Cliff White

Former Bumble Bee Foods CEO Chris Lischewski has been added back into a civil lawsuit pursuing damages related to the price-fixing conspiracy that involved the so-called “big three” U.S. canned tuna companies.

In an 8 August decision, U.S. District Court Judge for the Southern District of California Dana Sabrow reversed his previous decision made 28 March, 2022, to remove Lischewski as a defendant in the suit, which was filed in 2018

Starkist has followed through on its pledge to appeal a decision made in the class-action civil lawsuit filed against it for its role in fixing the prices of canned tuna sold in the United States between 2011 and 2013.

On Monday, 8 August, 2022, Starkist filed a petition at the U.S. Supreme Court asking it to strike down a decision made by the Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, California, U.S.A., which ruled in a 9-2

When the United States lifted its import ban on Mexican wild-caught shrimp in October 2021, the industry hailed the move as a victory for efforts to implement sustainability-oriented practices mandated by the U.S. government as part of its enforcement of the Endangered Species Act and Marine Mammal Protection Act.

But for Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Senior Improvements and Strategy Manager Megan Westmeyer, who leads SFP’s efforts to

Set-net fishermen in Cook Inlet, Alaska, U.S.A. have sued after having their season cut short.

The lawsuit, filed in mid-July by the Cook Inlet Fishermen's Fund against the state of Alaska, came after the set-net fishery was ordered to close on 17 July, 2022, due to concerns over their catch of king salmon in the Kenai and Kasilof rivers, according to Alaska Public Media.

King salmon escapement in both rivers has been extremely

Mowi Canada East is experiencing a suspected infectious salmon anemia virus outbreak at its Little Burdock Cove in Newfoundland.

In a 30 July announcement, the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Fisheries, Forestry, and Agriculture’s aquatic animal health surveillance program said the ISA detection came from one test within one net-pen at the farm, and has not yet been confirmed.

The net-pen, which contains an estimated 22,891 fish

Bryne, Norway-based Hima Seafood will receive around GBP 40 million (USD 48.6 million, EUR 47.8 million) over the next three to four years for its planned land-based trout-farming project in Rjukan, Norway.

Hima’s recirculating aquaculture system farm is expected to begin operations in 2024 and come fully online in 2025, with an expected annual production of 8,000 metric tons of trout annually. The company is touting its trout as a premium