's bigeye tuna fishery and consist of floating objects that fishing

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has adopted a management procedure for Atlantic swordfish, but another proposal to strengthen the commission’s ban on shark finning was derailed by Japan and China. 

ICCAT held its annual meeting from 11 to 18 November and had already completed a management strategy evaluation for North Atlantic swordfish. NGOs like The Pew Charitable Trusts pushed for the

Canada-based Amar Seafood has reached an agreement with Scotland-based Otter Ferry Seafish to acquire the latter company for an undisclosed amount.

Otter Ferry Seafish is an aquaculture company founded in 1967, making it one of the U.K.’s longest-running aquaculture businesses. The company originally developed trout farming, land-based salmon farming, and broodstock and smolt production before moving into other marine

Frøya Municipality, Norway-based SalMar has entered into an agreement with AS Knutshaugfisk to acquire a controlling stake in the company, SalMar announced recently. 

SalMar said pending necessary regulatory approvals, it will acquire Knutshaugfisk via a combination of settlement in shares and cash. According to SalMar, the family-owned salmon farmer currently has licenses to farm 3,464 metric tons (MT) of salmon across four farming

The salmon fishery in the U.S. state of Alaska has received recertification to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Fisheries Standard after an independent adjudicator rejected objections from conservation groups.

MSC recently announced the Alaska salmon fishery’s fifth certification, marking 25 years the fishery has been engaged with the certification standard.

The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) took on MSC client

The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) has sent a letter to Cooke Inc. CEO Glenn Cooke announcing its intent to sue the company over alleged Clean Water Act violations at its salmon farms in the U.S. state of Maine. 

In the letter, CLF said it plans to initiate the action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maine no earlier than 60 days from the postmark of its letter, dated 14 November. CLF claims Cooke’s aquaculture

Singapore-based barramundi farmer Barramundi Group has released its FY 2023 results over five months after they were due, revealing SGD 11.7 million (USD 8.7 million, EUR 8.3 million) in comprehensive losses for the year.

Barramundi Group is publicly traded on the Oslo Børs, or Euronext Oslo exchange, but was placed on the exchange's “penalty bench” in June 2024 for failing to release its FY 2023 results by 30 May. In