Chris Chase is the Portland, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Previously, he worked covering local issues at the Coastal Journal in Bath, Maine, where he won multiple awards from the Maine Press Association for his news coverage and food reviews. Chris is a graduate of the University of Maine, and got his start in writing by serving as a reporter and later the State Editor of The Maine Campus, an award-winning campus newspaper.
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Frime President and Owner Salvador Ramon is on a mission to take the tuna industry to the next level.
Barcelona, Spain-based Frime, founded in 1977, specializes in yellowfin tuna products imported from all over the world. Ramon, the third generation of his family to run the business, told SeafoodSource during Seafood Expo Global – running from 23 to 25 April in Barcelona, Spain – Frime is now distributing its products to 16,000
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Scottish salmon-farming company Loch Duart is celebrating its 25-year anniversary by hitting multiple feed-based environmental impact targets years ahead of schedule.
The company, which farms salmon in Northwest Scotland, announced a partnership with BioMar to create a special version of the company’s “Blue Impact” feed, allowing it to exceed its carbon, ingredient, and forage fish dependency ratio (FFDR) targets ahead of
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Scallop exporters in Japan are continuing to grapple with China’s total ban on imports of Japanese seafood, with some pivoting to Southeast Asia as a new destination for raw products.
China’s complete ban on Japanese seafood went into effect in August 2023 and was made in response to the release of contaminated cooling water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station by the plant’s operator: Tokyo Electric Power Company
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Kaunas, Lithuania-based Viciunai Group has finally sold its Russian business and processing facility, in a process that members of the company’s board called “the most complex transaction” in its history, forced by its promise to withdraw from Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
According to a statement from the company, Vicunai Group has sold its factory operating in the Kaliningrad region of Russia and its logistics and
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