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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A new report from the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) alleges the Southwest Atlantic Argentine shortfin squid fishery is being threatened by lax regulations that enable overfishing, human rights abuses, and marine wildlife abuse.
The EJF report, the result of a five-year investigation conducted between 2019 and 2024 into conditions in the fishery places the blame for many of the issues it identified with the Chinese squid jigging
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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has announced the launch of a 60-day stakeholder consultation regarding the inclusion of catfish species Clarias, Heterobranchus, Ictalurus, Ameiurus, and Silurus into the ASC Farm Standard.
In a release about the news, the ASC said that while its experts and technical working groups have identified these species as already meeting most existing indicators within the Farm Standard, it is seeking
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Falkenberg, Sweden-headquartered industrial investment group Ocean Collective has announced that its blue foods subsidiary Ocean Next is launching a sustainable fish paste made from bones and other fish byproducts.
The product is made through a novel food processing technology, which Ocean Next is accessing through its partnership with Finnish industrial food tech firm Superground. That technology uses fish bones and hard tissues to create fish
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India-based alternative feed startup Loopworm has opened a Series A funding round in support of its goal of scaling alternative protein feeds used in aquaculture operations, poultry farms, and pet food.
The company previously raised USD 3.4 million (EUR 2.9 million) in seed funding, led by Mumbai, India-based Omnivore. A pre-Series A funding round, led by WaterBridge Ventures and Japan-based Enrission India Capital, also netted USD
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Biscay, Spain-based marine technology company Zunibal – which is owned by Nazca Capital – has acquired Hobart, Tasmania-based Echoview, a hydroacoustic science and analysis software company.
Echoview is known for its flagship Echoview program, which processes hydroacoustic and sonar data and is currently used by governments, scientists, and various marine industries. The company also offers training in the interpretation of
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Royal Greenland has named Toke Binzer as its new CEO, effective 1 December.
Royal Greenland has been reorganizing its structure and leadership team in recent months after firing former CEO Susan Arfelt Rajamand in February. Rajamand’s departure came as the company experienced a series of difficult years, including a DKK 255 million (USD 40 million, EUR 34 million) loss in 2023 which former Board Chair Maliina Abelsen called “one
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A new study published in Frontiers in Marine Science found that endangered shark meat is being sold in U.S. grocery stores to unsuspecting customers.
The study's authors, comprising a research team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, said that mislabeling or vague labeling of shark meat in U.S. grocery stores is resulting in consequences for both human health and shark conservation.
“We found critically endangered
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