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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Gorton’s Seafood is featured in The Top 25 Seafood Product Innovators list, published by SeafoodSource on 28 September, 2021.
SeafoodSource: What are the key features highlighted in Gorton’s latest product innovations, and what kind of trends inspired them?
Gorton’s: Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, air frying and health have been trending. Air fryers were the number one appliance in [year-over-year] absolute [dollar]
… Read MorePacific Seafood is featured in The Top 25 Seafood Product Innovators list, published by SeafoodSource on 28 September, 2021.
SeafoodSource: What are the key features highlighted in Pacific Seafood’s latest product innovations, and what kind of trends inspired them?
Pacific Seafood: Our in-house product development team uses market research to drive our value-added program that includes case-ready items such as: raw, fresh, or frozen
… Read MoreJackson & Partners is featured in The Top 25 Seafood Product Innovators list, published by SeafoodSource on 28 September, 2021.
SeafoodSource: What are the key features highlighted in Jackson & Partners' latest product innovations, and what kind of trends inspired them?
Jackson & Partners: We pride ourselves on our commitment to sustainability and social responsibility. That is what drives our daily decisions in
… Read MoreAmerican Unagi has officially broken ground on its state-of-the-art eel aquaculture facility in Waldoboro, Maine, U.S.A.
… Read MoreA new fund aims to incentivize local communities in Ecuador to conserve mangrove forests.
The Coastal Habitat Stewardship Fund, which was announced on Monday, 26 July, coinciding with International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem, is supported by the partnership of the Aquaculture Stewardship Council, Conservation International, and Ecuador’s Ministry of Environment, Water, and Ecological Transition. It will be
… Read MoreCalifornia-based Finless Foods, a cell-cultured and plant-based seafood analog company, has promoted Shannon Cosentino-Roush to the role of chief strategy officer, it announced on 22 July …
Photo courtesy of Finless
… Read MoreThe Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) and FishChoice have joined forces in a strategic partnership, the two organizations announced on 21 July.
The partnership will combine “GAA’s industry-leading aquaculture standards and expertise with FishChoice’s online platform designed to power progress on seafood sustainability,” GAA said in a press release.
FishChoice is the latest inductee into GAA’s strategic-partnership
… Read MoreThe Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) said it’s strengthening its presence in North America with the appointments of Erika Feller and Kurtis Hayne.
Feller, formerly of the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, assumed the role of regional director of the Americas for MSC on 12 July, the organization announced in a press release. She brings more than two decades of experience to the position, specializing in fisheries and cross-sector
… Read MoreBarcelona, Spain-based seafood supplier Frime is launching a new retail brand, Køldfin, aimed at catering to a more demanding final consumer.
The new range features tuna products “with different types of cuts to meet the new emerging needs of the final consumer in the domestic consumption of seafood,” Frime said in a press release.
The line is broken down into two categories: Essentials and Skilled Cuts. Within the Essentials
… Read MoreFrench premium food provider Les Toques Blanches du Monde has acquired 100 percent of Unis Fish Food (UFF), according to a report from Bourse Direct.
Founded in 1989 and based in Southeast-Central France, UFF specializes in supplying smoked salmon, crab, and caviar to the European market. Retailers such as Monoprix, Carrefour, Auchan, and E. Leclerc carry the company’s smoked salmon products, which are sold under the Le Monde Du Saumon
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