Erin Spampinato

Three fishery monitoring organizations – the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), Global Fishing Watch (GFW), and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) – are collaborating to combine their databases to improve transparency in the tuna supply chain. The goal, the organizations said, is to give tuna buyers access to information, including vessel by vessel bycatch data and observer reports, in one

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Singapore-based marine alternatives biotechnology company UMAMI Bioworks has announced a new cell-cultivated supplement line it has dubbed Marine Radiance, which it said will give consumers access to omega fatty acids, collagen, and marine bioactive peptides without taxing wild fish… Read More

The U.K. Seafood Innovation Fund (SIF) and U.K. Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC) have released a new case study on Scottish kelp farming which the organizations say could represent a “step-change for the Scottish kelp industry.”  The project was led by Isle of… Read More

Shipping and logistics industry stakeholders in the U.S. are preparing for shutdown-related delays after congressional deadlock left the federal government without a funding package as of 1 October. 

The shutdown comes amid an already chaotic week in global shipping as Golden Week in China, which runs from 1 - 8 October and closes Chinese factories and ports, slows down supply chains worldwide. 

A number of U.S. agencies with oversight

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E.U.-funded European fisheries research project SEAwise has released the last films in its four-part documentary series about research it has been conducting on the viability of Ecosystems Based Fisheries Management (EBFM) in Europe since 2020.  SEAwise said the films showcase EBFM’s… Read More

Ecuador was the top exporter of shrimp to the E.U. and China for the first eight months of 2025, Shrimp Insights OwnerWillem van der Pijl has reported.  According to Shrimp Insights China imported less shrimp than usual in early 2025, but strong numbers in the summer months  brought the… Read More

Adelaide, Australia-based Ocean Kind, which recycles plastic from end-of-life fishing gear for use in manufacturing, has reached a new milestone, announcing that it has now processed 425 kilograms of fishing rope that has been converted into clean, shredded polypropylene.  Ocean Kind Founder… Read More

To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide. If you have an announcement, please send it to [email protected]. – Iceland-based… Read More

Tokyo, Japan-headquartered Mitsubishi Corporation has withdrawn its bid to increase its current 6.19 percent share of Bangkok, Thailand-headquartered Thai Union to 20 percent.

The THB 12.50 (USD 0.39, EUR 0.33) per share offer contained an automatic cancellation clause, which Thai Union called an “All-or-Nothing Structure” in its first announcement of the offer, stating that the offer would be withdrawn unless shareholder acceptance

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The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) said its recently released study on foreign fleets targeting squid near Argentina has reaffirmed a link between illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and human rights abuses.

The study focused on an area known as Mile 201, just outside Argentina’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) – and thus just outside regulatory oversight. As squid migrate outside of the Argentine EEZ squid

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