Haley Jones

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident Seafoods filed a lawsuit against the city of Tacoma on 8 April, accusing the city's fire department of “making a critical tactical decision” that destroyed a Trident commercial fishing vessel in 2023. According to King5, the lawsuit seeks damages of at least USD 100 million (EUR 85 million).  The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) reported that Trident’s boat, Kodiak… Read More

Romoy Forbes, 31, of Deer Park, New York, U.S.A., was indicted recently in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. for allegedly conspiring to steal hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of cargo and sell the items for illicit profit.  According to a release by the U.S. Attorney’s Office District of Massachusetts, Forbes allegedly stole cargo containing over USD 800,000 (EUR 682,880) worth of beer, snow crabs, blueberries, and… 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 Benchmark Genetics appointed Thomas Samdal as its incoming chief financial officer. “Benchmark Genetics plays a key role in the global aquaculture… Read More

Correction: This article has been edited to clarify that meal toppers are made with the fatty part of meat left on fish skin that is scraped off and cooked down, not from shredded skin.  It was always important for Sara Erickson to stay in Alaska, start her business in Alaska, and find a way to give Alaskans a stable, year-round employment opportunity in-state, which is why she started her pet treat company, AlaSkins, right in Soldotna, Alaska,… Read More

State lawmakers in Alaska have passed a resolution asking the federal government to continue and enhance the ban on Russian seafood in the United States. The resolution calls on U.S. President Donald Trump, Congress, and the federal government “to maintain and strengthen federal measures that ensure fair trade, protect the state’s seafood industry, and promote sustainable and ethical seafood production.” “The state’s seafood industry… Read More

Five people were rescued from a fishing vessel that was taking on water near Umnak Island, Alaska, U.S.A. on 2 April, according to a release by the U.S. Coast Guard, which confirmed zero injuries were reported. “The successful rescue of five individuals from the fishing vessel Ocean Bay is a direct result of the integrated and highly professional efforts of our personnel,” Chief Petty Officer and Command Duty Officer at the Arctic… Read More

The NOVA School of Science and Technology's Association for Innovation and Development (NOVA.ID.FCT) announced a new Portuguese-led international consortium called AERO2cycle that will use industrial fish waste as the raw material for carbon capture. In a release by NOVA.ID.FCT, the Caparica, Portugal-based private nonprofit said it will use fishery byproducts such as scales, skin, and bones as the feedstock for biochar, a carbon-rich material… Read More

Richard Wright spent over 20 years in the oil and gas industry as a geophysicist, director, and manager in frontier oil exploration.  Now, he’s applying that background to the seafood industry via the creation of a new company called Ocean Advisor. “There’s a lot of transferrable science and technology,” Wright said at the 2026 Seafood Expo North America (SENA), which took place in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., from 15 to 17 March.… Read More

As a Japanese-American, Alissa Miky said she’s been taught to view food as medicine from a young age. After being diagnosed with cancer at 30 years old, she decided to apply that lifelong lesson to her newest business venture, OoMee. “The cancer treatment was so tough; my hormones were always up and down, and I was always [hungry],” Miky said. “I gained 40 pounds in just three months, so what I did was I actually went back to Japan to… Read More

Tours, France-based insect research facility the Institute for Research on Insect Biology (IRBI) and Paris, France-based global insect feed producer Innovafeed recently announced “The FrenchFly Project,” which will explore using French black soldier flies (BSF) as a base for aquaculture feed products. In a release by Innovafeed, the two companies said they were “joining forces to create Frenchfly to unlock the final scientific and… Read More