On Friday, March 28, 2025, U.S. Senators Chris Murphy and Richard Blumenthal and U.S. Representatives John Larson and Rosa DeLauro sent a joint letter to U.S. Department of Commerce Secretary Howard ...

Stanley Pearlman Enterprises, the parent company of North Atlantic Fish Company (NAFCO) and Congressional Seafood Company), announced this week that they have officially broke ground on a new cold ...

The high price of domestic scallops is leading to a surge in scallop imports this year. In August, total imports of scallops were up 250% over the 2012 monthly volume. So far this year, scallop ...

PODCAST: Ocean Beauty's Ron Christianson Gives SeafoodNews the SCOOP on Their New Grill House Burger On this episode of the SeafoodNews Podcast, SeafoodNews Managing Editor Amanda Buckle and Urner ...

Last week, China said it would begin accepting applications for tariff exemptions for 696 U.S. products, including over 40 seafood products imported from the United States. Chinese companies looking ...

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced opening dates for multiple Newfoundland and Labrador Lobster Fishing Areas on Wednesday. LFAs 10, 11E, 11W, 12, 13A and 13B all received start dates. The ...

As we reported last week, a new ownership group has bought the assets of National Fish & Seafood, which ceased operations on May 10, 2019. The new group has retained the prior sales and executive ...

On March 11, 2025, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) announced the arrival of a new ASC-labeled retail product: Hot Smoked Norwegian Atlantic Salmon Bites - Garlic & Herb, produced by ...

According to a member report compiled by the National Surimi Manufacturers Association based in Abashiri, Hokkaido, the volume of frozen surimi produced in Hokkaido in January was 797 tons, up 49% ...

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded $47 million to Massachusetts-based Channel Fishing Processing and Seattle-based Trident Seafoods for just over 21 million pounds of Alaska pollock ...

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) revamped its AboutSeafood.com website last week. The group wants to connect the seafood community and improve access to vital information. The new website ...

Whales, sharks, puffins and crabs, oh my! Oregon license plates featuring sea creatures got a big boost recently with the addition of Dungeness crab, sharks and puffins to the available background ...