Chris Chase

The Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board (NSARB) has announced its decisions on who will get intervenor status at an upcoming hearing reviewing a proposal by Kelly Cove Salmon – a subsidiary of Cooke Aquaculture – to expand its Atlantic salmon aquaculture operations in Liverpool Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada.

The public hearing, scheduled to take place from 5 to 9 February 2024, will review Kelly Cove’s application for a boundary

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers seized a concealed shipment of totoaba swim bladders weighing a total of 109 pounds at the Nogales trade facility in the U.S. state of Arizona.

According to a release from the CBP, officers at the border crossing seized a total of 91 totoaba swim bladders, with an estimated value of between USD 910,000 and USD 1.36 million (EUR 861,000 and EUR 1.27 million). The seizure is the second of its type

Grieg Seafood has successfully harvested the first generation of Atlantic salmon stocked in its Placentia Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada-based aquaculture operation.

The company announced it harvested its first generation of fish in late October, before packing the fish at Quinlan Brothers’ processing plant in Bay de Verde, and transporting them to the North American market. The company said fish from its Red Island farm are

The U.S. is planning to buy large quantities of Japanese seafood to supply its military in response to the ban China imposed on all seafood from the country.

A Reuters report revealed the U.S. would be buying Japanese seafood, and that U.S. Ambassador to Japan Rahm Emanuel said the U.S. government is looking into how else it can help offset China’s ban on Japanese seafood. China banned all imports of seafood from Japan after the Tokyo

Atlantic Sapphire Founder Johan Andreassen is planning to step down from the role of CEO, effective as soon as the company's board of directors finds a replacement.

Andreassen founded the recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) salmon farming company, and served as the chair of the its board of directors until stepping down from his position as chair and leaving his role on the board in May 2023. Andreassen has worked as its CEO since 2016, and

Neighbors of Fish Farming (NOFF), an Australian organization working to end salmon farming in Tasmanian waters, has submitted claims to a Federal Senate inquiry into greenwashing that the Atlantic salmon industry in the country is making false sustainability claims.

The Australian Senate started an inquiry into greenwashing on 29 March, 2023, specifically aimed at looking into claims made by companies and the impacts of those claims on

The United Kingdom Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is entering the final phase of the second attempt to rollout inshore vessel monitoring systems (I-VMS) devices for the nation’s 6 to 12-meter fishing fleet.

The MMO announced that the rollout schedule is entering its final phase and said it is urging any fisher with a vessel measuring over 6 meters to take advantage of funding of up to GBP 1,050 (USD 1,271, EUR 1,203) in grant

The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW), representing harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, said they still have a list of five outstanding grievances filed by and against the union after the difficult snow crab season.

The 2023 snow crab season started off with a complete collapse in price – resulting in members of the FFAW vowing they wouldn’t fish at the “unsustainable” price. What followed was a

The administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, the U.S. Department of Commerce, and NOAA announced an additional USD 20 million (EUR 18.9 million) in funding for NOAA to assist regional fishery management councils with tackling the impact of climate change on fisheries management.

The funding, according to a release from NOAA, will be provided via the Inflation Reduction Act to support the various councils’ work on climate-related