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 barramundi farm in the Arizona desert is working to become one of the largest suppliers of aquaculture-produced premium whitefish in the United States.
Desert Springs Barramundi, located in Dateland, Arizona, was formed in 2022 and is currently producing 500 metric tons (MT) of barramundi in the desert each year. The relatively new company was formed by MainStream Aquaculture – a vertically integrated producer and supplier of barramundi
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The U.S. Pharmacopeia (USP) has developed new standards that accept the use of synthetic replacements for horseshoe crab blood, and environmental groups are celebrating the decision as a win for conservation.
The blue-colored blood of horseshoe crabs has been harvested for biomedical purposes ever since scientists discovered, in the 1960s, their blood would clot when exposed to various bacterial toxins. The unique properties of the blood made it
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Mozambique has won a USD 3.1 billion (EUR 2.8 billion) judgment against shipbuilding company Privinvest in London’s High Court over bribes the country alleged the company paid to its officials and Credit Suisse bankers as part of a “tuna bond” scandal.
Reuters reported the court ruled in “substantially in favor” of the country in the lawsuit, and that Judge Robin Knowles said Mozambique had been exploited by
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Nortuna, a Norwegian company that originally aimed to farm Atlantic bluefin tuna, has raised NOK 13.5 million (USD 1.2 million, EUR 1.1 million) in a funding round as the company shifts to farming Seriola rivoliana, or longfin yellowtail.
Nortuna had originally been working to establish Atlantic bluefin tuna farming off the coast of Cape Verde and started research on the process in 2011. Since then, the company began shifting its target
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