Teddy Hans

Singaporean seafood import/export firm and wholesaler Lam Kee Fisheries has adapted to shifting trends several times over its multiple decades in operation. Starting as a live seafood trader supplying to hotels and restaurants in Singapore, the company has evolved to become a trading firm providing global export markets with a wide array of species, ranging from staple fish like Chilean sea bass and black cod to more niche offerings like… Read More

Since being introduced as a recreational species in the 1960s, invasive blue catfish in the Chesapeake Bay have come to dominate the local ecosystem, driving out other species and swelling to an estimated population of around 100 million. Efforts to control the issue have included grant funding to improve processing capacity, legislation aimed at making it easier to operate a commercial fishery for blue catfish, government-backed pilot programs… Read More

Oslo, Norway-based fish-farming firm Nordic Aqua recently reached full production capacity on Phase 2 of its land-based salmon facility in Ningbo, China. According to Nordic Aqua Managing Director Andreas Thorud, the achievement now places the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) project at an inflection point. Phase 3 of the project envisions raising production capacity to 20,000 metric tons (MT), which would more than double Phase 2’s full… Read More

Across the world, land-based fish farms that employ recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology have struggled to consistently turn a profit, but according to panelists at the 2026 Seafood Expo Asia (SEA), taking place 2 to 4 September in Singapore, several components of operating a land-based RAS facility in Asia are helping place the continent at the forefront of the sector’s global push for scale. Over the past few years, RAS farms in… Read More

Despite boasting incredibly high wild capture potential across its archipelago of more than 17,000 islands, Indonesia lacks a modernized cold chain infrastructure to fully realize that potential. An absence of ice-making capabilities and cold storage warehouses, frequent power outages, substandard port facilities, and logistical challenges that are inherent as an archipelagic nation have resulted in Indonesia’s fishing industry losing between… Read More

Vietnamese pangasius firm Vinh Hoan won the top prize at the fourth annual Seafood Excellence Asia awards for its Cured Panga Croquette. According to event organizer Diversified, the Seafood Excellence Asia awards recognize product leaders in the Asian seafood market, with nominees representing seafood products from around the world released over the past 18 months. Seafood Expo Asia announced nominees for the competition in August, and the… Read More

For years, Australian retail chain Woolworths has faced backlash for sourcing salmon from aquaculture operations in the Macquarie Harbor, which is located in Tasmania and is home to the endemic and endangered Maugean skate. Environmental organizations have argued that salmon farming contributes to low oxygen levels in the harbor, placing the skate, which has an estimated 40 to 120 mature adults left in the wild, at risk of imminent… Read More

Indonesian octopus stakeholders recently gathered to negotiate on a nationwide management plan for octopus, continuing a multi-year process. According to a release from the LINI Foundation, an Indonesian conservation NGO, negotiations on the document first began in 2024 in response to national challenges in managing octopus stocks sustainably. The document, dubbed RPP Gurita, aims to serve as the official framework that government officials and… Read More

New Zealand has fast-tracked the approval of a salmon farm off of Rakiura, or Stewart Island, marking the first time an aquaculture project has been approved via the government’s fast-track process. Ngāi Tahu Seafood has attempted several times to get its Hananui Aquaculture Project approved by the New Zealand government.  The company first tried in 2019 to secure consent from authorities under the Resource Management Act, but withdrew that… Read More

Australian politicians have called on United Nations specialized agency UNESCO to intervene over threats to the Tasmanian Wilderness World Heritage Area (TWWHA), which includes one-third of Macquarie Harbor – home to the endemic and endangered Maugean skate. In a letter recently sent to UNESCO, independent politicians and some members of the Australian Greens party requested the agency undertake a reactive monitoring mission to assess threats… Read More