Haley Jones

Rehovot, Israel-based Oshi, which produces plant-based alternatives to salmon and whitefish, recently announced a USD 3 million (EUR 2.5 million) investment from a Latin American seafood manufacturer.   The company was previously known as Plantish before changing names in 2023.  Oshi CEO Olek Ron said he feared the company “was close to the end of its runway” not long ago in a post on LinkedIn, and said he was worried the company may not… Read More

A March study led by the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) found that rising water temperatures in the Southcentral, Alaska, U.S.A. Deshka River are increasing the feeding habits of invasive northern pike, with a 6 to 12 percent increase in consumption by 2100. Experts warn that could be bad news for young salmonoids, one of their preferred meals. Researchers collected data for the project by analyzing the stomach contents of northern pike… Read More

As oceanic temperatures continue to climb, harmful algal blooms have become an increasingly worrisome threat on the seabed floor of the Alaskan Arctic Ocean.  According to NOAA, a Global Ocean Monitoring and Observing-funded project conducted by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) found that warming waters are “causing algal blooms to occur more frequently in the Arctic Sea.” The majority of these species are harmless,… Read More

Researchers at the Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.-based Benioff Ocean Science Lab helped develop an AI-powered thermal camera that can detect grey whales, and scientists are using the technology to reduce the risk of vessel strikes in San Francisco Bay.  The forward-looking infrared (FLIR) cameras use AI-powered technology developed by WhaleSpotter that detects the heat signature of warm-blooded whale blows at all hours of the day up to 4… Read More

The Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Cluster (SAIC), an Inverness, Scotland-based seafood nonprofit, is launching an expression of interest (EOI) ahead of a funding call this fall. The EOI calls for collaborative research, development, and innovation projects that address challenges and opportunities in the Scottish aquaculture sector, according to a release by SAIC.  It opened 22 May and closes 26 June and aims to build a pipeline of… 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]. – Liverpool, England-based seafood company Princes Group announced CEO Simon Harrison is stepping down on 30 June 2026 from his role and board position to pursue a new… Read More

Correction: This story has been updated to clarify ADF&G's decision to not issue the permits under the commissioner permit process. It has also been updated to reflect that permits were issue for the Upper Subdistrict in both 2024 and 2025. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) will not issue permits for beach seine fishing for late-run king salmon in the Kenai River, despite the Alaska Board of Fisheries approving a proposal to issue… Read More

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