Haley Jones

Icy Waters and Trident Seafoods were declared the winners of the 2026 Seafood Excellence Awards at Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. Bedford, New Hampshire, U.S.A.-based Icy Waters won the “Best New Retail Product” award for its Coconut Margarita Haddock by The Good Fish Company. The new product is an Atlantic haddock fillet crusted with an everything topping and a tequila, coconut,… Read More

East Boothbay, Maine, U.S.A.-based Bigelow Laboratory of Ocean Sciences has partnered with aquaculture investment firm Hatch Blue to launch “a first of its kind” blue biotech innovation studio to aid ten businesses with growing enough to attract investors. According to a release by Hatch Blue, the innovation studio will work with the Maine Technology Institute to create better avenues for pushing marine resources into high-value sectors,… Read More

Oxford, U.K.-based animal welfare data consultancy firm Food Animal Initiative (FAI) has launched “The Tilapia Hub,” a new platform designed to help tilapia supply chain professionals think about fish welfare when doing business, the company said in a release. “We are already influencing thousands of tilapia farmers worldwide,” FAI E-Learning and Aquaculture Program Manager Sara Barrento said. “The Tilapia Hub accelerates this progress… Read More

The Kawerak Tribe of Alaska said that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (NPFMC) recent action to limit chum salmon bycatch is not enough to repopulate the fishery, calling it a “step backwards.” The NPFMC met to take final action on management strategies for limiting chum salmon bycatch in the Eastern Bering Sea pollock trawl fishery on 11 February 2026, and voted to reject a hard cap on Western Alaska chum salmon bycatch but… Read More

Ålesund, Norway-based seafood handling and processing technology company Optimar announced three new contracts worth NOK 70 million (USD 7.3 million) with Akureyri, Iceland-based fishing company Samherji for a land-based aquaculture facility called “Salmon Garden.” “These contracts demonstrate the breadth of what we can deliver within aquaculture,” Optimar Sales Manager Espen Rørvik said in a release. “We are proud to support… 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]. – New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based scallop and seafood producer Northern Wind announced Stuart Benton as its new CFO to lead the company’s financial strategy and… Read More

Bristol, Rhode Island, U.S.A.-based Roger Williams University’s (RWU) Center for Economic and Environmental Development (CEED) is working on a research project aimed to strengthen the state’s quahog fisheries in Narragansett Bay. The project combines aquaculture, disease testing, and hands-on student training to support the wild shellfish populations, which in turn strengthens the state’s seafood economy, the university research center… Read More

Oslo, Norway-based risk management and assurance certification body DNV recently entered into an agreement to acquire Bergen, Norway-based data specialist company AquaCloud, according to a release by DNV. Kyst.no reported that Aquacloud filed for bankruptcy, saying in a press release that there is “no longer funding for continued operations,” and it lacks “the necessary support from the aquaculture industry to realize the plans that were… Read More

Sitka, Alaska, U.S.A.-based Silver Bay Seafoods recently announced the company would pause processing in Cordova for the remainder of 2026, citing low salmon forecasts. “Silver Bay Seafoods will be buying salmon in all Prince William Sound [PWS] drift and seine fisheries in 2026, and we will continue to provide fleet services in Cordova,” Silver Bay Seafoods Chief Operating Officer Branson Spiers told the Cordova Times. “Given the low… Read More

St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada-based seafood-processing company Quinlan Brothers has partnered with Reykjavík, Iceland-based seafood software provider Wisefish to use the latter’s product suite to modernize operations and strengthen traceability. According to Wisefish, Quinlan Brothers will “gain enhanced visibility across its operations” through its platform, which is designed to support production, inventory, and… Read More