Madelyn Kearns

Madelyn Kearns

Editor

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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Published on
July 7, 2021

The Kingfish Company experienced a record-setting second quarter in 2021, achieving milestone production and sales figures as well as increased harvest levels …

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July 7, 2021

Johan Brouwer, formerly of Seafood Connection, has joined Veramaris’ business development division.

Brouwer will focus on growing the microalgae oil producer’s presence in European retail and foodservice seafood markets, the Delft, The Netherlands-based company announced in a 5 July press release.

“I am really excited to be joining Veramaris at such a pivotal time for the aquaculture industry, when there is real potential to

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July 5, 2021

The Kingfish Company is launching a new retail product with the largest retailer in The Netherlands, Albert Heijn

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July 5, 2021

Newly-developed data technology from Danish company Blue Unit has been adopted by Norwegian fish farming giant SalMar Settefisk courtesy of a new collaboration between the firms …

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July 5, 2021

There is no time quite like the present moment for the seafood industry to commandeer its narrative and start proactively sharing its stories, according to Emily Patrolia, founder and president of ESP Advisors, a Washington, D.C., U.S.A.-based bipartisan firm providing government relations, strategic communications, and advisory services for oceans and natural resources.

Speaking during one of the National Fisheries Institute’s Global

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July 1, 2021

The On the Hook campaign has relaunched, shifting its focus back towards the pursuit of a “full, external, independent, and forensic review” of the Marine Stewardship Council’s standards and operation.

On the Hook was first founded in 2017 to challenge the Marine Stewardship Council’s certification of the Parties to the Nauru Agreement's tuna fishery, the world’s largest.

The Blue Marine Foundation, the

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June 30, 2021

Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.A.-based Peter Pan Seafood has brought Michael De Caro aboard as its new vice president of retail sales and product development ... 

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June 29, 2021

Sustainable protein company Unibio announced the completion of a USD 15 million (EUR 12 million) bridge financing round

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June 28, 2021

Red Lobster is actively searching for its next CEO, according to a 25 June announcement.

Kim Lopdrup, the current CEO of the Thai Union Group-owned seafood restaurant chain, plans to retire once “a highly-qualified successor is in place,” the company said in a press release ...

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June 25, 2021

Skretting’s AquaCare portfolio is expanding to include a new water care solution, AquaCare Mineral Balance, for fish and shrimp farmed in ponds.

The product is comprised of a “mineral combination offering high bioavailability of macro and trace minerals,” Skretting said. It allows pond systems to have stable water is that both nutrient-rich and ionically balanced, optimizing species’ growth and health, the company

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