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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Silver Bay Seafoods is acquiring Alaska-based seafood processing facilities in Dillingham and Port Moller, along with fishery support sites in Dillingham and North Naknek – formerly owned by Peter Pan Seafoods – from Rodger May.
May submitted a USD 37.3 million (EUR 34.5 million) winning bid for the facilities – along with other assets of Peter Pan Seafoods – in late September after the company entered receivership in
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A world-first shareholder resolution spearheaded by environmental groups has failed to push Australian supermarket chain Woolworths to change its Atlantic salmon sourcing.
The resolution, led by online investment platform Sustainable Investment Exchange (SIX), called on the company to move away from sourcing Atlantic salmon from Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. Environmental groups including Neighbors of Fish Farming (NOFF), Bob Brown Foundation,
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The Pew Charitable Trusts is pushing the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) to adopt a new harvest strategy in a shift to how it would manage North Atlantic swordfish.
ICCAT is holding one of its annual meetings from 11 to 18 November and is considering a long-term harvest strategy which would set new rules for how it tackles setting the North Atlantic swordfish quota. A harvest strategy, also known as a
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Genetically engineered salmon-farming company AquaBounty Technologies posted lower net losses for the three months ending 30 September 2024 as the company’s costs dropped in part due to a massive drop in sales.
AquaBounty posted net loss of USD 3.4 million (EUR 3.1 million) in Q3 2024, down from a net loss of USD 6.1 million (EUR 5.6 million) in the same period of 2023. Those losses came on just USD 47,812 (EUR 43,735) in product
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Seafarms Group Limited’s (SFG) Project Sea Dragon has lost an appeal in Australian federal court, with an earlier order to liquidate the company now standing.
In February 2024, Australian Court Justice Michael Derrington ordered the appointment of two liquidators of Project Sea Dragon after finding the company abused the Corporations Act in Australia. The project was originally billed as the world’s largest black tiger shrimp
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A new long-term analysis by data firm Kontali is projecting the salmon industry is poised to have a “turnaround” and see big increases in production over the next several years.
The new long-term analysis by the company projects salmon production will increase by 27 percent by 2030 and as much as 40 percent by 2033. The company said enhancements in fish health, strategic investments, and an increase in land-based production
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Alaska’s major pollock fishing seasons have closed for 2024, ending on a successful Bering Sea B season that brought the area’s catch totals near their maximum quota allowed.
However, the earlier cancelation of the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) pollock fishery's second season contributed to some quota being left in the water elsewhere.
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced on 25 September that
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Carp production in most major carp-producing countries is plateauing, and according to Rabobank data, it is on the verge of contracting.
Long the most-produced aquaculture species in the world, carp is dominant in China, where it is farmed in huge volumes. Based on current data, China will produce over 17 million metric tons (MT) of carp in 2024, a volume significantly higher than Europe’s total seafood consumption of 10 million
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Global tilapia production is on track to surpass 7 million metric tons (MT) in 2024 as the species rebounds from Covid-19-related drops in production.
According to Rabobank Global Seafood Specialist Gorjan Nikolik, Rabobank data and a recent survey performed for the Global Seafood Alliance estimates that total tilapia production worldwide will reach 7 million MT in 2024, an increase of 4.2 percent over 2023. The data, revealed at the
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Global aquaculture and fisheries data analysis firm Kontali and an annual survey by Rabobank are both indicating the global supply of salmon will remain flat due to continued headwinds in 2025.
According to Rabobank Global Seafood Specialist Gorjan Nikolik, an annual survey conducted by the company of important players in the seafood industry and data collected by Kontali indicate major salmon-producing countries Chile and Norway are both
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