Bhavana Scalia-Bruce

A 5,000-mile-wide seaweed blob spreading throughout the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of Mexico has been linked to a rise in vibrio cases popping up in the U.S. state of Florida.

A new study from Florida Atlantic University (FAU) found traces of vibrio vulnificus in the sargassum floating along the Florida coast. Vibrio bacteria is flourishing on plastic debris caught in the sargassum blob, presenting a danger to humans and providing potential

SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.

-On 21 June, cell-cultivated meat and seafood company Upside Foods completed the U.S. federal regulatory approval process to allow it to market a product made of 99 percent cultivated chicken cells. The Berkeley, California U.S.A.-based company passed the U.S. Department of Agriculture's

Over the past week, the average per-kilo price of farmed Norwegian Atlantic salmon dropped NOK 17.61 (USD 1.65, EUR 1.50) to reach an average of NOK 91.36 (USD 8.56, EUR 7.80).

It is a significant decline from the NOK 108.97 (USD 10.21, EUR 9.31) average price reported by the Nasdaq Salmon Index last week. The index offers a weekly sales report and a the weighted average index of prices for fresh, head-on gutted Atlantic superior salmon sourced

The Pacific Maritime Association and International Longshore and Warehouse Union have arrived at a six-year contract agreement that will cover 22,000 union dock workers at all 29 major ports along the U.S. West Coast.

The ILWU and PMA, which began negotiating the deal 1 July, declined to elaborate on its details, but it apparently includes a sharing of the surge in pandemic-era cargo profits in the form of retroactive compensation for employees,

To keep up to date with movement and job shifts across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of the latest industry position-shift updates.

- Effective 8 August, Ash Amirahmadi will be appointed as the new chief executive officer of Sofina Foods Europe. The company is a subsidiary of Sofina Foods Inc., one of Europe’s food manufacturers. Amirahmadi, the chair of Dairy UK, is a pioneer in the U.K. food and

SeafoodSource is closely following seaweed innovation by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.

- Cascadia Seaweed, a seaweed cultivator based in Sidney, British Columbia, Canada that produces products for crop and cattle farmers, has secured CAD 1.5 million (USD 1.1 million, EUR 1 million) in funding from the British Columbia Centre for Innovation and Clean Energy (CICE). The funds will be allocated toward seaweed

SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.

-Plant-based seafood firm Boldly Foods, headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, officially launched its new seafood analog line at the 2023 National Restaurant Association Show, which ran from 20 to 23 May in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. According to a company LinkedIn post. The line

SeafoodSource is closely following the sustainable seafood movement by compiling a regular round-up of sector updates pertaining to eco-certifications.

 - Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.-based agricultural biotechnology company Arbiom announced on 9 June it has broken ground on its first facility in France. The firm, which has developed a process for turning agricultural and wood residues into its SylPro protein ingredient for aquafeed,

To keep up to date with movement and job shifts across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of the latest industry position-shift updates.

- Kats, The Netherlands-based aquaculture company The Kingfish Company announced Kees Kloet, its co-founder and chief technology officer, will move into an advisory role. After the transition, the role of CTO will be divided among other senior managers.

“Mr. Kloet's