Bhavana Scalia-Bruce

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

-Tommy’s Seafood, a raw and frozen shrimp processor and distributor headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana U.S.A., has achieved Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) certification. 

The certification provides assurances about the company's food safety management systems, Tommy's

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 1 August, plant-based seafood company Konscious Foods announced it  raised USD 26 million (EUR 23 million) in its first round of seed funding. 

Konscious Foods recently launched its frozen plant-based sushi line across Whole Foods grocery stores nationwide. The company predicts

To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide If you have an announcement, please send it to [email protected].

 - Singapore-based Barramundi Group, which has been facing significant financial struggles, has replaced its chief financial officer. Incumbent group CFO Helen Chow and

Prices of Norwegian salmon continued to decline in the 30th week of 2023.

According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index, the average price of a kilogram of Atlantic salmon farmed in Norway dropped NOK 3.79 (USD 0.37, EUR 0.34), or  4.44 percent, week-over-week to NOK 81.47 (USD 7.98, EUR 7.28) compared to week 29.

The index, which provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price for fresh, head-on gutted Atlantic superior salmon from

The Teamsters labor union and United Parcel Service (UPS) announced on 25 July a tentative agreement that ends a threat that 340,000 UPS Teamsters employees might go on strike.

Negotiations on a replacement for the previous UPS-Teamsters contract, which expired at the end of July, took place throughout the month. The new contract will apply to employees across the U.S. and Puerto Rico and commits more than USD 30 billion (EUR 27 billion)

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

- Rehovot, Israel-based Oshi (formerly Plantish), and Sacramento, California, U.S.A-based The Better Meat Co. have formed a joint venture, Vegconomist reported on 27 July.

The partnership will seek to develop mycoprotein-based salmon fillets through the the combination of Oshi's 3-D

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

- Shinan County, South Korea-based seafood-grower Sinan Bada is marketing the one of the first seaweed products to by jointly certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) and the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC).

Sinan Bada's laver seaweed is in high demand in South Korea, MSC Korea Program Director Mark Seo said. The

Norwegian salmon prices dipped an average of 6.32 percent in the 29th week of 2023, according to the Nasdaq Salmon Index.

The average price of a kilogram of Atlantic salmon farmed in Norway dropped NOK 5.76 (USD 0.57, EUR 0.51) to NOK 85.26 (USD 8.42, EUR 7.60) compared to week 28.

The index, which provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price for fresh, head-on gutted Atlantic superior salmon from Norway, reported that over past

To keep up to date with the latest personnel changes across the seafood industry, SeafoodSource is compiling a regular round-up of hiring announcements and other personnel-related shifts worldwide If you have an announcement, please send it to [email protected].

- Five former executives with Kaunas, Lithuania-based Viciunai have surfaced at Port Lite, a start-up focused on value-added fish products based in Liepaja, Lithuania. Dirk

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 23 July, cultivated meat and seafood company Steakholder Foods announced its first multi-million-dollar agreement to commercialize its cultivated meat and seafood.

Rehovot, Israel-based Steakholder Foods signed a Memorandum of Agreement for Strategic Cooperation (MOA) with a Gulf