Haley Jones

Since the summer of 1967, Port Moller Test Fishery has offered Alaska’s Bristol Bay an in-depth look into the stocks of sockeye salmon during the peak commercial season. Now celebrating its 60th year, the project might become fully state funded. The PMTF is owned and operated through the Bristol Bay Science and Research Institute (BBSRI), which has been led by Executive Director Jordan Head for the last three years. Currently, the institute… 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]. – Monterey, California, U.S.A.-based Monterey Bay Aquarium has named Jenny Gray as its incoming CEO, replacing Nancy Burgermeister who was the first CEO in the aquarium’s… Read More

More than two years after a petition was filed, NOAA has determined that listing Alaskan Chinook salmon under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted – a decision supported by many Alaskan fishing groups. “This decision by NMFS Assistant Administrator Eugenio Piñeiro Soler indicates strong support for Alaska’s management of natural resources,” Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang said in a… Read More

The Woods Hole, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) released a new study finding that industrial-scale fishing has removed “substantial biomass from the ocean’s twilight zone” for several decades, casting doubt on the claim that this ecosystem remains unexploited.   The study, titled “Hidden in Plain Sight: Decades of Industrial-Scale Fishing in the Ocean's Twilight Zone,” focuses on the “dark… Read More

Scientists at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science recently published a study showing that cultivating seaweed species among marine finfish in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) operations helps reduce or even eliminate key waste products. The study, titled “Evaluation of native macroalgae species of the Southeast U.S. and Caribbean for use in integrated multi-trophic aquaculture… Read More

Southeast Alaskan fisherman Vincent Jacobson of Yakutat, Alaska, U.S.A. was sentenced to five years’ probation, a USD 15,000 (EUR 12,734) fine, and a world-wide fishing and hunting ban for five years for illegally conspiring to harvest halibut with fellow Yakutat, Alaska, U.S.A. fisherman Jonathan Pavlik. The U.S. District Attorney of Alaska’s office said the court determined that from September 2019 through August 2022 the two fraudulently… 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 technology company Tidal announced Johan Fredrik Platou as its new customer insight manager. In a release from the company, Tidal said Platou… Read More

Guayaquil, Ecuador-based ExportGaGroup has been farming Ecuadorian white shrimp, or vannamei shrimp, for the last 20 years, and is hoping to expand the company’s market by exporting in-house products. At Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global in Barcelona Spain 21-23 April, International Sales team member Haarlem Ronquillo said the company specializes in the farming of Ecuadorian white shrimp in colors A2 and A3, as well as grade A, B,… Read More

Ramat Negev, Israel-based Mariculture Systems recently announced that it has secured an Aquaculture Activity Title (TAA) from the government of Portugal, which will allow it to start construction on an innovative open-ocean farming platform off the Portuguese coast. Securing the TAA concludes the environmental and operational licensing process that Mariculture Systems has undergone since 2024. The company aims to utilize CORALIS technology with… Read More

Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, U.S.A.-based aquaculture biotechnology company Pacific Hybreed announced USD 1 million (EUR 850,880) was earned in a funding round to support the company’s expansion of commercial-scale hatchery operations for shellfish. Investors included Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.-based investors Hawai’i Angels and Blue Startups, according to a release by Hawai’i Angels. Pacific Hybreed develops high-performance oyster and clam seed… Read More