The All-Russian Association of the Fishing Industry at its annual meeting on 5 December — The All-Russian Association of the Fishing Industry is calling for deep-sea crab quotas to be exempt from quota auctions – which would open over 6,000 metric tons of quota back up for fishing | Photo courtesy of the All-Russian Association of the Fishing Industry

December 9, 2024

VARPE calls for deep-sea crab quotas to be exempt from Russia’s quota auctions

Members of the WCPFC meet inside a gymnasium in Fiji — The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission meeting, which ran from 28 November to 3 December, set new interim electronic monitoring standards for its fisheries | Photo courtesy of NOAA Fisheries

December 9, 2024

WCPFC establishes electronic monitoring, crew labor standards but fails again on transshipment

A lobster vessel in Canada — Under the new policy, license-holding fishers will be able to request a substitute to run their fishing business during a pregnancy or after the birth of a child, allowing them to continue making money while taking time with their family | Photo courtesy of David McIntosh/Shutterstock

December 9, 2024

Canada announces new maternity and parental leave policy for Atlantic fishers

A Hofseth BioCare employee working in one of the company's hydrolysis plants — Hofseth BioCare is building a new hydrolysis plant to extract nutrients from Atlantic salmon | Photo courtesy of Hofseth BioCare

December 9, 2024

Hofseth BioCare building second hydrolysis plant to extract nutrients from Atlantic salmon

A sign outside of a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York City stating that the store accepts SNAP benefits — A sign for SNAP benefits outside of a 7-Eleven convenience store in New York City | Photo courtesy of rblfmr/Shutterstock

December 9, 2024

US hunger, nutrition programs may lose funding under Trump, experts warn

Processing & Equipment

A photo of the Entrevientos salmon processing on fire.

Fire destroys Multiexport-Blumar processing plant, cause being investigated

February 13, 2024

A rendering of Santa Monica Seafood's Denver facility.

Santa Monica Seafood nearing completion of Denver-area processing, distribution facility

February 12, 2024

The exterior of the U.S. Department of Labor

Federal investigation on child labor in Massachusetts seafood processing plants expanding

February 12, 2024

An aerial view of a Carsoe factory

Carsoe wins contract for Nunavut fishing trawler; ReposiTrak adds four suppliers to network

February 5, 2024

OBI Seafoods' Larsen Bay plant.

OBI Seafoods shuttering Larsen Bay plant on Alaska’s Kodiak Island for 2024 salmon season

January 31, 2024

Hailia byproduct with lemon and greens

Hailia innovates improved fish byproduct optimization process

January 31, 2024

Satlink facility.

Satlink acquires Xeos Technologies; Nordlaks building RAS smolt plant in Nusfjord

January 23, 2024

Atlantic Sustainable Catch consolidating processing facilities in New Brunswick amid "volatile" lobster industry

January 18, 2024

Peter Pan Seafoods' King Cove processing plant.

Peter Pan closing seafood processing facility in King Cove for Alaska pollock A season

January 12, 2024

Mowi's Ulvøya processing plant.

Mowi selling Ulvøya processing plant to Måsøval

January 10, 2024

Aquaship

American Industrial Partners merges Aquaship, Intership; net-maker Samyang gets plastic reuse certification

January 1, 2024

A rendering of Talley's new trawler.

Carsoe wins Talley contract for onboard multispecies factory; Cooke nets loan to expand True North processing

December 15, 2023

The Arctic Fjord.

Arctic Storm, American Seafoods ready new vessels ahead of Alaska’s A pollock season

December 7, 2023

Saldanha Protein Group's facility photographed from the water.

South Africa’s Saldanha Protein Group revamps fishmeal plant in preparation for next fishing season

December 6, 2023

Graintec's HyFlow technology.

Pure Salmon Technology acquires HyFlow technology from bankrupt Graintec

December 6, 2023

A rendering of the bow of an ammonia-fueld wellboat planned by HAV Design and North Salmon Service

HAV Design working to build an ammonia-fueled wellboat

December 5, 2023

Circle Seafood co-founders Charlie Campbell, Eren Shultz, and Pat Glaab.

Circle Seafoods, Northline Seafoods slated to debut floating processors in Alaska in 2024

December 1, 2023

Rows of Hokkaido scallops.

Japan briefly considers prison labor to overcome scallop-processing woes

December 1, 2023