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

Kim Cameron — Kim Cameron is advocating for more collaboration across the seafood industry to extract more value from its resources | Photo courtesy of the Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre

Op-ed: How a more collaborative seafood industry could help Scotland reel in greater value

January 16, 2026

A person placing a salmon fillet in a package — Salmones Antártica is pursuing an expansion of its Chonchi-based salmon processing facility | Photo courtesy of Salmones Antártica

Salmones Antártica pursuing USD 6 million salmon plant capacity increase

January 5, 2026

An early photo of the fire at the Aquashell processing facility — A large fire has completely destroyed an Aquashell processing facility in Wallace, Nova Scotia, Canada | Photo courtesy of the Wallace Volunteer Fire Department

Aquashell plant in Canada destroyed by fire

December 9, 2025

Fortifi has completed its acquisition of Provisur Technologies

Fortifi completes acquisition of Provisur Technologies

December 8, 2025

Karl Bjørge, Torgier Bjørge, and Henning Bjørge — Mathias Bjørge has officially opened its salmon-processing facility on the island of Ellingsøya | Photo courtesy of Mathias Bjørge

Mathias Bjørge begins production at new salmon-processing facility

December 2, 2025

Optimar and team receiving award — Optimar's nephrops stunning and tailing machine was awarded the inaugural Catch Welfare Innovation Award | Photo courtesy of Optimar

Optimar-developed stunning and tailing machine part of award-winning innovation project

November 26, 2025

An aerial view of Quinlan Brothers' facility in Canada — A court dismissed all charges brought against Quinlan Brothers after it presented no evidence for its claims the company improperly handled snow crab | Photo courtesy of Quinlan Brothers

Newfoundland court dismisses charges against Quinlan Brothers related to processing quality allegations

November 14, 2025

Seafood Europe Chair Guus Pastoor — Seafood Europe Chair Guus Pastoor | Photo courtesy of Seafood Europe

“2026 will be a different year” – EU seafood processors brace for even tighter whitefish supply, shifting trade dynamics

November 3, 2025

A Pesquera Hayduk fishing vessel — Pesquera Hayduk is a vertically integrated firm, with its operations ranging from the capture of anchovy to the sale of value-added fishery products | Photo courtesy of Pesquera Hayduk

Peru’s Pesquera Hayduk purchases anchovy-processing plant

October 30, 2025

AAAID Chairman Obaid Al Zaabi — AAAID Chairman Obaid Al Zaabi | Photo courtesy of AAAID

UAE firm commences operations at “largest fish-processing plant in North Africa”

October 23, 2025

Alotta installation at Trusal site — Alotta Energy Chile produces floating solar installations that can power salmon farms | Photo courtesy of Alotta Energy

Alotta Energy Chile to deliver floating solar energy system to Trusal; Norwegian Electric Systems will build live fish carrier for Nova Sea-owned vessel

October 21, 2025

A Chinese fish-processing factory — Amid the turmoil, Chinese processors have been attempting to sell more to the domestic market, but progress has been slow | Photo courtesy of Zhangzidao

Chinese whitefish processors in dire straits due to trade war, high raw material costs

October 14, 2025

ScaleAQ Software Director of Sales Stephen Budgeon — Scale AQ Software and Mowi have renewed their partnership | Photo courtesy of ScaleAQ

Mowi extends its partnership with ScaleAQ Software

October 14, 2025

Nissui Corporation CEO Teru Tanaka delivering a speech at the Gorton's plant opening — Nissui recently opened a new USD 89.3 million facility in Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.A., to expand manufacturing of its subsidiary Gorton's | Photo courtesy of Nissui

Nissui cuts ribbon on USD 90 million Gorton’s facility in Indiana

October 8, 2025

An example of fish frozen free and post rigor — New research by the Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries, and Aquaculture Research found fish frozen too early could turn yellow | Photo courtesy of Nofima

Nofima cautions that freezing fish too early could cost processors

October 2, 2025

A crane installing a large storage tank — Veramaris and Merwetank have partnered on a new algae oil storage facility in the Netherlands | Photo courtesy of Veramaris

Veramaris, Merwetank partner on new algal oil storage facility

September 22, 2025

Shinkei Systems' new facility in El Segundo, California, U.S.A. — Shinkei Systems is moving to a much larger facility just nine months after it began operations in its current one | Photo courtesy of Shinkei Systems

Shinkei Systems more than doubles size of headquarters after strong uptake of its processing equipment

September 17, 2025

An aerial view of Sealord's operations in New Zealand — Sealord announced it is starting the process to close its coated factory in Nelson, New Zealand | Photo courtesy of Sealord

Sealord preparing to close fish factory in Nelson, New Zealand

September 16, 2025