Cooke wins approval for new Scottish salmon farm
Cooke plans to start hiring and training six new local employees to service the East Moclett site out of the company's Westray shore base in 2023
Colombia rescues 29 from burning fishing vessel found in protected area
Colombian officials are investigating why the boat was in the protected area, which was not identified
Proposed extension of US antidumping duties on Asian farmed shrimp moves forward
The US Department of Commerce believes four Asian shrimp exporting nations will resume 'dumping' if duties lapse. But the US International Trade Commission's own review continues
Ex-Cooke exec on board, Pacifico full steam ahead on plans to double output
This doubling will likely entail expanding the company's footprint with a new nursery and other facilities at its farms in Ensenada, Mexico
FDA has stopped 53 allegedly contaminated shrimp shipments so far this year
The total of 53 halted shipments places FDA on track to replicate 2016, the year in which 134 shipments were halted
Heat, drought threaten western Canada salmon runs
On Vancouver Island, the Tsolum River watershed near Courtenay is ranked worst, at drought level four, with level five almost guaranteeing socioeconomic and ecosystemic impacts
Innovasea debuts light-weight submersible net-pen
'The SeaProtean Pen is a versatile addition to our lineup of tough, submersible offshore fish pens' -- Innovasea CEO David Kelly
Cape Breton snow crab, at least the males, do get around
'Basically, adult males moved up to 37 kilometers while females tended to move no further than four kilometers' -- Sarah Iverson, researcher
Fearing overfishing, Maine closes menhaden season early
'You'll watch the price of bait skyrocket' -- Maine lobsterman Jason Lord
Norway’s food safety body greenlights SalMar Aker Ocean for 9,000t offshore project
The company told Undercurrent this was an important step, but that several more bodies need to give the all-clear before it can start work