Cliff White

Chicken of the Sea Frozen Foods Manager Technical Services Darrin Moran has been named the president of the Nova Scotia and New Brunswick Lobster Eco-Certification Society. 

The group oversees the Marine Stewardship Council certification for the inshore lobster trap fishery for the Canadian Maritimes. Moran previously served as vice president of the group, and has been a board member of the Lobster Society since 2014. While serving on the

The 2022 edition of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global will be the largest version of the event in its history, Portland, Maine, U.S.A-based organizer Diversified Communications said on Wednesday, 23 November.  [Editor's note: Diversified Communications also owns and operates SeafoodSource].

For the event’s first edition at the Fira Barcelona Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain, taking place 26 to 28 April, 2022,

Reykjavík, Iceland-headquartered seafood processing machinery and technology firm Marel closed its acquisition of Kópavogur, Iceland-based whitefish- and salmon-processing specialist Valka.

The acquisition, first announced in July 2021, gives Marel a minimum of 90 percent control over Valka’s share capital. Terms of the deal were not released. The transaction was subject to approval from Icelandic financial authorities on

An innovative project meant to leverage artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve management and oversight of Cermaq’s salmon-farming operations has moved into its second phase.

The iFarm project – a collaboration between Cermaq, BioSort, and ScaleAQ – formally launched in January 2020. It uses a closed pen with a narrow surface opening, forcing the farmed fish to travel through an image-capturing station

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council has hired Ally Dingwall as its senior director of technical operations.

The newly created role will oversee coordination of ASC’s standard systems and certification assurance processes, according to the London, U.K. and Utrect, The Netherlands-based sustainable seafood certification organization.

Dingwall previously worked as Sainsbury’s aquaculture and fisheries manager, where he won a Seafood

Denver, Colorado, U.S.A.-based Seattle Fish Company has been sold to Armand Agra, a subsidiary of the Founders Group of Food Companies.

The 15 November sale – terms of which were not released – places Seattle Fish Co. under the umbrella of a regional specialty meat and seafood distributor, which is itself owned by a family-owned company focused on food and beverage manufacturers and distributors. Headquartered in Vancouver, British