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

Great Northern Salmon appoints Head of Finance

The new hire is Katie Pullen, whose experience, the company noted, is well-suited to both emerging and established business environments.

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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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Peruvian fishermen landing jumbo flying squid.

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

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Konrad Mueller-Auffermann.

New CTO for US-based biotech firm Kuehnle AgroSystems

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More than 30 attendees participated in the inaugural session.

Ecuador's shrimp industry leaders gather to improve energy security

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The National Fisheries and Aquaculture Service (Sernapesca) was the agency that filed the complaint.

Chile fines and suspends salmon company for falsifying harvest data

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Tuna fishermen in Peru.

Peru takes on chairmanship of FAO's COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade

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Aerial view of Atlantic Sapphire facilities in Miami, Florida.

Atlantic Sapphire secures $35 million private placement

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José Antonio Camposano (CNA), Alex Olsen (Corporación LANEC), and Sandro Coglitore (Omarsa), during Race to the Top 2024.

Race to the Top 2025: This October, salmon meets shrimp in Ecuador

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Landing of jumbo flying squid in Peru.

Peru suspends the first stage of the extended jumbo flying squid season

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Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe's 7 Cedars Resort on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington State.

The second Pacific Northwest Indigenous Aquaculture Summit starts today

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Signing of Salmones Camanchaca debt refinancing agreement.

International banks back long-term refinancing for Salmones Camanchaca

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This initiative has been carried out in collaboration with the NGOs Future of Fish and The Nature Conservancy.

Experts gather to promote electronic monitoring of Chilean fisheries

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Jon Woody, U.S. National Fisheries Institute's CSO.

The U.S. National Fisheries Institute names new CSO

Cermaq Canada operation in Ahousaht Territory, west coast of Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.

Indigenous-led standard leads Cermaq to down sea lice levels without mechanical assistance

Starting January 1, 2026, any fish or fish products from fisheries without a comparability finding cannot be imported into the United States.

US to block seafood imports from 240 fisheries failing to meet marine mammal protection standards

Employee delivers a tray of sushi to a customer at one of Bento Inc.'s franchises.

Bento Inc. is the newest member of the U.S. NFI Sushi Council

Kimberly Stephens, new CFO for Canadian seafood firm High Liner Seafoods.

High Liner Foods appoints Kimberly Stephens as new CFO

Processing of Ecuadorian shrimp.

Ecuadorian shrimp exports pass US FDA weight analysis

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