Workers with Ocean Harvesters on board a fishing vessel — The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission is being petitioned to initiate a reallocation process for the menhaden fishery as it also considers whether to reduce a cap on the species in the Chesapeake Bay, a move the industry said isn't based in science | Photo courtesy of Ocean Harvesters

August 13, 2026

ASMFC petitioned to consider menhaden reallocation, will make decision on fishery cap in Chesapeake

Manolin's new Chile-based hire Agustín Piña — Agustín Piña was recently hired as the lead of Chile-based Manolin operations | Photo courtesy of Manolin

August 13, 2026

Manolin makes first Chilean hire; ASMI announces Trident USA president as new board member

Sea Sisters cans — Rather than simply telling customers what species they're buying, Sea Sisters introduces them to the fishers, ports, seasons, and fishing methods behind each can | Photo courtesy of Sea Sisters

August 13, 2026

UK conservas brand Sea Sisters building new value for domestic catch through preservation, provenance storytelling

a U.S. Coast Guard vessel — The chosen NGO will be charged with using emerging technologies such as satellite monitoring, public vessel tracking systems, artificial intelligence, web scraping, and more to identify and verify instances of forced labor and IUU fishing | Photo courtesy of EB Adventure Photography/Shutterstock

August 13, 2026

US State Department looking for NGO partner to shine light on forced labor and IUU fishing

salmon in ice at a store — Prices and masses for Norwegian salmon rose again in Week 32 | Photo courtesy of Nature'sLens21/Shutterstock

August 13, 2026

Prices and export mass for Norwegian salmon rise in Week 32, as forward prices strengthen

Processing & Equipment

Carsoe Product Sales Manager Rasmus Luca Kronborg and Carsoe Marketing Manager Julie Drustrup pose next to the new heading and gutting machine — Carsoe debuted a new heading and gutting machine at Seafood Processing Global that it developed with input from its customers | Photo by Chris Chase/SeafoodSource

Carsoe unveils new heading and gutting machine at Seafood Processing Global, announces new partnership with Industrikulde

April 23, 2026

A 3D rendering showing how it tailors its solutions — A 3D image showing how Spectral Blue plans how to provide its service to customers | Photo courtesy of Spectral Blue

Spectral Blue showcasing its antimicrobial blue light tech at Seafood Expo Global

April 21, 2026

A Quinlan Brothers crab-processing plant — Quinlan Brothers said that usable output of crab waste could total 3,000 metric tons per year under the project | Photo courtesy of Quinlan Brothers

Quinlan Brothers announces USD 5 million fish waste project

April 6, 2026

Cans of tuna — The move may hurt the processing ambitions of Pacific Island nations, which have counted on Chinese investment to help build infrastructure | Photo courtesy of Tropical Food Manufacturing (Ningbo)

China signals intentions to grow tuna-canning sector domestically, rather than invest in infrastructure abroad

March 27, 2026

VistaTrac Vice President Matt Schoneman at the 2026 Seafood Expo North America — VistaTrac Vice President Matt Schoneman at the 2026 Seafood Expo North America | Photo by Teddy Hans/SeafoodSource

VistaTrac reducing clerical errors, fostering traceability through its plant floor inventory system

March 23, 2026

invasive blue catfish — Last year, USDA announced USD 6 million (EUR 5.2 million) in grant funding was available for catfish processors | Photo courtesy of Stephen Badger/Maryland DNR

USDA issues USD 2 million in grant funding to improve blue catfish processing capacity

March 23, 2026

An aerial view of Shoreline Freezers' facility — Shoreline Freezers is expanding its facility from 7,000 pallets to 27,000 pallets of space | Photo courtesy of Shoreline Freezers

Shoreline Freezer nearly quadrupling size of New Jersey cold storage facility

March 13, 2026

An aerial view of Shinkei Systems' new facility — Shinkei Systems has purchased a 16,000-square-foot facility in Tacoma, Washington | Photo courtesy of Shinkei Systems

Shinkei Systems purchases processing plant in Washington to expand supply chain

March 11, 2026

A JBT Marel machine processing salmon fillets — Hans Marius Martinsen, a sales manager with processing equipment company JBT Marel, said processing companies should remember to account for the essential human element when making automation decisions | Photo courtesy of JBT Marel

JBT Marel: Salmon processing automation must account for essential human element

March 10, 2026

Members of Samherji and Optimar's team From the left: Sigmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sigurpáll Hjörvar Árnason, Jón Kjartan Jónsson, Siggi Olason, Espen Rørvik og Sigurd Lillebø — Members of Samherji and Optimar's team from the left: Sigmar Örn Hilmarsson, Sigurpáll Hjörvar Árnason, Jón Kjartan Jónsson, Siggi Olason, Espen Rørvik og Sigurd Lillebø | Photo courtesy of Optimar

Optimar secures three contracts for processing equipment worth NOK 70 million for land-based salmon project

March 10, 2026

BAADER Global Sales Director for Fish Nils Rabe presenting at the 2026 North Atlantic Seafood Forum — BAADER Global Sales Director for Fish Nils Rabe presenting at the 2026 North Atlantic Seafood Forum | Photo by Jason Holland/SeafoodSource

BAADER bets on modular salmon processing as flexibility, welfare reshape production

March 5, 2026

Silver Bay Seafoods is halting processing in Cordova, Alaska for the remainder of 2026 citing low salmon forecasts. — Silver Bay Seafoods is halting processing in Cordova, Alaska, for the remainder of 2026 citing low salmon forecasts | Photo courtesy of Jocelyn Layte/Shutterstock

Silver Bay Seafoods is stopping processing in Cordova, Alaska for remainder of 2026

March 4, 2026

A Quinlan Brothers facility — The partnership includes integrating Wisefish software to improve decision-making and manage production, sales, and logistics, among other tasks, at Quinlan Brothers | Photo courtesy of Quinlan Brothers

Quinlan Brothers partners with software firm Wisefish to modernize operations, strengthen traceability

March 4, 2026

Papua New Guinea Minister for International Trade and Investment Richard Maru met with fishing companies to inform them of the direction the Government was taking for the fisheries industry — Papua New Guinea Minister for International Trade and Investment Richard Maru met with fishing companies to inform them of the direction the government was taking for the fisheries industry, including the plan to build new canneries | Photo courtesy of Richard Maru/Facebook

Major fishing group questions Papua New Guinea’s plan to build 10 new tuna canneries

February 25, 2026

BioMar's production facility in Wuxi, China — BioMar is doubling production capacity at its plant in Wuxi, China | Photo courtesy of BioMar

BioMar doubling its production capacity in Wuxi, China

February 13, 2026

Carsoe processing equipment — Carsoe's processing equipment line for redfish | Photo courtesy of Carsoe

Canadian processing company McGraw Seafood installs Carsoe automated factory line for redfish

February 6, 2026

Fishermen in Mubarak, Balochistan, Pakistan — Fishermen in Mubarak, Balochistan, Pakistan | Photo courtesy of Nadeem A. Khan/Shutterstock

Pakistan seeks to increase value-added processing capacity, ship to key markets directly

February 3, 2026

A rendering of Unitcold's planned warehouse — Unitcold is planning a new form of cold-storage warehouse targeting mid-sized users that have been left behind by large warehouses | Image courtesy of Unitcold

New cold storage project targeting “missing middle” with seafood in its sights

January 20, 2026