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NOAA Fisheries announced it has issued a fine of USD 18,675 (EUR 17,000) to Boston, Massachusetts U.S.A.-based Grand Sea Boston LLC for the alleged violation of multiple Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) requirements.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) said it discovered  the packages with seafood imported seafood from China were falsely labeled, violating SIMP requirements. CBP alerted the NOAA Office of Law Enforcement to

For the first time since the Covid-19 pandemic shut down exports, Chinese crayfish is available to international buyers, and it's in high demand, according to Kang Sun Yu, the general manager of Zhejiang, China-based Tianhe Aquatic Company.

Tianhe Aquatic is a producer and marketer of crayfish, and Kang said the product has become more popular across China as well as in Europe and the United States, especially among the Chinese diaspora living

On 25 April, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership at the 2023 Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona, Spain.

The objective of the agreement is to share data and align systems between the two seafood sustainability-focused organizations. According to a press release from the two groups, that work will include finding  innovative ways to work together partnership,to

Norwegian salmon prices have floated back up to near record territory, after a short period of remaining flat. 

According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index, the weighted average index of weekly sales prices of fresh Atlantic superior salmon, head-on gutted – reported by a panel of Norwegian salmon exporters and salmon producers – increased to NOK 122.63 (USD 10.61, EUR 9.60) per kilogram in the sixteenth week of 2023.

That represents

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.

- On 17 April, El Segundo, California U.S.A.-based Lee Fish announced its appointment of Lisa Hogan as its new vice president of business development. Hogan spent the last 22 years at Santa Monica Seafood, where she most recently worked as. vice president of business

Fukuoka, Japan-based Marinet Co. recently developed Kotaro’s Sushi Kits, allowing consumers to purchase a frozen sushi rice and salmon analog that excluxively uses trout.

Marinet Co. Sales Manager Kotaro Harikai told SeafoodSource at the 2023 Seafood Expo Global, taking place 25 to 27 April in Barcelona, Spain, the product is the latest iteration of a project to make high-quality sushi easy to prepare at home.

Harikai also initally

Kawasho Foods U.S.A. is expanding its recall of its Geisha canned shrimp products over concerns of potential contamination with Clostridium botulinum, a potentially lethal toxin.

Its original recall, issued 27 February, 2023, covered four-ounce cans of Geisha shrimp sold at stores distributed to retail locations of major retailers including Walmart, Albertsons, Safeway, Associated Food Stores, Stater Bros Markets, in the U.S.

More than two tons of fish, frog, and beef were seized in a raid from an industrial building in Senoko, Singapore, on 13 April.

The imported products were allegedly illegally sourced from Vietnam without a valid license, according to Channel News Asia. They were being stored in  chest freezers and chillers in the warehouse.

Illegally storing meat and seafood products in unlicensed facilities poses risk of fines to SGD 37,600 (USD

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

- San Francisco, California, U.S.A.-based Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) announced on 18 April the Fishing Industry Association of Papua New Guinea's fisheries information management system, iFIMS, software passed the GDST Capability Test. The test is an online platform allowing

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

- Berlin, Germany-based seafood analog startup BettaF!sh announced on 19 April it is now selling its Tu-nah spread across Europe. The plant-based tuna spread is available in more than 280 retail locations. 

- Toronto, Canada-based plant-based seafood start-up Seed to Surf announced it is