The exterior of a Harvest Sherwood location — Harvest Sherwood has declared bankruptcy and accused Sprouts Farmers Markets of stiffing it on USD 41.8 million in owed funds | Photo courtesy of Google Maps

May 15, 2025

Harvest Sherwood declares bankruptcy, accuses Sprouts Farmers Market of driving it toward insolvency

Shrimp processing in Vietnam — If passed, The Safer Shrimp Imports Act would introduce an equivalency standard for foreign shrimp producers, similar to that enforced by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for catfish and pangasius imports | Photo courtesy of Nguyen Quang Ngoc Tonkin/Shutterstock

May 15, 2025

US legislation would require FDA approval of foreign shrimp production facilities

Sardines swimming in a school in the ocean — California regulators have decided to restrict the commercial and recreational harvest of Pacific sardines from Point Conception south to the Mexico border solely to live bait uses | Photo courtesy of Rich Carey/Shutterstock

May 15, 2025

California limits sardine fishing due to domoic acid

A Cousins Maine Lobster truck in New York City — While some restaurants are instituting turnaround strategies, others like Cousins Maine Lobster are expanding across the country | Photo courtesy of rblfmr/Shutterstock

May 15, 2025

US restaurant industry showing mixed outlook heading into traditionally busy summer season

New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A., where the two undocumented men worked, is one of the busiest ports and processing sectors in the country — New Bedford, Massachusetts, U.S.A., where the two undocumented men worked, is one of the busiest ports and processing sectors in the country | Photo courtesy of James Kirkikis/Shutterstock

May 15, 2025

Two Massachusetts scallop processors reportedly arrested by ICE

Aquaculture

An Akaroa employee tosses salmon feed into a net pen. — Akaroa King Salmon is the first King salmon producer to use BioMar's Blue Impact feed | Photo courtesy of BioMar/Akaroa Salmon

Akaroa King Salmon adopts Biomar’s Blue Impact feed to become net-positive fish producer

October 24, 2024

A Mowi salmon farm on Loch Erisort, Isle of Lewis, Scotland | Photo courtesy of Shutterstock/Christian David Cooksey

More than one million salmon die in one production cycle at Mowi Scotland farms

October 23, 2024

Renderings showing how Farm in a Box tech would plug into an agricultural operation's existing infrastructure — Renderings showing how Farm in a Box tech would plug into an agricultural operation's existing infrastructure | Image courtesy of Farm in a Box/LinkedIn

AquaFounders Capital making strides toward development of aquaculture tech, sablefish-farming companies

October 23, 2024

Chris van der Kuyl giving a speech in front of a screen that reads "AI Will Transform the Seafood Industry" — Chris van der Kuyl, during his keynote address at the Responsible Seafood Summit in St. Andrews, Scotland, revealed new ways AI could benefit the seafood industry | Photo by Chris Chase/SeafoodSource

Power of AI could boost seafood industry's reputation

October 23, 2024

Rendering of Cermaq's new Chile facility — Rendering of Cermaq's plans for a RAS facility in Chile | Photo courtesy of Cermaq Chile

Cermaq picks Akva Group to build USD 32.5 million RAS facility in Chile

October 23, 2024

A rendering of Ocean Ark's vessel concept — Ocean Ark's vessel concept can withstand waves up to 7 meters and aims to keep fish in a more natural environment | Image courtesy of Ocean Ark

Aquaculture without borders: Are giant ships the future of fish farming?

October 22, 2024

A Tilapia Welfare Egypt Project employee conducts a welfare assessment at an Egyptian Nile tilapia farm — The Tilapia Welfare Egypt Project has improved the welfare of 260 million fish in Egypt, helping increase farm production while benefitting animal welfare in the country | Photo courtesy of the Tilapia Welfare Egypt Project

Tilapia Welfare Egypt Project reaches 10 percent milestone, improving welfare of 260 million fish

October 18, 2024

An aerial view of Salmon Evolution's land-based salmon aquaculture facility at sunrise — Salmon Evolution has signed a contract with Cflow to supply fish-handling technology at its land-based salmon aquaculture facility | Photo courtesy of Salmon Evolution

Salmon Evolution picks Cflow to supply fish-handling tech in Phase 2 of its land-based salmon farm

October 18, 2024

Chile Salmon Council Executive Director Loreto Seguel (middle) recently presented the council's annual sustainability update — Chile Salmon Council Executive Director Loreto Seguel (middle) recently presented the council's annual sustainability update | Photo courtesy of Chile Salmon Council

“You have to put it in perspective” – Chile Salmon Council pushes back against overproduction discourse

October 15, 2024

A photo of Lerøy's Midt farm — Lerøy's Midt farm in the Hitra Municipality of Norway | Photo courtesy of Lerøy

Q3 2024 trading updates: Grieg, Bakkafrost harvest larger volumes; Lerøy turns in smaller harvest

October 11, 2024

Sea lice on a trout — Sea lice parasite on a trout | Photo courtesy of Jonas Aleksander Larsen/Shutterstock

Scottish, Faroese, Norwegian joint project aims to standardize sea lice modeling

October 10, 2024

A Cooke Aquaculture aquaculture facility in the U.S. state of Washington — A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' permit authorizing aquaculture in federal waters has been declared unlawful in a blow to the industry in the U.S. | Photo courtesy of the Washington Department of Ecology

US federal court strikes down Army Corps of Engineers' aquaculture permits

October 9, 2024

A rendering of an aerial photo of what Pan Ocean's offshore aquaculture technology would look like — Pan Ocean Aquaculture is working to build a seriola farm using offshore aquaculture technology it developed | Image courtesy of Pan Ocean Aquaculture

Dutch aquatech firm Pan Ocean Aquaculture plans offshore project in Malta

October 8, 2024

Appalachian Salmon CEO Austin Caperton stands in a field in the mountains of West Virginia — Appalachian Salmon has secured the permits it needs to start construction at the site of the former Maple Meadow Mine in Fairdale, West Virginia | Photo courtesy of Appalachian Salmon

Appalachian Salmon secures key permits to build trout RAS in West Virginia

October 8, 2024

A hand holds sugar kelp, which is golden brown. — Sugar kelp cultivated by Lerøy Ocean Forest | Photo courtesy of Lerøy

Lerøy expands seaweed-farming operations; Faroese seaweed farmer Ocean Rainforest secures USD 2.78 million in funding

October 7, 2024

A photo of Scottish Sea Farms employees removing dead fish from a net pen — Footage from Animal Equality UK, showing Scottish Sea Farms employees removing dead salmon from a net pen | Photo courtesy of Animal Equality UK

Scottish salmon industry responds to “extreme activist” claims of poor welfare

October 4, 2024

Workers with Proximar seafood pulling in salmon harvested from the company's RAS facility. — Proximar Seafood had a successful first harvest from its RAS facility in Japan, the first Atlantic salmon domestically produced in the country | Photo courtesy of Proximar Seafood

Proximar harvests first salmon from its Japan-based recirculating aquaculture system

October 4, 2024

Nordlaks Smolt Operations Director Øivind Skjevling and Executive Director Eirik Welde stand in grass by the ocean shore. — Nordlaks has purchased land for a planned smolt facility that it said will represent an investment of billions of krone | Photo courtesy of Nordlaks

Nordlaks purchases land for planned smolt facility in Rødskjær, Norway

October 3, 2024