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 plans to ban all open net-pen salmon aquaculture in the province of British Columbia by 30 June 2029 in a push to transition the industry to closed-pen and land-based operations.
The move, announced 19 June by Canadian Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, and the Canadian Coast Guard Diane Lebouthillier, serves as both an extension of a 30 June 2024 deadline on salmon-farming licenses in the province and a time limit for companies farming
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Icelandic seafood company Samherji posted an increase in sales but a drop in earnings before taxes in FY2023 as it reported its core operations were “more robust.”
Samherji posted total sales of EUR 419.3 million (USD 450 million) in FY2023 – up 10 percent from EUR 380.5 million (USD 408.3 million) in FY2022. The cost of goods sold also increased to EUR 332.5 million (USD 356.8 million) – up from EUR 298.4 million (USD
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The Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and French officials are continuing to negotiate quota sharing for stocks of halibut in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean.
Landings of Atlantic halibut in Canada were valued at roughly CAD 70 million (USD 51 million, EUR 47 million) in 2022, but Canada does not have exclusive access to the fishery, as France still controls the islands of Saint Pierre and Miquelon off the coast of
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