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Pacific Seafood debuted a brand refresh at the 2025 Seafood Expo North America (SENA) as the company continues to focus on its initiative to double the size of its business by 2031.
The initiative, which Pacific dubbed “Mission 31,” was launched last year by its executive team to continue driving its growth. In 2024, the company created operating teams with the specific skill sets
… Read MorePine Island Redfish recently harvested its first batch of red drum from its recirculating aquaculture system facility (RAS), and is now looking to work towards year-round production by expanding to a larger facility.
The company, founded by Megan Sorby, is working to develop a commercial land-based aquaculture facility for red drum on Pine Island, located in the U.S. state of Florida. Its first
… Read MoreSeremoni Fish has made three new strategic hires as the company works to expand adoption of its innovative business model that aims to improve seafood quality.
Seremoni Fish, under the umbrella of Shinkei Systems, is the creator of a technology that allows fish processors to automate the “ikejime” process of slaughter. Originally used by Japanese sushi chefs, the process includes
… Read MoreLast June, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron deference – a legal precedent stemming from the 1980s that gave federal agencies wide latitude in interpreting congressional statutes.
That move, according to Robert Smith, a partner at Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based law firm K&L Gates, could turn the U.S. seafood industry into a more litigious environment in the
… Read MoreThe Global Shrimp Council (GSC) launched its first global shrimp marketing effort at 2025 Seafood Expo North America (SENA) in Boston, Massachussetts, U.S.A., unveiling its Happy Protein campaign.
The GSC, an independent, pre-competitive non-profit organization for shrimp industry stakeholders, hired Miguel Barcenas, architect of the Avocados from Mexico campaign, to mastermind the design
… Read MoreMiami, Florida, U.S.A.-based St. James Smokehouse debuted multiple new products at the 2025 Seafood Expo North America (SENA) – which ran from 16 to 18 March – including a cold smoked steelhead trout and a future salmon product made using trimmings from its smoked royal fillet.
The company’s new Saint Pure Steelhead Trout features new packaging and trout sourced from Mar Andino,
… Read MoreJacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.-based Beaver Street Fisheries’ partnership with NASCAR’s Ty Dillon started organically.
“I really like Ty Dillon,” Beaver Street Fisheries Executive Vice President and co-owner Mark Frisch told SeafoodSource at the 2025 Seafood Expo North America in Boston, Massachussetts, U.S.A.
Beaver Street is a vertically integrated company which operates
… Read MoreThe geoduck fishery in British Columbia, Canada is bracing for the start of China’s 25 percent tariffs on shellfish on 20 March, which could completely upend the market.
China announced the tariffs on 8 March, hitting a range of Canadian goods, including Canadian shellfish. Geoduck is included in that higher tariff – and according to Underwater Harvesters Association Executive
… Read MoreBayou La Batre, Alabama, U.S.A.-based oyster-farming firm Murder Point Oysters is trying to change the way people think about oysters from the Southern United States by aiming to satisfy the palates of Americans across the nation, rather than just the firm’s home region.
To further that goal, Murder Point made its premiere appearance at Seafood Expo North America during the event’s
… Read MoreRancho Cucamonga, California, U.S.A.-headquartered Aquamar, a surimi and ready-to-eat seafood company, brought Michelin-starred sushi chefs and internationally-known Big Wave surfers to Seafood Expo North America (SENA) as part of their Sushi’s Next Big Wave campaign.
Aquamar CEO Daryl Gormley told the crowd gathered in SENA’s Wave Maker Zone the campaign began with his own
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