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Omarsa CEO: US shrimp duties make marketing push ‘more necessary than ever’

With the CVD and the impending anti-dumping rates, 'we need the market to absorb those duties' -- Sandro Coglitore, Omarsa

Newfoundland crab plant workers move closer to strike

'This is not easy work, and if companies want to retain this important workforce, they need to pay them a living wage' -- FFAW president Greg Pretty

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AquaBounty empties out Indiana salmon farm in preparation for new owner

Canadian witnesses blame Alaska for salmon stock decline ahead of Parliamentary report

Crucial permits secured for Maine land-based salmon farm

Alaska passes bill to raise insurance reimbursements for fishermen

Initiative aims to reopen Florida bay’s oyster fisheries by 2026

Canadian gov’t report blames aquaculture for Newfoundland river’s wild salmon losses

Norway H&G cod prices continue to set new records

High Liner grows Q1 earnings despite 13% drop in sales volume

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US gov’t sticks to sidelines in ‘figurehead fraud’ lawsuit against Cooke, Omega Protein

Dam releases threaten salmon population, violate Endangered Species Act, rules US judge

First Nation seeks more lobster licenses in Canada’s Prince Edward Island

Alaska lawmakers overwhelmingly approve seafood industry task force

Canada approves 25 exploratory lobster licenses in Quebec

Sewage-tainted shellfish sites in Washington state under scrutiny, could halt harvest

Workers on the oyster farm. Credit: Seafish

Researchers say king salmon hatchery in Southeast Alaska is a no-go

Canadian lobster harvesters wary over proposed marine protected areas

Oregon’s Department of Fish and Wildlife names new director

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US gov’t identifies sites for offshore wind in Gulf of Maine

Lobster Boys open to re-employ infamous Illinois embezzler if granted home confinement

Norway enjoys brief moment in sun as top snow crab source for US

Report: US seafood sales down 2.8%

US West Coast coho salmon stock restored to healthy levels, NOAA reports

Nova Scotia’s Premium Seafoods pauses shellfish investments after nearly five-year permit wait

Canadian court quashes DFO decision to approve Nunavut fishing licenses for Clearwater

Canadian lobster processor banned from hiring foreign workers, fined CAD 365k

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Tesco to cut Russian fish from frozen supply chain as cod price pressure increases

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Massachusetts oyster industry fears impact of new sewage rules

Buzzards Bay, home to 40 growers, could be looking at a major loss of acreage

Canada’s integrity commissioner probes DFO over salmon farming science interference allegations

Commissioner Harriet Solloway says she is looking into whether officials may have seriously breached the ethics policy by attempting to silence scientists

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aquaculture

More gov’t action needed to drive Norway’s great feed shift, says Wathne

Indonesia reignites lobster larvae exports amid sustainability worries

Salmon farming-reliant BC First Nations make last-ditch appeal to Canadian government

prices

H&G pollock is ‘winning product’ for US amid lower fillet prices, surimi woes

Newfoundland crab harvesters cash in on dock price bidding war, fetch more than minimum

USDA can’t get enough Alaska pollock, canned pink salmon

companies

Sea Harvest eyes more overseas M&A, set for ‘different league’ after Terrasan deal

Choice Canning says FDA shrimp refusals were for another Indian packer

US FDA hits Choice Canning with three shrimp import refusals

people

Newfoundland union files worker grievances against Royal Greenland plant, stages demonstration

Multiple transition plans for BC’s salmon sector ahead

High Liner ‘well prepared’ for expanded Russia ban, may still bring in some haddock

m&a

Former major US importer of Russian crab files for bankruptcy protection

Lobster Boys to sell Canadian plant as part of bankruptcy plan

Former US lobster co-op’s CEO filed for bankruptcy amidst embezzlement charges

retail

World’s largest pollock buyer Nomad notes difficulty of replacing Russia, anticipates more sanctions

FDA warns US importer, processor about HACCP violations

Canadian challengers to Alaska salmon MSC status to get review

processing

Trident’s Pickenpack back in market for Russian pollock

Canada loans Quebec firm CAD 2m to expand snow crab processing capacity

US gov’t to manage salmon fishery in Alaska’s Cook Inlet EEZ

fishing

Major customer exodus at Chinese tuna giant after Dolphin Safe label loss, EJF report

Local Canadian officials worry resources not enough to stop invasive mussels

Lobster harvesters, lawmakers mount effort to delay new US size requirements again