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Prices for Norwegian salmon are up NOK 2.95 (USD 0.28, EUR 0.26) week-on-week, according to the Nasdaq Salmon Index, continuing an upward trend and bringing salmon prices close to, or surpassing, all-time highs.

The weighted average index of weekly sales prices and volumes of fresh Atlantic superior salmon, head-on gutted – reported by a panel of Norwegian salmon exporters and salmon producers – found the average per-kilogram price

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

- U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) has added Matt Robinson to her staff as a legislative assistant focused on fisheries issues. Previously, Robinson worked at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council as an Alaska Sea Grant state fellow. According to his LinkedIn,

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

- Consumer tastings of Aqua Cultured Foods seafood analogs will soon commence prior to a public launch, the Chicago, Illinois, U.S.-headquartered start-up announced on 21 March. Included in its line are tuna roll analogs, shrimp dumpling analogs, and scallop crudo analogs. “Public tasting

Target issued a nationwide voluntary recall of select Go Wild and Mowi refrigerated seafood products purchased from 5 to 16 March, across the United States, after learning some items may be tagged with incorrect expiration dates. 

Potentially impacted Go Wild products include Go Wild Cod with Citrus Butter, Go Wild Scallops with Bacon & Charred Onion Butter, Go Wild Shrimp with Scampi Butter, and Go Wild Ahi Tuna with Asian

OBI Seafoods, Silver Bay Seafoods, and Trident Seafoods will split a USD 4.5 million (USD 4.2 million) contract to supply canned salmon to the U.S. Department of Agriculture's domestic food assistance and child nutrition programs for the 2023 fiscal year.

Silver Bay Seafoods won the bulk of the contract, which calls for the delivery of 74,480 cases of 24, 14.75-ounce cans of wild pink salmon.

Silver Bay will supply 59,280 cans in exchange

To keep track of product launches both inside and outside of Seafood Expo North America, SeafoodSource has compiled a list of some of the products and technologies that debuted in March 2023.

- ThisFish has debuted new processing technology created in collaboration with Orca Specialty Foods. The partnership developed a waterproof camera to capture fish-fillet images and a machine-learning algorithm to count and measure fillets, able to classify

Perth, Australia-based Austral Fisheries has become the first customer to purchase kelp reforestation credits offered by Canopy Blue.

Peppermint Grove, Australia-based Canopy Blue’s kelp reforestation credits provide carbon-emission offsets for industrial operators, including seafood companies. In 2016, Austral Fisheries became the first seafood company to commit to carbon neutrality across its operations. Its carbon-neutral toothfish and

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

- Zurich, Switzerland-based tilapia producer Regal Springs has promoted Todd Raasch to managing director of North America. 

“He’s a veteran in the industry, and he knows absolutely everybody. We’re really delighted about the appointment,” Regal