Erin Spampinato

Associate Editor

Erin Spampinato is the Georgetown, Maine-based associate editor 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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Published on
July 7, 2025

The Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Fisheries has announced updated regulations for land-based aquaculture operations and has lifted its temporary suspension of applications for salmon, trout, and rainbow trout facilities, which dates to 2022. 

Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and the Oceans Marianne Sivertsen Næss said in a statement that the “great deal of technological development since the current regulations for

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Published on
July 1, 2025

Rates for shipping containers traveling between the Far East and the U.S. West Coast have fallen, suggesting that the impact of the U.S.-China trade war is diminishing, at least for now.

The early June peak in rates between the Far East and the U.S. was a sign, logistics analysts said, of shippers’ eagerness to move goods into the U.S. during the 90-day tariff pause announced by the U.S. and China on 12 May.

Now, two leading container

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Published on
June 30, 2025

The World Bank and World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) claim the aquaculture sector is primed for massive growth over the next 25 years, but the level of investment in the industry will determine just how much it will grow.

“To realize aquaculture’s full potential, we must shift toward practices that are not only productive, but also environmentally responsible, socially inclusive, and economically viable,” World Bank acting Global

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