Madelyn Kearns is the Portland, Maine-based editor of SeafoodSource. Before diving into seafood writing, editing, and infographic-designing, she was the associate editor for an online publication geared toward small to mid-sized practice physicians, Medical Practice Insider. Maddie is a graduate of the University of Maine, where she served as a columnist and the opinion editor for the university's paper, The Maine Campus, and won a Grady Award in Creative Writing for her poetry.
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Molde, Norway-based traceability and business software developer Maritech has appointed Kjell Jørgensen as its new managing director for Maritech Dynamics Ltd, the enterprise’s Canadian subsidiary.
The company said it has big plans for scaling in the Canadian and U.S. markets, which Jørgensen will have a hand in leading.
“Maritech now is heading for new milestones in the North American market,” the firm said
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A new factory trawler being built for Mag-Sea International Co. Ltd. and Russia’s Tikhrybcom will feature a DeepChill system on board – courtesy of Sunwell and its partner Advanced Preservation Technology (APT) – to achieve optimal preservation for the vessel’s expected hauls of iwashi sardines, Pacific mackerel, herring, and salmon …
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Helene Ziv-Douki has been appointed to the role of president of Cargill Aqua Nutrition, succeeding Pilar Cruz, who was recently promoted to chief sustainability officer.
Ziv-Douki, who has been with Cargill since 2003, joined the enterprise’s animal nutrition and health team in 2017 as the risk management and sourcing director for its aqua-nutrition division. In that position, Ziv-Douki “had the opportunity to interact with aqua
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The Seafood Working Group (SWG) released a statement on Tuesday, 20 April, urging seafood retailers and buyers to regard the Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew warily in terms of its effectiveness as a “mechanism for the identification of labor abuse on fishing vessels in seafood supply chains.”
The statement, signed by 28 organizations comprising SWG, states that the FISH standard possesses
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Hampshire, United Kingdom-based Loma Systems, a developer and manufacturer of advanced inspection equipment for the food and pharmaceutical industries, has launched two new checkweigher systems: CW3 RUN-WET Combo and the basic CW3 RUN-WET ...
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Kevin Bixler, who serves as the global director of group fish procurement for Thai Union Group, has joined the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) as its new board of directors’ chair.
Bixler takes over the role from Bolton Food Director of Sustainable Development Luciano Pirovano, ISSF said. In addition to Bixler’s appointment, ISSF announced that William Gibbons-Fly, the former U.S. Department of State acting
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Roddy Morrison is joining Scoot Science as a software engineer in Canada, the ocean forecasting technology company announced on 13 April.
In his new role, Morrison – who has more than 20 years of aquaculture-specific IT experience working for companies such as Skretting, Marine Harvest Canada, and Stolt Sea Farm – will assist aquaculture businesses in operating more efficiently. He’ll work directly with aquaculture company
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Food Truck Rehab, a new Food Network show premiering on Sunday, 11 April, will follow Cousins Maine Lobster founders Jim Tselikis and Sabin Lomac as they share their expertise and ideas with struggling food truck owners hoping to bring their businesses back from the “brink of financial ruin.”
Tselikis and Lomac, who are cousins, aren’t unfamiliar with the spotlight of reality TV – they pitched their food truck
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Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, U.S.A.-based Envisible has joined forces with Juneau, Alaska, U.S.A.-headquartered Certified Quality Foods, Inc., which does business as Seafood Analytics, in a push to capture quality product data on the former’s blockchain-enabled Wholechain traceability system.
The initiative will initially focus on sockeye salmon sold by Northline Seafoods in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Utilizing Seafood Analytics’ handheld
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Rich Products In-Store Bakery and Deli Direct Chains Division Senior Vice President John Wellenzohn has retired from the company, capping off a 43-year career, according to a 30 March announcement.
Wellenzohn, who officially retired on 2 April, started at the Buffalo, New York-headquartered food firm as a member of its sales team. He would go on to earn a series of promotions, Rich Products said, “taking on new roles with increasing
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