Maddie Kearns is the Portland, Maine-based content manager with SeafoodSource and Seafood Expo events. Before diving into seafood writing, editing, and infographic-designing, she was the associate editor for an online publication geared toward small to mid-sized practice physicians, Medical Practice Insider. Maddie is a graduate of the University of Maine, where she served as a columnist and the opinion editor for the university's paper, The Maine Campus, and won a Grady Award in Creative Writing for her poetry.
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Gardabaer, Iceland-headquartered processing equipment developer Marel is donating EUR 1 million (USD 1.9 million) to the Red Cross to aid in its effort to improve food security in South Sudan.
Millions face food insecurity in South Sudan, resulting in many facing increased risk of malnutrition, including children, according to the Red Cross.
“After years of conflict, the scars left by war and violence on South Sudan’s communities are
… Read MoreBellingham, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trans-Ocean Products Inc. was recognized by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) as its 2020 US MSC Ocean Champion Award winner.
The company has demonstrated a continued dedication to seafood sustainability, “going above and beyond the MSC standard to make MSC certified products available to consumers,” the certification organization said in a press release.
Trans-Ocean Products' Crab Classic
… Read MoreLübeck, Germany-based processing equipment firm BAADER has opened a new entity, BAADER France, in Nantes, Loire-Atlantique, the enterprise announced on 23 November.
BAADER France will serve both the fish and poultry markets via a joint local sales force, with support from a sales branch in Boulogne sur Mer in Hauts-de-France. The development is part of BAADER’s commitment to “the important French market,” the company said
… Read MoreHuon Aquaculture reported that between 50,000 to 52,000 salmon escaped from a damaged pen in D’Entrecasteaux Channel, Tasmania, Australia, in the early hours of 23 November, after a fire broke out at the firm’s Zuidpool-leased
… Read MoreNew research highlights the possibilities that genetic variation in Atlantic salmon offers for advancing aquaculture production.
Spearheaded by Alicia Bertolotti, the new research involved sequencing the genomes of 492 Atlantic salmon in a project led by professor Dan Macqueen at the Roslin Institute (University of Edinburgh) in partnership with Xelect, the University of Aberdeen, and many international collaborators – including the
… Read MoreThree members of the Best Aquaculture Practices market development team have received promotions, the Global Aquaculture Alliance, which operates the BAP program, announced in November.
Molly Jacques, who previously served as the BAP supply chain transparency manager, is now the BAP director of market development operations. Jacques has held multiple positions on the BAP market development team since joining GAA in 2011 as the business
… Read MoreMorgan Hill, California, U.S.A.-based wholesaler and distributer Lusamerica Foods has hired former Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch Outreach Manager Peter Adame as its new communications and sustainability manager.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Monterey Bay Aquarium has been closed for seven months, and was forced to cut over one-third of its staff earlier in the year, including Adame and others working for its Seafood Watch program.
… Read MoreDelft, The Netherlands-based Veramaris has appointed Nathalie Gross as its new senior global communications manager, the company announced this month.
Gross, who comes to the role with 12 years of experience in integrated communications and government relations, arrives at Veramaris “at a busy time,” according to the biotech firm.
“She will take responsibility for communications around both the aquaculture business and the new
… Read MoreCOVID-19 continues to have a complex impact on Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada-based Clearwater Seafoods Incorporated – as well as its customers and supply chain partners – in 2020, chief executive officer Ian Smith said in reviewing the company’s third-quarter results.
"The impact of COVID-19 has been complex for our customers, our supply chain partners, and our company in 2020. We are proud of our ability to remain in
… Read MoreA ceremony in South Korea held during the 2020 Busan International Seafood Expo saw 11 South Korean farms become the first kelp and hiziki producers to be recognized with Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC)-Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) seaweed certification.
The farms, which are operated by Wando Eco-Friendly Seafood Cooperative (WESC), have each “demonstrated their commitment to responsible and sustainable production with
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