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Unpaid vendors secure $2.8m in liens against Northline’s Alaska-bound freezer barge

'We are hoping that they round up enough money to go fishing and then pull a rabbit out of the hat' -- Jan Kallshian, Industrial Resources

Iceland’s Arnarlax to ramp up salmon biomass in earnest as anti-lice measures take effect

According to Bjorn Hembre, CEO of SalMar-backed Arnarlax, Iceland's salmon industry could be looking at 51,000t of output this year if all farmers meet their targets

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Norway at least a year from offshore aquaculture license allocations

Canadian seafood processing workers file complaint against Royal Greenland subsidiary

EU remains unwilling to lift sanctions on Russia to secure Ukraine cease-fire

US land-based shrimp farm’s assets awarded to penny-stock financier facing SEC lawsuit

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AquaBounty facing lawsuit from contractor claiming $1.6m unpaid bill

Australia passes bill to protect Tasmanian salmon aquaculture

Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania. Credit: island home, on Flickr

Kaldvik completes $18m deal for Iceland processing assets

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Canada initiates dispute at World Trade Organization over Chinese tariffs

Russian gov’t appeals as court again rejects efforts to annul quotas

Legal uncertainty surrounding US seafood eco-labels likely to continue

NOAA cuts could hobble summer Bering Sea trawl surveys in Alaska

Alaska governor’s bill could add farm-raised seafood to ASMI portfolio

Hump Island Oyster

Iceland’s MPs push for probe into fishing companies’ ownership

FDA delays expansion of FSMA tracing rule to mid-2029

US issues Pacific halibut IFQ permits on time, tariffs loom over fishery

Fired NOAA employees to receive back pay but still prevented from returning to duty

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NGOs take Carrefour France to court over alleged failures in tuna supply chain

Candor’s Bemiller offers seafood investor diligence service after eFishery debacle

Sablefish

US issues regs for sablefish harvest; Pacific halibut still in limbo

Boats unloading pollock in Dutch Harbor, Alaska

US judge dismisses lawsuit aimed at federal management of Alaska pollock industry

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US Coast Guard detains 16 Mexican nationals suspected of illegal fishing

Bumble Bee Foods sued by fishermen alleging forced labor

Mowi Canada East, Cooke ordered to clean up Newfoundland sites

Few rally around Alaska governor’s controversial fish farm bill

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The news Norway's inshore cod and haddock fisheries could again lose their Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) approval came the week after scientists recommended a 31% cut on cod and 24% on haddock for the 2024 fisheries

Marine Stewardship Council revises fishery certification objection process

'The revisions maintain the rigor and independent scrutiny of the objections process, while improving efficiency and removing barriers to accessibility' -- Marine Stewardship Council

Trump threatens to tariff Russia after starting work on sanction removal

US president Donald Trump appears to be using a carrot-and-stick approach to get Russia and Ukraine to negotiate a cease-fire deal

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Washington state panel to vote on permanent fish farm ban

eFishery’s DycodeX acquisition under auditor scrutiny

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prices

Dungy crab buyers deny price-fixing conspiracy in latest US court filings

Norway’s salmon producers want UK price-inflation case thrown out

ASC warns Norway gov’t over new ‘illogical’ surcharge on ‘superior salmon’

companies

ProPublica: Alaska investment fund missed red flags before investing $29m in Peter Pan deal

Former Credit Suisse banker avoids further jail time in $2bn Mozambique fraud case

World Trade Organization chief urges more dialogue between US, trading partners

people

Atlantic Canadian fish farms charged with safety violations after worker’s death

Albacora investigates sexist harassment of observer aboard vessel

Investors in Indonesia’s eFishery face heavy losses as firm struggles with financial collapse

m&a

Rodger May’s former partners cry foul over his play for Peter Pan assets

Seafarms records H1 loss but sees route back to life for vast shrimp project

UK land-based salmon farm gets day in court against NGO

retail

Sainsbury’s, Tesco not part of UK retail damages claim over alleged Norwegian salmon price fixing

CEO of employee-owned Inland confirms plan to offload property, coy on wider M&A talk

Tesco files suit against Norwegian salmon farmers, alleges price fixing

processing

Wells Fargo urges judge to approve Peter Pan asset sale to Rodger May

Amid tuna scarcity concerns, American Samoa rep urges Trump to reopen Pacific Remote Islands monument to fishing

Russian processor again contends $23m fine levied by gov’t

fishing

Trump administration begins implementing mass firings at NOAA

Trump cost-cutting forces NOAA scientists to attend West Coast council meeting virtually

Monterey Bay Aquarium appeals Maine lobstermen’s defamation lawsuit