Cliff White has been the executive editor of SeafoodSource since 2016. Previously, he worked as the senior business reporter for the McClatchy-owned Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas deposit and the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Yellowfin and bigeye tuna steaks and loins sold across the United States – and likely Europe and other markets – are increasingly probable to be tainted with unlisted ingredients, including citric acid, beet extract, and sodium, according to three global seafood executives.
Up to 60 percent of yellowfin tuna steaks exported from
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Great Northern Products, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2024, plans to liquidate all of its assets.
The Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.-based seafood dealer filed a proposed reorganization plan on 28 May and then filed an amended plan 6 June. The company lists just under USD 3.2 million (EUR 3 million) in assets and USD 2.5 million (EUR 2.3 million) in debt, including USD 250,000 (EUR 231,000) owed to Berkshire Bank and USD
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Rodger May, the co-owner of Peter Pan Seafoods, which entered receivership on 25 April, is fighting it out with Silver Bay Seafoods to buy up the distressed company’s assets.
May, who has served as Peter Pan’s president and chief growth officer since joining a consortium, which included his firm Northwest Fish Co., McKinley Alaska Private Investment-managed Na’-Nuk Investment Fund, and RRG Global Partners Fund, to buy it
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Kendell Seafood Imports will have to pay more than USD 575,000 (EUR 528,000) to Chilean Sea Bass Inc. after the adjudication of a lawsuit over a pricing dispute stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.
U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ruled on 22 May that North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S.A.-based Kendell Seafood must repay Chilean Sea Bass (CSB) for a shipment of Antarctic toothfish received in 2020, just as the U.S. foodservice
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The U.K.’s seafood-processing sector has struggled through some difficult times lately, but local advocates are pushing for a revival.
Troubling signs for the sector have included a plan introduced by Young’s Seafood to demolish its Marsden Road factory, following the company’s closure of the facility in June 2023. Iceland Seafood International also sold off its U.K. assets, including its Grimsby plant, for just GBP 1,000 (USD
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