The interior of a Phelps Pet Products manufacturing facility — i-Tail Corporation has acquired pet food manufacturer Phelps Industries for USD 160 million | Photo courtesy of i-Tail Corporation/Phelps Industries

October 26, 2026

Thai Union subsidiary i-Tail acquires Phelps Pet Products for USD 160 million

Alaska fishing vessel — Alaska's fixed interest rates are set to expire in 2027 | Photo courtesy of knelson20/Shutterstock

October 26, 2026

Alaska state fishing loan program's fixed interest rate set to expire in June 2027

Umios CEO Masaru Ikemi and High Liner Foods CEO Paul Jewer — Umios has entered an agreement with High Liner to acquire the latter company at an enterprise value of CAD 1.25 billion | Photos courtesy of Umios and High Liner Foods

October 26, 2026

Umios reaches deal to acquire High Liner for CAD 1.25 billion in enterprise value

Pacific Seafoods Newport, Oregon facility — The Newport, Oregon processing facility caught on fire Sunday | Photo courtesy of Pacific Seafoods

October 26, 2026

Pacific Seafoods' facility in Newport, Oregon damaged by fire

New U.S. Caught Seafood label — Most visibly, the strategy includes the introduction of a new voluntary seafood designation that can be applied to products harvested by domestic commercial fishermen on U.S.-flagged vessels. | Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

October 26, 2026

Trump announces America First Seafood Strategy with new label for domestic products

COVID-19

Restaurant and retail consumption has taken a battering in China due to the country’s zero-COVID policy and related lockdowns.

China's restaurant, retail, and import demand tanking

July 18, 2022

US seafood landings in 2020 hit hard by COVID-19, NOAA Fisheries reports

May 12, 2022

High post-COVID salmon prices boost Mowi’s Q1 2022 earnings

May 11, 2022

US restaurants expecting big Mother’s Day windfall

May 5, 2022

Chinese restaurant, retail seafood sales drop due to COVID-19 restrictions

April 20, 2022

SIAL Shanghai postponed as logistical challenges squeeze China’s seafood trade

April 14, 2022

South African fishing income dropped 9.1 percent in 2020 amid COVID-19

April 14, 2022

Russian crab flows to South Korea amid sanctions, China’s lockdowns

April 12, 2022

Inflation harms fresh seafood sales, but COVID-19 concerns ease

April 11, 2022

UK restaurants slammed by Russian fish sanctions, tax hike

April 4, 2022

Abalone sushi at Osaka-based Kura-Zushi.

Japan’s sushi chains rebounded as COVID-19 restrictions lifted

April 1, 2022

The exterior of an Olive Garden.

Restaurant traffic rises, but Darden earnings miss expectations

March 28, 2022

China considering tightened import controls on Russian seafood

March 14, 2022

Red Lobster CEO: Consumers becoming sensitive to inflation

February 25, 2022

Vietnam’s 2021 pangasius production declines amid pandemic

February 21, 2022

USDA announces USD 50 million allocation in COVID aid for seafood businesses

February 16, 2022

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has resumed surveillance inspections across the country as the number of COVID-19 cases have declined nationwide.

FDA resumes domestic inspections as omicron subsides

February 10, 2022

Walmart takes top spot in Americans’ online grocery preference survey

February 7, 2022