Chris Chase

Editor

Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.

Published on
October 27, 2023

SEAwise, a research project aiming to better understand fisheries management across Europe, has released a new seafood guide after reviewing the health impact of different fish and fish sizes, and the micronutrient benefits of those species.

The SEAwise project, according to a release, is devoted to creating a tool to give fishers, fisheries management agencies, and policymakers the information needed to apply ecosystem-based fisheries

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October 26, 2023

Water treatment systems specialist Bio-UV Group and Boston, Massachusetts-based aquaculture technology provider Innovasea have signed a new multinational agreement to bring the company’s water treatment devices into the aquaculture market.

Bio-UV, based in France, designs and manufactures water treatment systems that use ultraviolet (UV) radiation, ozone, electrolysis, and advanced oxidation processes (AOP). Its water purification

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October 26, 2023

The American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA), an organization representing the interests of U.S. wild-caught warmwater shrimp processing, has filed trade petitions seeking additional antidumping and countervailing duties on imported shrimp.

The trade petitions, which the ASPA said are intended to address unfair dumping and illegal subsidies, consist of a request for antidumping duties on imported frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador and

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October 26, 2023

Luebeck, Germany-based food processing equipment manufacturer BAADER announced it is beginning a new project with a Norwegian partner that it calls its “most monumental project.”

The new project, which BAADER said is being undertaken via a collaboration with Norwegian processing company Nova Sea, is the company’s most ambitious project to date, it said. Through the new project, BAADER said it will deliver a wall-to-wall factory

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October 25, 2023

The U.S. state of Virginia is reportedly considering whether to reopen its winter blue crab harvest – fifteen years after the fishery was closed.

In 2007, Virginia closed its winter blue crab dredge fishery season for the first time to rebuild the Chesapeake Bay’s crab population. The drop in population was enough that in 2008 the U.S. Department of Commerce declared a commercial fishery disaster for the Chesapeake Bay blue crab

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October 25, 2023

Gigante Salmon, the company constructing a land-based salmon farm in Lille Indre Rosøya, Norway, has revised its timeline after delays forced the company to postpone releasing smolts past its original date.

The company is building a flow-through salmon aquaculture system, which it recently announced faced a cost increase due to general cost increases and planned changes to improve fish welfare. In its Q3 2023 update, the company

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October 25, 2023

The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) is capitalizing on online shopping, digital trends, and influencers to increase recognition and sales of Norwegian mackerel in the South Korean market.

NSC said in a release that it has been testing the use of interactive digital campaigns about Norwegian mackerel to increase awareness of the species. Research, the NSC showed, has determined that Korean shopping habits have changed, and many consumers in the

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October 24, 2023

A new report by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership on global reduction fisheries found that multiple fisheries in South America – some among the world’s largest – are either stagnant or declining.

The new report found that three South American fisheries – the Southern Peruvian anchoveta fishery, Los Lagos Chile Anchoveta fishery, and the Central-South Chile Araucanian herring fisheries all saw drops in performance.

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October 24, 2023

Marine ingredient certification standard provider MarinTrust unveiled Version 3 of its standards for the responsible supply of marine ingredients. 

MarinTrust said the new standard, debuted alongside IFFO – The Marine Ingredients Organisation’s annual conference in Cape Town, South Africa, lays the foundation toward a fully traceable marine ingredient supply chain with a focus on both environmental and social impacts –

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October 23, 2023
A judge has ruled that the U.S. state of Washington’s ban on all net-pen aquaculture, instituted in November 2022, “has no legal effect.” The original ban was instituted via an executive order issued by the Washington Department of Natural Resources on 18 November, 2022. Washington Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz, who announced the decision, said the department decided “there is no way to safely farm finfish in open sea net… Read More