Erin Spampinato is the Georgetown, Maine-based price reporting specialist of SeafoodSource. Erin has held staff writer and editor positions at a number of mission-driven organizations, and her freelance journalism has appeared in various publications, including Electric Literature and The Guardian. She is also the author of numerous academic publications on the topics of gender, literature, and history. Erin holds a PhD in English Literature from the Graduate Center, CUNY, an MA from Columbia University, and a BA from Smith College.
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Scientists representing the Chinese Academy of Fishery Scientists (CAFS) visited Scotland’s University of Stirling recently for a knowledge sharing visit to the National Aquaculture Technology and Innovation Hub (NATIH).
A branch of the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, CAFS is a leader in China’s thriving aquaculture sector, which represents almost two thirds of the world’s aquaculture production and
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The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries will allow farmers in sea lice “red” zones to increase their production capacity if they enclose their production units.
The Norwegian government first announced the plan, which incentivizes farmers to reduce their environmental impact through closed farming systems that keep salmon from interacting with both sea lice and wild salmon, in mid-October, with Minister of Fisheries and the
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Bergen, Norway-headquartered Mowi has received approval from the European Commission to pursue its acquisition of a controlling stake in Lovund, Norway-based Nova Sea.
The proposed acquisition was first announced in January, with Mowi saying at the time that it planned to up its stake in Nova Sea to 95 percent from its current standing of 49 percent in a NOK 7.4 billion (USD 740 million, EUR 630 million) deal with the firm's parent company
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The 2025 International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) World Conservation Congress (WCC) has adopted a resolution intended to end bottom trawling in international seamounts by the end of 2026.
The resolution, titled Motion 032, was adopted on 14 October with overwhelming support from the WCC, receiving yes votes from 95 percent of the state and government agency members, and 99 percent of the participating NGOs and organizations
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