Haley Jones

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

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].  – Einar Örn Ólafsson has been tapped as the new CEO of Kópavogur, Iceland-based salmon aquaculture firm First Water.   Eggert Þór Kristófersson is stepping down as… Read More

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has denied an emergency petition filed by the Ketchikan Indian Community (KIC) to reclassify invasive European green crabs from a Class A to a Class B banned invasive species, which would have enabled them to be frozen and transported for food use. In a video posted to Facebook, Ketchikan Tribe Fisheries and Wildlife Biologist Emily Halsell said the petition was filed due to the prevalence… Read More

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Pacific Seafood has been sued by the Center for Food Safety (CFS) alleging the industrial shellfish hatchery on Washington's Hood Canal has violated the Clean Water Act (CWA).   The lawsuit comes after a 60-day notice letter sent by CFS in May.  The lawsuit, filed on 4 August 2026, includes allegations that Pacific Seafood's wholly owned subsidiary Pacific Shellfish in Quilcene, Washington,… Read More

A peer-reviewed study found that many seafood products harvested in Alaska contain low or non-detectable levels of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), commonly known as "forever chemicals." Researchers investigated PFAS concentrations in Alaskan seafood that was commercially harvested, analyzing edible tissue from 11 fish and shellfish species comprising five species of salmon, as well as halibut, cod, pollock, sablefish,… Read More

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers are reportedly conducting "soft raids" to detain workers at a seafood processing facility owned by Lynden, Washington, U.S.A.-based Premier Packing. According to local Washington news stations and immigration advocacy groups, employees have been detained on numerous occasions by ICE outside the perimeter of the processing plant.  King 5 reported that a video recorded on 20 April showed an… Read More

Norwegian salmon-farming firm Mowi recently announced an expanded partnership with Helsinki, Finland-based AI platform RELEX Solutions to digitize and forecast raw material planning operations.   The companies will work in tandem to provide more visibility into market supply and demands, improve forecasting accuracy, and produce additional profit data using AI to condense spreadsheet-based processes, business intelligence tools, and enterprise… 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]. – Bangkok, Thailand-based seafood producer Thai Union Group hired three new executive positions; Ratiporn Ratcharoen as chief financial officer (CFO), Daniel Laverick as chief… Read More

El Segundo, California, U.S.A.-based Shinkei Systems announced it will expand its "Seremoni Grade" fish offerings, adding Alaska sockeye salmon to its portfolio with an investment into fisheries across Cook Inlet, Alaska.  Shinkei's patented system of robots allows fish processors to automate the “ikejime” process of slaughtering fish. The company has established what it calls “Seremoni Grade” fish, named after Seremoni Fish… Read More

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) is planning to protest the Maine Lobster Festival, taking place 29 July in Rockland, Maine, U.S.A. The protest is intended as a public objection to the steaming of around 16,000 live lobsters while encouraging attendees to explore veganism. “The Maine Lobster Festival celebrates the torment and massacre of thousands of sentient animals, who feel pain as keenly as any dog, cat, or child,”… Read More