Chris Chase

The California market squid (Doryteuthis opalescens) fishery, located off the West Coast of the U.S. state of California, has officially gained certification under the Marine Stewardship Council standard.

The fishery, which is the sole purse seine fishery specializing in squid in the U.S., started the MSC assessment process in 2022. Three companies, Del Mar Seafoods, Silver Bay Seafoods, and Lund’s Fisheries – as well as supplier Sun

Norwegian cod farming company Statt Torsk has received a letter of intent from Vesterålen Havbruk regarding a potential business combination, just days after the company announced the launch of a strategic review seeking industrial partners.

The company announced via a posting to the Oslo Børs that it received a letter of intent, with a proposal that values the equity in Statt Torsk at NOK 255 million (USD 21.2 million, EUR

Balaton, Minnesota, U.S.A.-based Tru Shrimp has selected Hawkins, Inc. as the exclusive distributor of its chitosan products in the U.S. pharmaceutical and medical device industries.

Tru Shrimp originally started as a division of agriculture firm Ralco Nutrition in 2014 but became its own company before ultimately announcing its plans to establish land-based shrimp farms. The company introduced its chitosan brand, Tru Chitosan, in 2022 with the

Aarhus, Denmark-based aquaculture feed manufacturer BioMar reported slightly higher revenue and earnings in Q2 2023, but higher costs and prices drove down sales volumes.

According to an earnings report from BioMar’s parent company Schouw & Co., BioMar’s revenue increased 3 percent to DKK 4.18 billion (USD 611 million, EUR 560 million), up from DKK 4.05 billion (USD 592 million, EUR 543 million) in the same quarter of 2022. The

Loch Long Salmon, the company behind rejected plans to introduce Scotland’s first semi-closed containment salmon farm, has submitted proposals for a closed-containment, at-sea salmon farm near Lurignish cattle farm on Loch Linnhe.

The company first submitted plans to bring a salmon farm to Loch Long, an inlet near Glasgow, Scotland. Officials representing the Loch Lomond and Trossachs National Park ultimately opposed the plan,

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has developed a free mobile phone app intended to break down language barriers between inspectors and crew during at-sea and in-port inspections of fishing vessels. 

The app, called “Fish Talk,” is a tool that the authority said will help overcome some of the language barriers between Australian fisheries officers and the masters and crews of fishing vessels. The app

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has announced plans to introduce a new commercial fishery for whelk in Nova Scotia.

The new fishery, to be introduced next year, will be located off the coast of Eastern Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada. The new fishery, the government said, is the result of monitoring the area – Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) Area 4Vs – and determining the whelk population

Trident Seafoods is delaying the development and construction of a new processing plant in Unalaska, Alaska, U.S.A., citing an overall collapse of the seafood market.

The company first announced its plans to replace an aging seafood-processing plant in Akutan, Alaska, with a more modern facility in Unalaska in May 2022, telling SeafoodSource that construction on some items – such as the dock – was already underway. Since that