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Correction: An earlier version of this article used a photo of a trolling vessel, not a trawling vessel. The photo has been replaced More than 5,000 Alaskan advocacy organizations, local business owners, and residents have signed a letter to U.S. Representative Nick Begich (R-Alaska) asking the elected official to support banning bottom trawling in federal waters, with particular concern shown toward bycatch associated with the fishing… 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]. – Helge Kvalvik has resigned as CEO of Frøya, Norway-based salmon-farming firm Måsøval, effective 30 June 2026. Kvalvik has held the CEO position for the last three years… Read More

London, England-based animal welfare organization Crustacean Compassion recently released the fourth iteration of its annual report, “The Snapshot,” analyzing the welfare practices of several companies involved in the trade of crustaceans across the U.K. The report, titled “The Snapshot 2025: Industry Benchmark on Decapod Crustacean Welfare,” noted that though supermarkets and processors have made progress in rejecting inhumane slaughter… Read More

Mica Linscheid was born and raised in Kodiak, Alaska, U.S.A., and watched his career schoolteacher parents participate in the Bristol Bay commercial fishery each summer. Once he was old enough, he spent seven seasons commercial fishing himself. “I found that all my friends were commercial fishing up in Bristol Bay, and they would come back and it was just this slew of stories,” Linscheid told SeafoodSource. “It’s enthralling to people,… Read More

The University of Stirling in Scotland recently published a study analyzing the differences between lice in their larval stages and after they reach maturity in an attempt to develop strategies to control lice on farms. In the study, researchers compared secretions released by lice that attach to salmon at the parasite’s young larval stage to the secretions found in adult lice.  More specifically, researchers took samples of larval salmon… Read More

The Aleutians East Borough in Alaska filed a formal ethics complaint with Alaska’s Attorney General regarding a vote taken that approved the dismantling of an adaptive conservation management program. The complaint alleged that a council member who voted should have recused themselves from the February Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting due to a conflict of interest.   The Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands Management Area is commonly… 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]. –  Ålesund, Norway- based salmon farming and processing seafood company Hofseth International announced Olav Holst-Dyrnes as the incoming chief executive officer, replacing… Read More

Cork, Ireland-based global aquaculture investment firm Hatch Blue is partnering with St. John’s, Canada-based ocean technology association Oceans Advance to create the Atlantic Canada Aquaculture Studio. The studio will launch officially in July in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, aiming to help companies scale faster, attract investment, and commercialize technologies that are built in Canada, according to a release by Hatch… Read More

Members of the Global Labor Justice (GLJ) organization spoke to a crowd during a panel and a vigil outside the Thomas M. Menino exposition building at the 2026 Seafood Expo North America (SENA) on 16 March to advocate for enforceable brand agreements with fishing vessels in Taiwan. GLJ also hosted a panel session on 16 March, at which speakers discussed instances of alleged forced labor, lack of access to Wi-Fi, withheld paychecks, and abuse… Read More

Markos Scheer said he knew starting Ketchikan, Alaska, U.S.A.-based Seagrove right in his hometown would be vital to the small town’s economy. Speaking to SeafoodSource at the 2026 Seafood Expo North America (SENA) – which took place from 15 to 17 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. – Scheer said he’s proud to boost the local economy by doing something he loves. Seagrove is Alaska’s largest vertically integrated multi-species… Read More