Tue. Jul 15 2025

Trump Announces US-Indonesia Trade Agreement, Offers Few Details


Senate Appropriations-Approved Bill Would Establish Dedicated Seafood Liaison at USDA


Del Mar Seafoods Expands Operations with Advanced IQF Freezing and New Processing Facility


ANALYSIS: Scallop Market Reflects Firm Undertone as Supply Challenges and Tariff Pressures Continue  


Mowi Rolls Out Fresh Seafood Offerings at South Florida Supermarkets


Portugal and Spain Regain MSC Certification for Iberian Sardine Fishery


GAPP Opens Registration for 2025 Wild Alaska Pollock Meeting  


National Restaurant Association Applauds Trump Tax Bill for Boosting Industry Jobs and Growth


Kenyan Tilapia Farmer Victory Farms Joins ASC Improvement Program  


Sernapesca Seizes More Than 1.5 Tons of Hake, Eel, Octopus, and Sea Urchin Near La Unión  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Tuesday, July 15


Mon. Jul 14 2025

US Tariffs on Brazilian Imports Spark Cross-Commodity Concerns


Mark Foods Acquires Bristol Seafood, Expanding Scallop and Value-Added Seafood Portfolio


ANALYSIS: Wild Salmon Week in Review for Week 27, July 6-12  


Trump Announces 30% Tariffs on EU and Mexico as Trade Tensions Persist


Canadian Seafood Escapes Trump’s 35% Tariff, According to Multiple Reports on USMCA Exemptions


ANALYSIS: Early Start to Norwegian Cold-Water Shrimp Season Offsets May Export Decline  


Oregon Dems to Trump Administration: The Salmon Fishery Needs the Promised Funding  


Trump Announces August 1 Tariffs — Here's the Complete List


Russian Crab Company Group to Produce Air-Blast Frozen Crab in Barents Sea, With Focus on Japan


Cowlitz Tribe and NOAA Improved Lower Columbia River Tributary for Salmon and Steelhead  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Monday, July 14


Trump Letters Reveal August 1 Tariff Rates for Key US Trading Partners


Fri. Jul 11 2025

Trump Places 35% Tariff on Canadian Imports, Sparking Uncertainty in Seafood Trade


The Winding Glass: Seafood Trade Disruptions Reappear While Economic Headwinds Drive Prices Down


Commercial Fishermen Sue NMFS Over Red Snapper Rules, Citing Harm from Recreational Dead Discards  


Bristol Bay Landings are Now Just 3.5M Sockeye Short of Forecasted 35M Catch  


USDA Awards $34.66 Million for Pacific Pink Shrimp and Atlantic Groundfish Contracts  


Hokkaido Surimi Production Increased by 18% to 1693 Tons in May


US Coast Guard Receives $25 Billion Under President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill Act


Mowi Scotland Unveils Revamped Processing Facility, Expects to Break Records in Coming Months


Norway Has Replaced Russia in the US Crab Market; Russia Looks to Tag Back in  


Newfoundland and Labrador Announces Changes to Harvester Loan Program


Seafoodnews.com Summary Friday, July 11


Thu. Jul 10 2025

Tariff Talks 2025: Expana's Weekly Rundown #17


Brazilian Seafood Exports to US in Jeopardy After New 50% Tariff  


ANALYSIS: Seasonal Growth in Chilean Salmon Supply Meets Depressed Global Salmon Market  


New Lawsuit Alleges Trident is Violating Clean Water Act at Washington Facility


Trident, Silver Bay Awarded $2.8 Million via USDA Contracts for Pollock


Former USDA Economist Looks at How Trade Disputes and Geopolitics Are Reshaping Agri-Food  


Trump Tariff Letters Continue to Roll Out; Philippines Faces 20% Tariff


Marcus Coleman Steps Down as CEO of UK Trade Group Seafish


Japan’s Surimi Export Value from January to May Reaches Second-Highest Ever


Independent Study Finds Gulf Menhaden Fishery Has Minimal Impact on Red Drum Stocks  


Mexico Aims to Boost Tilapia Self-Sufficiency by 2030  


Massachusetts Now Accepting Applications for Fisheries Innovation Fund


Letter to Brazil: Trump Cites "Witch Hunt" While Charging 50% Tariff


Seafoodnews.com Summary Thursday, July 10


Wed. Jul 9 2025

ANALYSIS: Live Lobster Market Navigates a Shifting Supply Landscape  


Acme Smoked Fish CEO Announces Retirement After 18 Years on Company’s Executive Team  


The Retail Rundown: Retailers Push Value to Maintain Protein Momentum  


New Study Finds Minimal Impact of BC Net Pen Salmon Farms on Wild Populations  


TCRS’s Annual Shrimp Summit Underscores Industry Promise Amid Tariff Uncertainty  


Prime Shrimp Launches New Shrimp Burgers for Retail and Foodservice  


Norway to Benefit from EFTA's New Free Trade Agreement with MERCOSUR


Seafoodnews.com Summary Wednesday, July 9


Corbion Gains Chinese Approval for Algae-Based Omega-3 DHA Products, Unveils Executive Changes


Russia Hopes for Rebound of Pollock Catch in Bering Sea


Tue. Jul 8 2025

Big, Beautiful Bill Act Gives Seafood Processors Who Feed Workers a Tax Deduction


Clean Seas Shareholders OK Yumbah Aquaculture Takeover  


Norway Exports NOK 85.2 Billion in Seafood in First Half of 2025, Increases 6% YOY  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Tuesday, July 8


Iceland Seafood International Completes Refinancing Process


Salmon Evolution Achieves Record Production in Q2 2025


Norway Sanctions Russian Fishing Giants Norebo, Murman Seafood  


Russian Pollock Surimi Imports Surge in China, Japan and South Korea; US Imports Decline


Recall Issued for Vicente Marino's Anchovy Fillets in Olive Oil Due to Histamine  


SFP 2024 Reduction Report Reveals Decline in Sustainability of Key Fisheries  


US to Impose 25% Tariff on Japanese and Korean Imports Starting August 1


Navigating the Trump Tariff Turbulence: A Comprehensive Timeline


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AquaBounty to Produce GM Salmon in Indiana with $14 Million Purchase of Bell Fish Company's Assets

AquaBounty Technologies will soon be able to produce its genetically modified AquAdvantage salmon in the United States as the firm has struck a $14 million deal to buy some of the assets of Bell Fish Company in Albany Indiana. AquaBounty said the facility's first harvest could come as soon as the third quarter of 2019. Once fully operational, the facility will have an expected annual capacity of 1,200 metric tons. "This acquisition marks an important milestone and provides the Company with its first commercial-scale facility in the United States for growing eco-friendly AquAdvantage Salmon. This site will enable production of healthy Atlantic salmon, which will not require vaccines or antibiotics, in a sustainable and responsible manner close to domestic consumers,” said Ronald Stotish, Chief Executive Officer of AquaBounty.

The International Council for the Exploration of the Seas (ICES) has recommended that the Joint Russian-Norwegian Fisheries Commission cut the 2018 Barents Sea cod quota 20 percent from last year citing poor recruitment in the fishery. The Council’s recommendation would set the total cod quota at 712,000 metric tons. This represents a 183,000 metric ton reduction from last year’s quota. The Commission will take up ICES advice when it makes its quota determination this fall.

In other news, a price war is breaking out over ecommerce lobster sales in the Chinese Province of Ningbo. Online retailers are offering live North American lobsters at deeply discounted prices in order to compete for sales and market share in both the online retail space and from traditional grocers.

Meanwhile, citing 20 years of success with groups such as Conservation International, the MSC, and others, the Walton Family Foundation (WFF) outlined its $37 million, five-year strategy for building sustainable seafood markets. The initiative is part of the foundation’s ocean strategy that takes a systems approach—working on both the supply and demand side—to promote sustainability in five core countries: Indonesia, Peru, Chile, Mexico and the United States. "The Walton Family Foundation has probably had more impact on the seafood sustainability movement than some of the more well-known consumer facing advocates," writes John Sackton in an analysis of the plan. "They have leveraged a market-based strategy in which they paid NGO's to lobby and convince the retail supply chain to adopt seafood sustainability standards."

Finally, the value of Vietnam's seafood exports to global markets is up this year but the increase is not because of more sales to the US market. So far Vietnam's seafood exports are up 7.5 percent worldwide but sales to the US market are down nearly 13 percent. The US is traditionally the top market for Vietnam's seafood exports like pangasius and shrimp. However, higher duty rates and the implementation of the catfish inspection program under the USDA have forced Vietnam's exporters to seek other markets like China.

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