Alaska's 2026 Salmon Season Ends as Lowest Harvest Since 1987

Alaska-wide salmon harvests totaled 87.2 million fish as of the first week of September, about 70% of the pre-season projection of 125.5 million. It's the first time in 39 years that the state's overall harvest has fallen below 100 million fish.

According to the McKinley Research Group, which publishes weekly updates on behalf of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI), every species of salmon underperformed this season. Sockeye landings came in at 84% of the projected catch statewide, while pink and Chinook followed at 68% and 67%...

NFI Rebrands as National Seafood Association, Launch Set for Monday

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) is changing its name to the National Seafood Association — the first name change in the trade group's 80-year history — with an official launch planned for Monday, September 14, according to a statement provided to Expana/SeafoodNews.

"Our name has changed but our mission hasn't," the association told Expana. NFI's mission remains getting more people eating more seafood by advocating for a regulatory environment that allows its members to run successful seafood businesses...

Expana Expands Japan Fish & Seafood Coverage with New Surimi Price Series

Expana today announced the addition of a new Japan surimi price series to its platform, expanding coverage with average wholesale prices for Alaskan pollock surimi. The series (TW43) is classified under the Fish & Seafood > Alaska Pollock category. The series is available immediately to Expana subscribers...

Trans-Ocean Products Announces Leadership Promotions

Trans-Ocean Products, a retail brand of surimi seafood, has announced several leadership promotions across its operations, accounting and supply chain functions.

“At Trans-Ocean Products, we have cultivated a team of employees who strive daily to find new solutions to deliver an exceptional customer experience and the highest quality surimi seafood products on the market today,” said Chris Cameron, president of Trans-Ocean Products.

Scott Rogers, who has been with Trans-Ocean for 11 years, has been promoted to customer service and supply manager. He will oversee customer...

Ace Aquatec's Biomass Tech Hits 97% Accuracy for Iceland's Matorka Arctic Char

Icelandic land-based aquaculture producer Matorka has achieved more than 97% biomass measurement accuracy using Ace Aquatec's A-BIOMASS® camera system, according to a release from the Scottish technology company, marking a milestone in adapting salmon-focused monitoring tools to a different species.

Founded in 2010, Matorka is a vertically integrated land-based operation producing approximately 1,800 tonnes of Arctic char annually. The company controls its full production cycle, from broodstock and hatchery through juvenile production, grow-out and processing...

ANALYSIS: Tight Norwegian Cod Supply Continues to Drive Higher Prices

The European whitefish market has remained active throughout 2026, with Norwegian cod prices holding above 2025 levels. This firm market sentiment has been sustained by tighter Norwegian supply, following the lowest total allowable catch (TAC) set for the Barents Sea since 1999. At 285,000 metric tonnes (mt), the TAC represents a 16% year-on-year (YOY) reduction, with Norway's share of the quota standing at 139,827 mt...

Expana Expands Global Seafood Coverage with 5 New Algorithmic Tilapia Forecasts

Expana today announced the addition of five new tilapia algorithmic forecasts to its platform, linked to the UB Frozen (IVP) Shallow/Standard Skin Moisture Added, Tilapia, Fillet, China, 5-7 oz EBP (3870) parent series. The forecasts cover China and the United States and are classified under the Seafood category. The forecasts (14284, 14283, 14285, 5420, 3871) are available immediately to Expana subscribers...

Faroese PM Presses Von der Leyen on Salmon Tariffs, Comes Away Empty-Handed

The Faroe Islands' push for better EU market access for processed seafood ran into diplomatic reality this week, as Prime Minister Beinir Johannesen's face-to-face appeal to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen produced no concrete movement on the tariff structure Faroese industry says is holding back domestic salmon processing.

The meeting took place in Nuuk, Greenland, on September 7 — not Brussels — on the sidelines of von der Leyen's two-day visit to sign a new EU-Greenland partnership declaration alongside Danish Prime Minister Mette...

BioMar Completes Global ASC Feed Certification Pipeline With Greece Milestone

BioMar has finished rolling out ASC Feed Certification across its entire global production network, with its Greek facility becoming the latest — and final — plant to achieve the standard.

The certification in Greece caps a multi-year process that saw BioMar progressively bring its production facilities in Europe, Latin and Central America, Australia and Asia into compliance with the Aquaculture Stewardship Council's feed standard. With Greece now certified, every BioMar plant where the ASC program is currently available holds the certification...

Seafood Scores Big on NFL Stadium Menus for 2026 Season

Seafood is carving out real concession space as NFL teams roll out their 2026 season menus, with at least seven franchises adding new crab, shrimp, salmon or lobster items and one team striking the league's first dedicated seafood restaurant partnership.

The headline move came in Foxborough, where Legal Sea Foods was named the Official Seafood Restaurant and Official Clam Chowder of the New England Patriots and Gillette Stadium beginning with 2026 — the chain's first-ever official NFL stadium deal in its 70-year history. Fans can buy Legal's award-winning...

Red Lobster Closes Dozens More Restaurants in Post-Bankruptcy 'Right-Sizing' Push

Red Lobster has trimmed its US footprint to 484 locations as of this week, down 36 units — or 7% — from the 520 it operated at the end of 2025, according to Technomic data cited by Restaurant Business. The chain has closed several long-running locations in recent months, including a 55-year-old Columbus, Georgia restaurant last month and its 23-year-old Times Square outpost in June, with additional closures in Alabama, Illinois and California in recent weeks...

NOAA Selects Mississippi State to Lead New Gulf Cooperative Institute

NOAA has selected Mississippi State University to host the Cooperative Institute in the Gulf of America (CINGA), a new research partnership focused on better understanding the region’s ecosystems and the social and economic forces shaping the Gulf. The five-year award is valued at up to $100 million, with the potential for a five-year renewal based on performance. Mississippi State was selected through an open, competitive evaluation, and CINGA will be affiliated with NOAA’s Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological Laboratory in Miami.

“This collaboration builds on...

Lineage Opens First Bonded Warehouse in Spain With Murcia Customs Authorization

Lineage, Inc. (NASDAQ: LINE) announced that its Murcia facility has been authorized as a Customs Bonded Warehouse (Depósito Aduanero), marking the company's first bonded warehouse in Spain and extending its network of customs-enabled facilities across Europe.

The bonded warehouse designation allows import customers to store temperature-controlled food products under customs supervision at the Murcia facility until they're ready for release to market. That gives importers more flexibility in their go-to-market strategies, including the ability to hold inventory while awaiting duty...

Dunleavy Pressed on PWS Salmon, SE Alaska Dungeness Crab Disaster Declarations

The City and Borough of Wrangell has asked Governor Mike Dunleavy to declare a disaster emergency over the "significant decline of the Southeast Alaska commercial Dungeness crab fishery and its impacts on local fishermen, families and businesses."

A day later, on September 4, state Representative Sarah Vance sent two letters to Dunleavy requesting disaster declarations for this year's Cook Inlet and Prince William Sound/Copper River salmon runs.

In her letter, published on her Facebook page, Vance described a severe shortfall in Prince William Sound...

Court Upholds Shrimp CVDs on India, Ecuador, Vietnam in Trilogy of Rulings

The US Court of International Trade sustained the International Trade Commission's finding that subsidized shrimp imports from India, Ecuador, and Vietnam materially injured the domestic shrimp industry, rejecting exporter challenges from all three countries in a trio of opinions issued September 4. The rulings keep countervailing duties in place on shrimp from all three nations, covering an investigation period from January 1, 2021, to March 31, 2024.

India (Seafood Exporters Association of India): Indian exporters argued the Commission wrongly folded frozen cooked shrimp into the same...

Sysco Reaffirms 2027 Guidance, Raises Mid-Term Growth Targets

Sysco is reaffirming its fiscal 2027 guidance while raising its mid-term growth targets, citing momentum in the business and a new multi-year AI-powered efficiency program. The company delivered solid results in fiscal 2026, helping set the stage for the reaffirmed outlook.

According to Expana’s report, Sysco’s sales rose 3.9% to $84.7 billion in 2026, while US Foodservice sales increased 4.4% to $15.4 billion and International Foodservice sales grew 6.7% to $4.2 billion.

"We finished fiscal 2026 with momentum, and that...

US Labor Department Recovers $732K for Florida Seafood Restaurant Workers in Wage Case

The US Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has recovered $732,976 for 31 workers at Miyako Japanese Buffet, a Pompano Beach seafood restaurant operated by Lucky King LLC.

Investigators found the employer paid staff flat monthly sums of between $1,000 and $3,000 regardless of hours worked, failing to meet minimum wage and overtime requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act.

The case is the latest in a string of DOL wage-recovery actions against restaurant operators this year, following an August settlement...