Haley Jones

Jade and Gantt Taylor have had a busy few years. Since 2023, the couple got married, had children, and became entrepreneurs by co-founding Angel Oak Smokehouse, the products of which can be found in Whole Foods stores across the Southeast U.S. just 15 months after its launch. "Most of our date nights center around us sitting at a cocktail bar talking about what products we want to roll out next or what idea we have,” Gantt said. “It's either… Read More

India-based fish-farming firm Khyber Aquaculture announced a new partnership with the Jammu and Kashmir Department of Fisheries to start a specialized program with local trout farmers to upgrade and acclimate them to modern, sustainable aquaculture practices.   According to a release by the company, the initiative is under a Holistic Agricultural Development Plan (HADP), and the Project 22 Implementation of a Trout Cluster Program covering… 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 cod-farming firm Ode announced Marcy Bemiller as the new commercial director of Ode Americas, overseeing regional commercial strategy in the new… Read More

A study recently published in Science Advances, funded by the National Science Foundation, found using a biopolymer mesh in a web-like formation – similar to that of seaweed – can capture oceanic microplastics in both freshwater and seawater environments as a powerful anti-pollution tool.   Four researchers from Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.-based North Carolina State University's department of chemical and biomedical engineering… Read More

Munich, Germany-based aquaculture technology company Oceanloop secured a USD 44.5 million (EUR 38.5 million) investment to produce giant grouper in Europe utilizing the company's recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology. The investment was handed out by Cork, Ireland-based aquaculture investment firm Hatch Blue via its Blue Revolution Fund, as well as U.K.-based venture investment firm Stolt Ventures. The E.U.'s InvestEU program is also… Read More

Lisbon, Portugal-based territory development, internationalization, and blue economy company Vide de Grunwald has launched the Maringá Blue Cluster; an inland blue economy cluster in Brazil.   The company said its initiative will create and share collaborative models for universities, businesses, investors, and governments to replicate and innovate from, in hopes of growing the inland blue economy. According to a release from Vide de Grunwald… Read More

During an 14 August board meeting, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW) unanimously voted to pass electronic vessel monitoring requirements for the state’s Dungeness crab operations, aiming to reduce the risk of whale entanglement. ODFW said in a release that each commercial crab vessel in the state’s Dungeness fishery must now install an electronic vessel monitoring system by 1 February 2027. Original legislation required the… Read More

The Kuskokwim Bay commercial salmon fishery in Alaska reopened in July, but shuttered again just weeks into the season due to declining catch rates and high costs. Media outlet KYUK reported that the commercial salmon fishery on the Kuskokwim River was reopened in early July by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and that 70 permit holders participated, compared to previous years that had upward of 700 permit holders. Though many… Read More

A juvenile humpback whale found tangled in fishing gear 20 miles off the coast of Oregon has been disentangled, but the animal’s jaw was stuck permanently open, meaning the whale is unable to feed and will likely die.   “This is truly a heartbreaker because of the whale’s injuries, but we will learn so much from this case that can help us prevent future entanglements,” NOAA Fisheries West Coast Region Coordinator Lauren Saez said.… 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].  – Bergen, Norway-based aquaculture software developer Manolin named Agustín Piña as the new country lead for Chile; the company's first Chile-based employee.   According… Read More