Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.
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A recently published study performed by The Pew Charitable Trusts found that tuna transshipment within regional fishery management organization (RFMO)-managed fisheries represents as much as a quarter of all tuna sales globally.
The study looked at data collected by RFMOs like the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) on transshipment from 2012 to 2018. According to Pew, in 2018, 1.4 million
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Miami, Florida, U.S.A.-based Atlantic Sapphire has OK'd a share capital increase to raise USD 64 million (EUR 57.5 million) for infrastructure improvements at its Atlantic salmon recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility.
The company first announced a potential share capital increase on 20 August and proposed a fully underwritten rights issuance of up to USD 60 million (EUR 54 million) and a directed convertible loan issuance of a
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The Norwegian salmon-farming industry is grappling with what authorities have called an “explosive” growth in sea lice, as the industry continues to struggle with biological issues.
A recent press release from the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research (IMR) said sea lice numbers have never been higher in northern Norway than they are now.
“In the north, we saw an explosive increase and doubling of the number of louse
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A group of Filipino fishermen are continuing to deal with the fallout of allegedly being abandoned by their employer in a port in the U.S. state of Washington.
The group of Filipino fishermen, dubbed the “United 6,” claim they were abandoned at Westport Marina, Washington, after signing on to work for California-based McAdam’s Fish. The fishermen claim they worked a tuna season for the company and were then left at the dock
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The Russian Federal Fisheries Agency (Rosrybolovstvo) said in a release that the Far East has invested more than RUB 200 billion (USD 2.2 billion, EUR 1.9 billion) the country's fisheries through the investment-quota mechanism – the same day that one of its crab quota auctions went without a buyer for the third time.
Rosrybolovstvo said in a press release on 4 September that investors from the Far East have invested the money as part
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A report on the Indonesian shrimp industry compiled by three NGOs is adding to growing claims that conditions for workers have deteriorated since the Covid-19 pandemic.
The new report, “Net profits, human costs: How supermarkets shape exploitation in shrimp aquaculture,” investigated the labor and employment conditions in Indonesia’s shrimp supply chain. The report comes on the heels of a similar report on Vietnam’s
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