Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate 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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Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has reopened the Northern cod fishery after a 32-year moratorium, setting an 18,000-metric-ton (MT) quota distributed between inshore, Indigenous, and offshore vessels.
Canadian Minister of Fisheries Diane Lebouthillier made the decision for a 5,001 MT increase in quota for the 2J3KL cod fishery – moving it from a “stewardship” to a commercial fishery. The move comes
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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) plans to release new technical amendments to its Version 3.0 standard in July 2024 that the organization said will help correct issues with its initial release.
The MSC originally released Version 3.0 in May 2023 after a review process that began in 2018. The review included the participation of over 1,000 stakeholders and was considered one of the most comprehensive reviews ever conducted by the
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The Fish, Food, and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) is pushing the Canadian government, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau specifically, to commit to giving 115,000-metric-tons (MT) of the Northern cod quota to inshore cod harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador first.
The FFAW has pushed for a “buddy-up” in the 2J3KL Northern cod fishery – an arrangement that allows two license holders with valid licenses for the same
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The U.S. State Department has released its annual Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report, and NGOs are criticizing the choice to maintain the rankings of Taiwan and Thailand.
The TIP report classifies countries into a number of different tiers based on the prevalence of forced labor and human trafficking in their supply chains – with Tier 1 being the best and Tier 3 being the worst. In the latest report, Taiwan maintained its position
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Norwegian land-based salmon farming company Salmon Evolution has raised NOK 365 million (USD 34.6 million, EUR 32.3 million) through a private placement to help fund the next phase of its operations.
SalmonEvolution announced the private placement on 18 June to help it finance the first and second phase of construction of its flow-through salmon aquaculture facility on the island of Indre Harøy,
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Two of the largest whitefish fisheries in the world are facing quota cuts in 2025.
The Norway Institute of Marine Research announced a Norwegian-Russian joint research group concerning fish stocks in the Barents Sea has identified the need to decrease the quota available for Barents Sea cod. The Norwegian-Russian Joint Fishery Commission recommends that no more than 311,587 metric tons (MT) of cod be fished in the Barents Sea in 2025 –
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