Hundreds of US seafood products on Canada’s list for potential retaliatory tariffs
'All options remain on the table as the government considers additional measures, including non-tariff options, should the U.S. continue to apply unjustified tariffs on Canada' -- Canadian finance minister Dominic LeBlanc
Canadian lobster, snow crab sectors fear US consumer backlash as tariffs push prices 25% higher
'If they balk at that, we'll have to try to sell somewhere else' -- Geoff Irvine, Lobster Council of Canada, on lobster price increases
Trudeau responds to Trump with 25% retaliatory tariffs; CAD 30bn in goods hit immediately
Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau fired back at US president Donald Trump on Tuesday after the US imposed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods
Trump’s cut to US Sea Grant funding singles out Maine
'We have several scallop farms in the state of Maine that we probably would not have had if it wasn't for the work that SeaGrant had done' - Sebastian Belle, executive director of the Maine Aquaculture Association
China retaliates against US with extra 10% tariffs on seafood
China is imposing a 10% tariff on all US seafood imports, effective March 10, 2025
25% tariffs on Canada, Mexico will start Tuesday, Trump reiterates
'Tomorrow, tariffs 25% on Canada and 25% on Mexico. And that'll start' - US president Donald Trump in a press event held Monday
US wholesale: Week 10 ‘market pulse’ updates available on key seafood commodities
Undercurrent News' week 10 'market pulse' updates on US wholesale markets for various key commodities are available on our new platform
Maine lobster landings lowest since 2009; ex-vessel value third-highest in history
Curt Brown, a harvester based out of Portland, Maine, and a biologist for Ready Seafood, believes cold water temperatures in July are chiefly to blame
Canadian judge lets indigenous chiefs intervene in Maine lobsterman case
A provincial court judge in New Brunswick ruled the Peskotomuhkati Nation at Skutik should be allowed to intervene on behalf of the nation's three chiefs
Clearwater decision to pare back on lobster means job losses for Canadian town
'All of the people who lost their jobs are longtime employees, and they are all our friends and neighbors and family. This is going to have a deep impact in our community' - Lockeport mayor Derek Amalfa