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Farmed trout salmon kirimi (thin slice) from Chile in the cooler at a Mitsuwa store in San Jose, California. Mitsuwa is a Japanese supermarket chain in North America.

New bill requires clearer seafood labeling in the U.S.

U.S. Senator Hyde-Smith introduces the Let Americans Buy with Explicit Labeling Act to ensure that labels understandably include the country of origin and production method.

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Matt Kramer, new Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing at the Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT).

Center for Aquaculture Technologies names Matt Kramer as global sales and marketing lead

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Peruvian artisanal fishermen landing jumbo flying squid.

The jumbo flying squid closed season in Peru is underway

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Gorton's new plant in Lebanon, Indiana, U.S.

Nissui Group opens new processing plant in the U.S.

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"Sustainability is a decision that needs to be practiced every day"

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Peru announces a new increase in jumbo flying squid quota

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Blue Ocean Mariculture kanpachi farm in Kona, Hawaii.

New bill proposed to strengthen U.S. sustainable offshore aquaculture

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Dick Jones, CEO of Blue Ocean Mariculture.

NFI Sushi Council appoints Dick Jones as executive director

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Three strategic facilities of Salmones Camanchaca certified Zero Waste

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According to the most recent food access report by the Greater Boston Food Bank, 1 in 3 residents faced food insecurity in 2024.

Massachusetts allocates $22M in grants to improve food security

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Peru ends the jumbo flying squid crisis

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Katie Pullen is the new Head of Finance at Great Northern Salmon.

Great Northern Salmon appoints Head of Finance

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Both Sernapesca and the Navy maintain active inspection and surveillance of foreign fleets entering national waters to call at port.

Chile relies on inter-institutional coordination to protect fishing activity in its national waters

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Onda is tackling Tenacibaculum, a threat to farmed salmon, cod and sea bass, with new disease models.

Canada's Onda expands its work on Tenacibaculum, one of aquaculture’s costliest fish diseases

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A replica of the original ship 'Restauration', Stavanger, Norway, July 2025.

2025 marks 200 years since Norwegian seafood arrived in the U.S.

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In 2008, Chile approved a law that prohibits the killing, hunting, capturing, harassment, transportation, processing, commercialization, or storage of any cetacean species.

US acknowledges Chile's marine mammal protection efforts

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Rhode Island's state clam, the Northern quahog, has been in decline since the 1980s.

New US bill proposal to investigate declining shellfish populations

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Chiefs and leaders of the Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship in Parliament Hill, Ottawa, Canada.

BC coastal First Nations reiterate support for salmon farming in their territories

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Americas

Americas

New bill requires clearer seafood labeling in the U.S.

Center for Aquaculture Technologies names Matt Kramer as global sales and marketing lead

The jumbo flying squid closed season in Peru is underway

Nissui Group opens new processing plant in the U.S.

"Sustainability is a decision that needs to be practiced every day"

Peru announces a new increase in jumbo flying squid quota

New bill proposed to strengthen U.S. sustainable offshore aquaculture

NFI Sushi Council appoints Dick Jones as executive director

Three strategic facilities of Salmones Camanchaca certified Zero Waste

Massachusetts allocates $22M in grants to improve food security

Peru ends the jumbo flying squid crisis

Great Northern Salmon appoints Head of Finance

Chile relies on inter-institutional coordination to protect fishing activity in its national waters

Canada's Onda expands its work on Tenacibaculum, one of aquaculture’s costliest fish diseases

2025 marks 200 years since Norwegian seafood arrived in the U.S.

US acknowledges Chile's marine mammal protection efforts

New US bill proposal to investigate declining shellfish populations

BC coastal First Nations reiterate support for salmon farming in their territories

Artisanal fishing landings grew over 50% from January to July in Peru

New CTO for US-based biotech firm Kuehnle AgroSystems

Ecuador's shrimp industry leaders gather to improve energy security

GreenWave launches Kelp CoLab to boost sustainable seaweed innovation

Almost 40% of Peru's 2026 production budget allocated to fisheries and aquaculture

NOAA identifies 13 new "aquaculture opportunity areas" in US waters