Madelyn Kearns is the Portland, Maine-based editor of SeafoodSource. 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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SXSW Online, a digital version of the popular Austin, Texas, U.S.A.-based gathering, will include a private virtual aquaculture dinner on 18 March hosted by Kvarøy Arctic, with chef Andrew Zimmern and 30 thought leaders in the space in attendance.
The dinner will follow a public panel, “Aquaculture, Food Systems and Climate Change,” on 16 March, and will offer “a taste of Kvarøy Arctic salmon and Riverence
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Rajeeb Naug has taken on the role of international marketing and sales director for North American surimi manufacturer Aquamar Inc. as the company has continued to expand in the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Central America …
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Later this year, Northern Pelagic Group (NORPEL) will open its new processing facility for pet proteins
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Businesses are seeing less turnover, growth in market share, and more robust earnings through the implementation of diversity and inclusion (D&I), according to Tony Byers, who has spent more than two decades immersed in the field, which he believes to be “the business imperative of our time.”
Author of the book “The Multiplier Effect of Inclusion: How Diversity and Inclusion Advances Innovation and Drives Growth,” and
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Industrial gases and engineering company Linde announced on 10 March the launch of a new product line of atmospheric gases produced with 100-percent renewable energy.
The company – which is hosting a digital Industry Pod at next week’s Seafood Expo North America Reconnect event, taking place from 15 to 19 March – said the Linde Green portfolio features low-carbon liquified oxygen, nitrogen, and argon.
The new products swap
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Milan, Italy-based Friend of the Sea recently announced the renewal of its certification for the Indian Ocean purse-seine fishery, SAPMER.
The renewal means SAPMER can continue to feature the Friend of the Sea logo on its products, according to the certification standard. The Reunion Island-based SAPMER, which was founded in 1947, operates a fleet of four deep-freezer longliners fishing for Patagonian toothfish and a pot vessel fishing for rock
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Mobile, Alabama, U.S.A. will be the location for Ren Seafoods’ new seafood processing facility and distribution hub, if all goes according to the company's plan.
The seafood company said it will invest USD 12.4 million (EUR 10.2 million) into a shuttered manufacturing facility in Mobile for the project, which will create 54 jobs, Area Development reported. Ren Seafoods, which is affiliated with Pennsylvania-based The Fishin’
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Seafood producers in Mexico and Vietnam have achieved firsts in earning certification from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council and Global Aquaculture Alliance’s Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program.
On Tuesday, 2 March, Australis Aquaculture said it had become the world’s first producer to secure certification under the ASC's tropical marine finfish (TMFF) standard for its ocean-based farm in
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British retailer Morrisons announced on 1 March that it had acquired Cornish seafood company Falfish after 16 years of working together.
The Bradford, U.K.-based Morrisons is now the first supermarket in the country with its own trawler, the 30-foot Jacqui A, according to a report from The Yorkshire Post.
The retailer purchased its long-time supplier partner – Falfish provides 80 percent of Morrisons fish, accounting for nearly half of the
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The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) has seen its ranks grow in 2021, with the Papua New Guinea Fishing Industry Association (PNG FIA) recently coming aboard as a funding partner and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) joining as an affiliated partner.
PNG FIA, which provides “a united voice for the fishing and associated industries in Papua New Guinea,” has been forging stakeholder partnerships
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