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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BAADER’s acquisition of a majority share in Skaginn 3X has closed, the seafood and processing equipment manufacturer announced on 24 February.
Lübeck, Germany-based BAADER and Akranes, Iceland-headquartered Skaginn 3X first announced the acquisition on 29 October, 2020. In a press release, the companies said they are "committed to their site locations" and did not intend to carry out any workforce reductions "as existing
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The COVID-19 pandemic has forced U.S. seafood business to overhaul the ways in which they protect and engage their workforces ...
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Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based seafood supplier Bristol Seafood is expanding into the grab-and-go segment with its Bristol Grab & Go retail range, the company announced on 19 February.
The range, which includes line-caught Alaska cod and farmed Atlantic salmon, among other items, showcases “quality seafood in a contemporary format aimed at delighting the evolving retail seafood consumer,” Bristol said.
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Regal New Zealand King Salmon has hired Constance Wolfe as its director of retail sales for North America, a new position for the brand
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The seafood packaging market, which has benefitted from growing aquaculture activities around the world, particularly in Asia, is expected to reach a valuation of USD 6.5 billion (EUR 5.3 billion) by 2027 ...
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The second phase of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Artificial Intelligence (AI) Imported Seafood Pilot program launched on 1 February and will run through 31 July, the agency announced …
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Just before Joseph Biden was sworn in as president of the United States a month ago, his chief of staff, Ronald Klain, laid out the obstacles ahead for the administration.
“We face four overlapping and compounding crises: the COVID-19 crisis, the resulting economic crisis, the climate crisis, and a racial equity crisis,” Klain wrote in a memorandum issued to staff on 16 January.
This memo, the new Congress, and the
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The first finfish farm in the United States to achieve Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification is Blue Ocean Mariculture …
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Community supported fishery Sitka Salmon Shares is expanding its team, bringing on Michael Kohan as its fisheries science and policy director, Steve Ricci as its fisheries and fleet director, and Lauren Mitchell as its Sitka fleet manager.
The company, which aims to delivery traceable, wild-caught Alaska seafood from small-boat fishermen to home cooks across the U.S., has added to its team in an effort to bolster a more ethical seafood system
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The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations’ Committee on Fisheries (COFI) met this month for its 34th session, covering topics relating to the state of the world’s sustainable fisheries and aquaculture operations.
A subsidiary body of the FAO, COFI is the only inter-governmental forum where FAO members convene to review and consider the global issues and challenges related to fisheries and
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