Madelyn Kearns

Kevin Bixler, who serves as the global director of group fish procurement for Thai Union Group, has joined the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) as its new board of directors’ chair.

Bixler takes over the role from Bolton Food Director of Sustainable Development Luciano Pirovano, ISSF said. In addition to Bixler’s appointment, ISSF announced that William Gibbons-Fly, the former U.S. Department of State acting

Roddy Morrison is joining Scoot Science as a software engineer in Canada, the ocean forecasting technology company announced on 13 April.

In his new role, Morrison – who has more than 20 years of aquaculture-specific IT experience working for companies such as Skretting, Marine Harvest Canada, and Stolt Sea Farm – will assist aquaculture businesses in operating more efficiently. He’ll work directly with aquaculture company

Food Truck Rehab, a new Food Network show premiering on Sunday, 11 April, will follow Cousins Maine Lobster founders Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac as they share their expertise and ideas with struggling food truck owners hoping to bring their businesses back from the “brink of financial ruin.”

Tselikis and Lomac, who are cousins, aren’t unfamiliar with the spotlight of reality TV – they pitched their food truck

Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.-based Envisible has joined forces with Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.-headquartered Certified Quality Foods, Inc., which does business as Seafood Analytics, in a push to capture quality product data on the former’s blockchain-enabled Wholechain traceability system.

The initiative will initially focus on sockeye salmon sold by Northline Seafoods in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Utilizing Seafood Analytics’ handheld

Rich Products In-Store Bakery and Deli Direct Chains Division Senior Vice President John Wellenzohn has retired from the company, capping off a 43-year career, according to a 30 March announcement.

Wellenzohn, who officially retired on 2 April, started at the Buffalo, New York-headquartered food firm as a member of its sales team. He would go on to earn a series of promotions, Rich Products said, “taking on new roles with increasing

Groups and organizations involved in the global seafood industry, as well as individual stakeholders and scientists, are responding with concern to a new Netflix documentary, “Seaspiracy,” which purports to investigate the impact of commercial fishing on marine ecosystems and wildlife.

The 90-minute film, which has consistently led Netflix's top 10 rankings around the world since its late-March release, was created by the same team