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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The benefits of high-pressure processing (HPP) were immediately obvious for Stonington, Maine, U.S.A.-based seafood company Greenhead Lobster when it upgraded its operations, courtesy of a partnership with equipment developer Hiperbaric, in 2019 ...
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Groups and organizations involved in the global seafood industry, as well as individual stakeholders and scientists, are responding with concern to a new Netflix documentary, “Seaspiracy,” which purports to investigate the impact of commercial fishing on marine ecosystems and wildlife.
The 90-minute film, which has consistently led Netflix's top 10 rankings around the world since its late-March release, was created by the same team
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New products geared toward the emerging plant-based seafood analogs market have been rolled out by Germany firms Planteneers and Loryma …
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Berlin, Germany-based biotech firm Bluu Biosciences, founded just ten months ago, has closed its seed funding round at EUR 7 million (USD 8.2 million), according to a 26 March announcement.
The company said it is the first in Europe specializing in cell-based fish development and production …
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Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A.-based Proseal, a developer of advanced tray sealing solutions for seafood, ready-meals, and other proteins, recently launched its newly-developed skin packaging technology, Skin2.
Proseal, which is one of the first tray sealing manufacturers to bring skin packaging to market, said its Skin2 product “increases cycle speeds over existing skin processes, while reducing unit and equipment costs.”
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The Solar Impulse Foundation has awarded Cincinnati, Ohio-based company SEAREN with its Solar Impulse Efficient Solution label for the firm’s multi-function Vacuum AirLift (VAL) aquaculture water purification device.
To earn approval under the Solar Impulse label, a company must be able to demonstrate a solution’s ability to profitably solve problems in one or more of five areas: water, clean energy, infrastructure, sustainable
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The sustainability movement in seafood encompasses a vast network of initiatives and individuals committed to driving lasting change.
Working within the movement can feel “like being in a galaxy,” according to Walton Family Foundation Senior Environmental Program Officer Teresa Ish, in that it inspires awe and, at the same time, a sense of uncertainty about where to turn next.
“It’s hard to see the galaxy when
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Nuseed Nutritional’s Aquaterra aquafeed production process has earned Friend of the Sea’s first biotechnology certification.
Aquaterra is considered to be the “world's first non-marine source of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids,” Milan, Italy-based Friend of the Sea said in a press release. The additive, which can be used as a partial replacement for fish oil in feed, offers a microalgae nutritional profile via renewable
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Almost exactly a year ago, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the North American seafood industry to confront an ultimatum: adapt or risk perishing. By and large, seafood suppliers on the continent chose the former, opting to transform their businesses to succeed in a drastically changed market, according to a panel of industry insiders, speaking at this week’s Seafood Expo North America Reconnect.
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