Cliff White has been the executive editor of SeafoodSource since 2016. Previously, he worked as the senior business reporter for the McClatchy-owned Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas deposit and the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Italy’s Lombardy region is world-renowned for its beauty, food, and wine, and Calvisius Caviar wants to maximize the attractiveness of its home base by marketing its sturgeon and caviar farm as a tourist destination.
Founded in 1977, Calvisius Caviar has grown into the largest caviar producer in Europe, surpassing 30 metric tons annually. But, with a major shift underway in its customer base, the company is looking to get younger consumers
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Global seafood production has reached a historical record, and aquaculture production has surpassed wild-catch output for the first time ever, according to a biennial United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report.
The FAO’s 2024 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture (SOFIA) report, published 10 June 2024, found global seafood production reached 223.2 million metric tons (MT) in 2022, up 4.4 percent
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Yellowfin and bigeye tuna steaks and loins sold across the United States – and likely Europe and other markets – are increasingly probable to be tainted with unlisted ingredients, including citric acid, beet extract, and sodium, according to three global seafood executives.
Up to 60 percent of yellowfin tuna steaks exported from
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Great Northern Products, which filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in March 2024, plans to liquidate all of its assets.
The Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.-based seafood dealer filed a proposed reorganization plan on 28 May and then filed an amended plan 6 June. The company lists just under USD 3.2 million (EUR 3 million) in assets and USD 2.5 million (EUR 2.3 million) in debt, including USD 250,000 (EUR 231,000) owed to Berkshire Bank and USD
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Rodger May, the co-owner of Peter Pan Seafoods, which entered receivership on 25 April, is fighting it out with Silver Bay Seafoods to buy up the distressed company’s assets.
May, who has served as Peter Pan’s president and chief growth officer since joining a consortium, which included his firm Northwest Fish Co., McKinley Alaska Private Investment-managed Na’-Nuk Investment Fund, and RRG Global Partners Fund, to buy it
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Kendell Seafood Imports will have to pay more than USD 575,000 (EUR 528,000) to Chilean Sea Bass Inc. after the adjudication of a lawsuit over a pricing dispute stemming from the Covid-19 pandemic.
U.S. District Court Judge John J. McConnell Jr. ruled on 22 May that North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S.A.-based Kendell Seafood must repay Chilean Sea Bass (CSB) for a shipment of Antarctic toothfish received in 2020, just as the U.S. foodservice
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