During the Seafood Expo North Amerca/Seafood Processing North America – which ran from 12 to 14 March, 2023 in Boston, Massachusetts – SeafoodSource partnered with Emily De Sousa, the CEO of digital educational platform Seaside with Emily, who joined SeafoodSource as a social media correspondent.
De Sousa promotes sustainable seafood, healthy oceans, culinary adventures, and the rise of pescatourism through her website and
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Rye, New Hampshire, U.S.A-based tinned seafood brand Gulf of Maine Conservas is a one-man band operated by Keper Connell, created out of a passion for quality value-added products.
A fisherman for the past 20 years, Connell told SeafoodSource he’s always been interested in finding, or creating, different markets in the industry. His newest project, Gulf of Maine Conservas, offers wild-caught tinned bluefin tuna, mackerel, and eel to
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Prices for Norwegian salmon have begun to climb once again after remaining flat last week.
According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index, 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 – increased to NOK 119.24 (USD 11.32, EUR 10.33) per kilogram in the fifteenth week of 2023.
That represents an
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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.
- East Devonport, Australia-based Petuna Aquaculture announced it has appointed Rocky Boschman as its new managing director, to start mid-2023. Boschman brings an extensive background in salmon farming, working with various seafood companies across Canada, Petuna said in a press
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The Moretti family took a leap of faith purchasing Portland, Maine U.S.A.-based Bangs Island Mussels in 2010, one of the oldest mussel farms on the country’s East Coast.
Matt Moretti purchased Bangs Island fresh out of graduate school with his father, sharing a vision to revolutionize the stagnant company and sustainably grow multiple species via aquaculture. More than a decade later, Bangs Island employs fifteen people producing mussels
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India, Ecuador, and Indonesia remained the top three shrimp exporters to the U.S. in February 2023 but numbers continue to decline.
India sent 19,566 metric tons (MT), or 43 million pounds, of shrimp to the U.S. in February 2023, down from February 2022, when it exported 22,868 MT, or 50 million pounds. India has been the top exporter of shrimp to the U.S. for the past nine years.
Following India, Ecuador held on to the second spot
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Santa Fe Springs, California, U.S.A.-based Wismettac Asian Foods is recalling its Shirakiku brand Ajhei Sanuki Udon Noodles over concerns they contain undeclared fish, specifically skipjack tuna.
The recall covers all lot codes and date codes for the company's 19.04-ounce packages of Shirakiku brand Ajhei Sanuki Udon Noodles. The product being recalled was distributed in the U.S. states of California, Colorado, Arizona, and Georgia through
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China’s Cosco Group, which has an 11 percent market share in the overall shipping industry, experienced a steep decline in profits in Q1 2023.
The company reported a continuation of declines that started last year, and it reported Q1 2023 revenue could be down more than 40 percent from the fourth quarter of 2022.
The Goldman Sachs Supply Chain Congestion scale showed minimal backups in global ports, though absolute supply chain
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SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire, U.S.A.-based Global Seafood Alliance released its latest Aquademia podcast episode on 13 April, 2023 covering the vitality of the plant-based seafood industry.
“Not everyone is a vegetarian. Not everyone is a vegan. Or a flexitarian. Or a climatarian.
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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.
- NOAA has appointed Jennifer Quan as the U.S. West Coast regional administrator, National Fisherman reports. “I feel fortunate and excited to have Jennifer join the NOAA Fisheries leadership team at this time,” NOAA Assistant Administrator Janet Coit said.
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