Nathan Strout

A U.S. federal court has ordered Irvington, Alabama, U.S.A.-based Irvington Seafood to stop distributing seafood following more than a decade of sanitation violations.

Under the court’s order, the company is required to “destroy all raw ingredients and food products currently in their possession.”

Before restarting food processing operations, the Alabama-based company will have to notify the U.S. Food and Drug Administration

The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to purchase up to 470,000 pounds of catfish and 1.2 million pounds of Alaska pollock for use in domestic food distribution programs.

The Alaska pollock will be used for the USDA's National School Lunch Program. The department is looking for both frozen Alaska pollock fillets and fish sticks, with bids due 17 May. The USDA will announce the contract awards by midnight on 23 May. 

USDA did not specify

Fishing groups and the U.S. state of Alaska are lashing out after a U.S. federal judge effectively shut down the king salmon troll fishery in Southeast Alaska in response to a lawsuit filed by the Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC).

In a lengthy statement, the Seafood Producers Cooperative expressed “disappointment and frustration” with the outcome.

“SPC and our fishermen will survive this debacle, as we have survived many others in

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) intends to purchase USD 119.5 million (EUR 109 million) worth of Alaskan sockeye salmon and Pacific groundfish for federal food assistance programs, according to Alaska’s congressional delegation.

“USDA’s purchase of Alaska seafood is great news for our fishing industry and all who depend on federal food assistance,” U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) said in a statement.

Aarhus, Denmark-based aquaculture feed manufacturer BioMar reported revenue of DKK 3.7 billion (USD 54 million, EUR 49.7 million) for the first quarter of 2023, a 21 percent year-over-year increase. 

“I am very satisfied with the overall performance of BioMar. Despite some challenging market conditions in both the salmon and the shrimp industry, we are continuing consolidating our position,” BioMar CEO Carlos Diaz said in a

Around 30 percent of Americold’s 243 facilities were impacted by a cyberattack on the company’s IT systems in the last week of April, although the cold storage and transportation provider’s substantial inventory was not damaged by the incident.

“It is important to note that none of our safety procedures or structural capabilities within the impacted facilities, such as power and utilities, refrigeration systems, and blast

Lawmakers in the U.S. state of Louisiana have asked the U.S. International Trade Commission to extend antidumping duties on imported warmwater shrimp, suggesting that a failure to do so would be devastating to domestic shrimp producers.

In letters sent separately to the commission, U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy and U.S. Representative Garret Graves, both Republicans, asked the government to continue imposing duties on shrimp imported from China,

A new book-length investigation into salmon aquaculture pushes back against the industry’s claim that farm-raised salmon is a healthy, environmentally friendly seafood option, according to publisher Patagonia.

Written by Norwegian journalists Simen Saetre and Kjetil Ostli, “The New Fish: The Truth about Farmed Salmon and the Consequences We Can No Longer Ignore” purports to tell the story of “how a once healthy food

While largely supportive of NOAA Fisheries’ plan to expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP), the Southern Shrimp Alliance is opposed to a provision that would make it easier for foreign corporations to secure import permits.

The industry group wants NOAA to restrict International Fisheries Trade Permit (IFTP) to U.S. residents and increase enforcement, a move that could close loopholes that allow foreign corporations to import

BioMar is now the first aquafeed company to meet the Science Based Targets Initiative’s (SBTi) ambitious carbon reduction targets.

SBTi is a partnership between multiple environmental groups that encourages corporations to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and independently assesses their plans. More than 2,000 companies have signed onto the initiative, including seafood companies such as Lerøy Seafood, Grieg Seafood, and Nomad.