Chris Chase

The Kingfish Company has secured a win in the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, exhausting opponents' options in the Maine court system after a multi-year battle over its proposal to build a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) farm in Jonesport, Maine.

The Kingfish Company has been fighting to build a RAS facility in Jonesport, Maine for over half a decade. The company, at the time called Kingfish Zeeland, first announced its intention to build

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has expanded its North American marketing campaign under the tagline “Sea Green. Be Green.” as it works to raise awareness and understanding of the ASC label. 

The ASC launched its largest public-facing marketing campaign ever in 2022, with the initial tagline “New Way to Seafood.” Mark Lang, who was the U.S. marketing director for ASC at the time, told SeafoodSource the goal

U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a 90-day pause on tariffs for most countries targeted by his “reciprocal” tariff action but raised tariffs on Chinese exports to 125 percent after the country promised retaliatory tariffs of its own.

Both China and Europe have announced retaliatory tariffs on goods from the U.S. as sweeping tariffs announced on 2 April by U.S. President Donald Trump were set to take effect on 9 April.

U.S. President Donald Trump will impose levies totaling 104 percent across all Chinese imports starting 9 April, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed.

The 104 percent total is made up of the first 10 percent tariff in February, the second 10 percent tariff announced just a month later, the recent 34 percent tariff announced on 2 April, and a new 50 percent additional tariff which Trump said is in response to China hitting U.S.

Pacific Seafood has acquired a new distribution and processing facility in Doral, Florida, U.S.A., as it works to continue expanding its operations.

The nearly 26,000-square-foot facility includes 5,930 square feet of office space across two stories, a refrigerated processing area to handle raw materials and skin-pack processing, and multiple dock-height bay doors for logistics, the company said. Pacific said the purchase will help the company

Both the Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) and the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) have submitted requests for a start price for the Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada snow crab season.

Each year the Newfoundland and Labrador Standing Fish Price Setting Panel chooses what minimum price seafood processors must pay snow crab harvesters during the fishing season. Both the FFAW and the ASP – which represent harvesters and

A bulletin issued by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) providing additional guidance on U.S. President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs has revealed importers have until 27 May to bring goods onshore to avoid additional fees – and that U.S.-origin seafood will be given a break on tariffed value when re-imported.

Trump issued sweeping tariffs hitting virtually every country on 2 April – a move that will affect billions of

Norway exported NOK 44 billion (USD 4.08 billion, EUR 3.73 billion) worth of seafood in Q1 2025, up NOK 3.5 billion (USD 324 million, EUR 296 million), or 9 percent, over the same period of 2024.

The high value is a new record for the country’s Q1 seafood exports, according to data compiled by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC).

"The first quarter has been characterized by increased export volumes for salmon; high prices for cod,

China’s Ministry of Finance has announced 34 percent tariffs on all U.S. goods in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff order.

Trump announced sweeping tariffs 2 April targeting nearly every country in the world with a baseline 10 percent tariff. As part of the trade action, China was hit with an additional 34 percent tariff, adding to two existing tariff actions to reach a 54 percent tariff on Chinese