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Michael Duby of Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A. was sentenced to 10 years in jail with a five-and-a-half-year suspension by a state court. The Alaska Department of Law filed multiple charges against Duby, including illegal catching and selling of fish, falsifying fish tickets, and selling clams without a permit or proper toxicology testing. Duby will serve 4 and a half years in jail, pay a USD 20,000 (EUR 17,200) fine, and forfeit his commercial fishing… Read More

The lawsuit alleging a conflict of interest in the Aleutians East Borough Alaska management program of Group M has been dropped after the state opted to rescind the regulations. “The people of this Borough have stewarded these waters for generations,” Mayor Alvin Osterback of the Aleutians East Borough said in a release. “We know what responsible management looks like, and we know when the process has failed us. The State’s… Read More

A study conducted by Burnaby, British Columbia-based Simon Fraser University found that juvenile Chinook salmon in the Lower Fraser estuary are swimming in hundreds of chemicals, including pharmaceutical products and cocaine.  British Columbia, Canada-based Raincoast Conservation Foundation shared the study’s results in a release, citing information that researchers found “more than 200 contaminants in water and fish tissue samples… Read More

The government of Canada has invested CAD 258 million (USD 186.7 million, EUR 160.5 million) to continue the country’s work protecting more than 30 species of whales by addressing ship strikes, underwater noise mitigation, prey availability, entanglements, and habitat protections.  “Canada will continue to take decisive action to protect these majestic marine mammals,” Canadian Minister of Fisheries Joanne Thompson said in a release.… Read More

The Alaska State House recently passed a bill (HB 25) that would prohibit Alaska’s government and restaurants from using single-use polystyrene food ware as of 1 January, 2027, except for in a few granted exceptions. The bill was sponsored by State Representative Andy Josephson (D-Anchorage) and supported by both political parties and the Senate on 18 May, 2026. It has since moved to Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy’s desk for final… 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].  – Utrecht, Netherlands-based aquaculture investor Aqua-Spark recently hired Katherine Bryar as the director of strategic partnerships.   “Katherine’s integrated approach… Read More

UPDATE: This story has been updated with comments from Pacific Seafood Washington D.C., U.S.A.-based nonprofit advocacy organization Center for Food Safety (CFS) announced its intent to sue two seafood companies for alleged violations of the Clean Water Act at industrial shellfish hatcheries in Washington state – Dulcich and Pacific Shellfish – known together as “Pacific Seafood.” The Quilcene, Washington, U.S.A. hatcheries are located… Read More

Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.-based Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) recently released a report showing that the state’s seafood industry has a significant financial impact on the economy, accounting for 7 percent of the state’s GDP. “Seafood continues to be one of Alaska’s most important economic drivers, contributing about 7 percent to Alaska’s GDP,” Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) Executive Director Jeremy Woodrow said… Read More

The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) recently finished surveying the general public in the midst of drafting its new Fisheries Management Strategic Plan, which will stay in place for the next 10 years. According to a release, the DNR is responsible for managing and sustaining Wisconsin’s fisheries resources which include over 160 fish species, 15,000 lakes, 42,000 miles of perennial streams and rivers, two Great Lakes, and 260… Read More

Cork, Ireland-based global aquaculture investment firm Hatch Blue recently released a report detailing Germany’s high reliance on seafood imports to meet rising domestic demand, and suggested its engineering expertise could bridge the gap. The report titled "Engineering the Blue Future: Germany’s Role in European Aquaculture Tech" was conducted by Hatch Blue and commissioned by Landwirtschaftliche Rentenbank. According to the report the… Read More