Cliff White

U.S. West Coast fishers are enjoying a monumental season for California market squid.

A cool, wet beginning of the year has helped created ideal spawning conditions for the squid (Doryteuthis opalescens), which grow around eight to 10 inches and live six to nine months. With a geographic range stretching from Alaska to Mexico, California market squid spawn from April to November off the coast of California. Fishermen target the squid shortly

Five new seafood products from McKinleyville, California, U.S.A.-based Wild Planet Foods are now available at Whole Foods Market grocery stores across the U.S.

Wild Planet Foods was acquired by Milan, Italy-based Bolton Group International in 2021, and at the time Bolton vowed it would invest in the continued growth of the company. Wild Planet’s tuna has been 100 percent sustainably caught via pole-and-line methods since the

Lost and discarded fishing “ghost gear” accounted for as much as 75 percent of plastic pollution found on the world’s coral reefs, according to a study, “Plastic pollution on the world’s coral reefs,” published 12 July in Nature.

Every one of the 85 coral reefs included in the global study was found polluted with plastic, including deeper reefs between 30 and 150 meters deep. Comoros was found to have the

Charoen Pokphand Foods has pledged to continue supporting the Fishermen Life Enhancement Center in Songkhla province, Thailand.

Beginning in 2016, CP Foods partnered with Fish Marketing Organization Thailand, the Stella Maris Centre for Seafarers Songkhla (Baan Suksan), the Thai Department of Labor Protection and Welfare, the Family Planning Association of Thailand, waste management firm GEPP Sa-Ard, and PTT Global Chemical.

The project was

The U.K. Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) announced the awarding of GBP 20.8 million (USD 27.1 million, EUR 24.2 million) in grants to seafood industry projects across Scotland on Monday, 17 July.

It is the latest payout from the GPB 100 million (USD 121 million, EUR 119 million) U.K. Seafood Fund, which was established to support the long-term future and sustainability of the U.K. fisheries and seafood sector through

U.S. President Joe Biden will not issue an embargo on Mexican wildlife products, which he was entitled to do after Mexico was found in breach of a U.S. law requiring federal action against countries found to be violating the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES).

The U.S. Secretary of the Interior’s Department of Fish and Wildlife found Mexico in breach of the Pelly Amendment in May 2023,

India has reduced its tariffs on salmon imported from Chile by 15 percent, just as Chilean exporters have targeted the country for a promotional campaign.

In a 15 July announcement, Chile’s National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) and the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) confirmed Chilean frozen and chilled salmon and crustacean products had been officially approved for tariff reductions under a trade

The Center for Responsible Seafood is hosting the 2023 Shrimp Summit from 24 to 26 July, 2023, in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

The three-day summit will gather leaders in the global shrimp industry to discuss production efficiency, growers' livelihoods, market demand, sustainability, and climate change, according to The Center for Responsible Seafood President George Chamberlain.

“The 2023 Shrimp Summit will convene the global seafood value

Glyvrar, Faroe Islands-based Bakkafrost is warning its shareholders about lower earnings in the second quarter of 2023 due to low harvest volumes.

In a notice issued via the Euronext Oslo exchange, where its stock is traded, Bakkafrost warned its preliminary Q2 2023 results “indicate a lower-than-expected” earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) of DKK 353 million (USD 53.3 million, EUR 47.4 million). Its Q2 2022 EBIT was DKK 587

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a warning about potential norovirus contamination in oysters sold by Whitehead, Nova Scotia, Canada-based Bill and Stanley Oyster Co., which operates the Fortune Oysters brand.

The oysters flagged by the FDA were harvested from the NS 10 oyster-harvesting area in Nova Scotia on 9 June, 2023, and were distributed to restaurants and stores across 17 U.S. states – California, Colorado,