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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Alaska fishermen are waiting for final word on whether there will be a red king crab season in Bristol Bay this fall.
And with the first 2025 Alaska salmon season forecast showing grim results, fishermen across Alaska, where seafood represents an outsized portion of the state’s economy, are worried about the future of their livelihoods.
In mid-September, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's (NPFMC) crab plan team recommended an
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Leading Vietnamese pangasius exporter Vinh Hoan scored two big wins in September.
First, the Cao Lanh City, Vietnam-based firm’s Lucky Bag dumplings won the Best New Product award at the 2024 Seafood Excellence Asia competition, presented at Seafood Expo Asia on 4 September.
Then, a U.S. Department of Commerce investigation decided Vinh Hoan will not be subject to antidumping duties for frozen pangasius fillets.
The wins were
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Rodger May was the highest bidder at an auction of most of Peter Pan Seafoods’ assets, beating out rival Silver Bay Seafoods.
May, who acquired 50 percent of Peter Pan Seafoods in 2021, agreed to pay more than USD 37.32 million (EUR 33.38 million) for three processing facilities and groundfish quota, among other assets. That beat Silver Bay’s bid of USD 37.07 million (EUR 33.17 million) and 19 other bidders, according to a purchase
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Siri Tømmerås is the commercial director of land-based operations at AKVA group.
SeafoodSource: What is your background, and how did you land at AKVA?
Tømmerås: I received my master’s from the Norwegian College of Fishery Science and have been in the land-based sector since 2015. After 10 years at Skretting, including five as product manager for land-based feed, I joined AKVA. While
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Prices for Ecuadorian shrimp hit some of their lowest levels ever in June on weak demand, according to Total Seafood General Manager Michael Alarcón Arcentales.
Interviewed at the at the 2024 Seafood Expo Asia, which took place from 4 to 6 September in Singapore, Diosmar Sales Executive Teresa Larreta agreed prices were “very, very low” over the summer.
But, both Alarcón Arcentales and Larreta said year-end holiday
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A long-running dispute over lobster fishing rights on the disputed border between the Canadian province of New Brunswick and the U.S. state of Maine is heating up.
After being “harassed, threatened, and attacked” with shotguns, knives, and bear spray, Canadian fisheries enforcement officers appear to be pulling back on enforcement efforts, with as many as many as 35 percent of agents assigned to marine patrols in the area refusing to
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