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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Simon Wadsworth has been selected by BioMar Group as its new global R&D director, effective as of 1 November.
In the role, Wadsworth will head the global R&D organization for BioMar Group, the company said in a press release. Wadsworth has more than 30 years of experience as “an important contributor to the aquaculture industry within feed and farming operations at Marine Harvest, Cermaq, and EWOS-Cargill,” BioMar said.
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Addressing systemic barriers to gender equality in the seafood industry is one of the prime directives of SAGE, a new nonprofit launched on 13 October courtesy of its founder, Julie Kuchepatov.
Kuchepatov, the former director of seafood at Fair Trade USA and a founding member of Ocean Outcomes, formed SAGE to build a more inclusive seafood industry that will empower and elevate women, who make up 50 percent of the sector’s workforce, yet
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Norwegian traceability and business software developer Maritech is launching a new logistics solution for the seafood industry: Maritech Supply Chain.
The solution is “tailored to support and digitize complex processes” across the seafood supply chain, Maritech said in a press release. It also simplifies and facilitates secure interactions between exporter, carrier, terminal, and customs clearance.
An innovation project,
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A Pollock Catchers Association (PCA) fishery operating in the Navarinsky area of the Bering Sea has entered into Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.
According to a 30 September press release, the Western Bering Sea pollock fishery is being assessed against MSC’s Fisheries Standard courtesy of Lloyd’s Register, an independent assessor who will evaluate stocks of pollock in the West Bering Sea, the environmental impact of
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Canadian company Cascades, a developer of eco-friendly recycling, packaging, and hygiene solutions, has created a thermoformed cardboard tray made from recycled material for North American fresh food packagers who utilize automated equipment
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Inland Seafood is featured in The Top 25: Sustainability & Conservation list, published by SeafoodSource on 24 September, 2020.
SeafoodSource: What kind of trends have informed Inland Seafood’s latest sustainability/conservation efforts?
Inland: Traceability continues to play a lead role in our sustainability efforts. Customers are asking more and more questions beyond country of origin and harvest method. As we continually
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Mowi Canada East has appointed Alan Cook as its new managing director, the company announced this week
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Atlantic Sapphire is featured in The Top 25: Sustainability & Conservation list, published by SeafoodSource on 24 September, 2020.
SeafoodSource: What kind of trends have informed Atlantic Sapphire’s latest sustainability/conservation efforts?
Atlantic Sapphire: Atlantic Sapphire exists on the concept of sustainability. By farming salmon in our Bluehouses, we eliminate most of the environmental challenges faced
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Chicken of the Sea is featured in The Top 25: Sustainability & Conservation list, published by SeafoodSource on 24 September, 2020. Thai Union North America Director of Sustainability Roxanne Nanninga speaks here on behalf of the company.
SeafoodSource: What kind of trends have informed Chicken of the Sea’s latest sustainability/conservation efforts?
Nanninga: In the beginning, Thai Union established our industry-leading
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Pacifico Aquaculture is featured in The Top 25: Sustainability & Conservation list, published by SeafoodSource on 24 September, 2020.
SeafoodSource: What kind of trends have informed Pacifico Aquaculture’s latest sustainability/conservation efforts?
Pacifico: Pacifico Aquaculture (PAQ) knows very well that aquaculture is the fastest growing food production sector in the world. The most seen “trends” in the
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