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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In its third annual report, SeaChoice said it “found little to celebrate” in terms of the progress being made by major Canadian retailers’ in the pursuit of their sustainable seafood commitments.
Canada’s leading retailers made just a 3.3 percent improvement across all 21 key performance indicators from August 2019 to July 2020, the report found. According to SeaChoice, the impacts of COVID-19 were
… Read MoreA letter of intent has been signed by Iceland Seafood to acquire issued capital shares of Irish seafood processing company Carrs & Sons Seafood Limited Ltd., the firm announced on 28
… Read MoreA research team has successfully replaced fish oil with Veramaris’ natural marine algal oil in feed for farm-raised kampachi, also known as Hawaiian yellowtail.
Blind taste tests revealed that, when weaned on feed containing the cost-effective, fish-free algal oil, kampachi had “a more desirable taste compared to fish fed on a standard diet,” Veramaris noted in a press release.
The alternative feed was trialed over the course
… Read MoreBluegrove, a Norway-based aquatech firm formed in June between CageEye and fish farming equipment maker NorseAqua, has acquired SEALAB in a strategic merger that will see both companies combining their sensor innovations and creating an open platform for integration with other suppliers …
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… Read MoreSeafood production could see as much as a 75 percent leap over the next three decades if certain policy reforms and technological improvements are put in place, according to research conducted by Oregon State University (OSU) in collaboration with a bevy of international scientists.
By 2050, the earth’s human population is expected to reach 9.8 billion, an increase of two billion people over the current global tally. Researchers, who
… Read MoreWith three commercial-scale industry trials successfully completed, Nuseed announced that its Aquaterra canola oil containing omega-3 fatty acids is a verifiable replacement for fish oil in aquaculture feed
… Read MoreThe U.K. Seafood Industry Alliance (UK SIA) is the latest major industry stakeholder to endorse the new traceability standards published by the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) in March of this year.
UK SIA Secretariat Mike Short said the GDST 1.0 standards offer an avenue to interoperability and increased verifiability, helping to unify the seafood community in its virtual processes.
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… Read MoreBondi Junction, New South Wales, Australia-based sustainable packaging developer BioPak has created the world’s first custom-molded oyster tray using sugarcane, with the help of its industry partner Blue Harvest.
A number of seafood farmers across Australia have been working with BioPak on formulating solutions to single-use packaging for the aquaculture sector. Blue Harvest – an Australian specialist seafood marketing agency working
… Read MoreHydroniq Coolers has contracted with Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard to outfit Rimfrost’s latest krill vessel with a marine cooling system, according to an 18 August announcement …
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… Read MorePortland, Maine, U.S.A.-based supplier Bristol Seafood has seen the popularity of its My Fish Dish range take off during the COVID-19 pandemic, as more consumers cook at home …
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