Grieg secures $360m sustainability-linked debt financing
The agreement with DNB Bank and Nordea Bank provides Grieg with a NOK 750m term loan, a €75m term loan, and a NOK 1.5bn revolving credit facility
Grieg to deploy ‘semi-closed’ BC salmon farms despite net-pen phaseout
Grieg might see some wiggle room in the statements made by the administration of prime minister Justin Trudeau regarding the eventual ban
Seafood Watch mulls red ‘avoid’ rating for US, Canadian lobster fisheries
A US seafood rating organization famous for using traffic-sign color-coding to grade sustainability is proposing to mark Canadian and American lobstermen as 'avoid'
Judge nixes StarKist’s request to have some tuna price-fixing suits thrown out
Dana Sabraw, the chief judge of the Southern District of California rejected StarKist's request for partial summary judgment
Trade deal could propel Ecuador’s shrimp exports to China even higher
The signing of a free trade agreement between China and Ecuador scheduled for late 2022 could bring great benefits to Ecuador's shrimp sector, including zero tariffs for its exports
In legal first, top EU court to rule on whether ministers set illegal fishing limits
The Court of Justice of the European Union has been called on to decide if EU ministers have illegally set unsustainable fishing limits
Northern Australia adds rock oyster ‘brand’ to federal species database
The native blacklip rock oyster has now been officially added to the Australian fish names database
Alabama bill would give ag-style tax breaks to commercial harvesters
The Alabama bill faces at least one difficulty. It does not specify how much in tax revenues would be lost to city and county governments if it were adopted
P&P vessel makes huge blue whiting spillage off coast of France
The Margiris, the second-largest super-trawler in the world, spilled more than 100,000 dead blue whiting in the Atlantic after a net ruptured
Hawaii wholesaler forced to pay $132k in back wages, fines
The US Department of Labor found that United Fishing Agency failed to include bonuses when calculating overtime pay and did not keep accurate payroll records