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In just over a year, artificial intelligence (AI) programs like ChatGPT, Midjourney, Bard, and more have gone from a novelty to a viable tool for an array of industries – and the seafood industry could capitalize on them to increase sales and target more customers.

The use of AI is not new to the seafood industry but typically is relegated to uses in the aquaculture industry. An analysis by ThisFish CEO and Co-Founder Eric Enno Tamm

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Global cod landings are down 33 percent over the past decade, and the downward trend has accelerated over the past three years. On 25 January, at the 2024 Global Seafood Market Conference in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers Director of Industry Relations, Partnerships,… Read More

Paul Jewer is the CEO of High Liner Foods, a value-added, publicly traded distributor of frozen seafood across North America, headquartered in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada. Santiago Alvarez is the CEO of the Alfa Gamma Group, a vertically integrated seafood company based in Miami, Florida, U.S.A.

The two spoke on a panel titled “Inside the C-Suite” at the Global Seafood Market Conference in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. on 24 January,

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Alaskan Leader Seafoods is working to have its miso black cod penetrate markets across the U.S., as the company works to leverage the growing available quota into a sustainable option for Alaska’s fishing fleet. 

The company has been expanding the product in both retail and restaurant markets, capitalizing on the notoriety it obtained through winning two awards at the Alaska Symphony of Seafood in 2022. Alaskan Leader Seafoods

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The United States and the European Union have seen reduced imports of pollock fillets, even as domestic production of Alaskan pollock fillets is rising in the U.S.

At the 2024 Global Seafood Market Conference in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. on 25 January, Genuine Alaska Pollock Producers Director of Industry Relations, Partnerships, and Fishery Analysis Ron Rogness reported the global pollock catch will increase 12 percent between 2022 and 2024,

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U.S. demand for scallops has slowed, but excess Japanese supply being rejected from China has still managed to find a new home filling in the gap of lower U.S. catch rates.

There have been three consecutive years of reductions in U.S. North Atlantic sea scallop landings, and although the quota is expected to rise by 1 million pounds to 26 million pounds in 2024, reduced supply has opened up a window for Japanese scallops to take over market

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Climate change is undeniably having an impact on where certain seafood species are located, and its exact effects are still being researched. 

Research being done in how stocks are shifting varies. Some NOAA studies have predicted high-value groundfish species will migrate toward deeper offshore waters on the west coast of the U.S., while others are pointing out the risks it poses to global blue food production. Despite those risks, a panel

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Stable supply and a hungrier Asian market provided the basis for a solid year for the North American lobster industry.

North American lobster landings are expected to be down 5 percent in 2023 once totals are released, but the resource is in excellent shape and continues to be reliable, according to a panel of shellfish experts speaking at the 2024 Global Seafood Market Conference in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. on 23 January.

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Continued penetration across multiple markets has helped power salmon to be one of the few species to see steady growth even in the face of economic headwinds.  A panel of experts, speaking during the Global Seafood Market Conference on 24 January in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A., noted the… Read More

As aquaculture operations raising novel species in unique ways begin to establish themselves in the market, one of the most important resources to have is patience, a panel of experts said.

During the Global Seafood Market Conference – running from 23 to 25 January in Orlando, Florida, U.S.A. – a group of emerging aquaculture industry executives gave an overview of the trials and tribulations of debuting either a new species, a new

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