Maine legislature asked to limit menhaden licenses
Regulators in the US state want to limit licenses because they feel too many fishermen are harvesting menhaden, and that has raised the possibility of overfishing
Oregon harvesters ‘on high alert’ against wind farm zones
'The map is changing everything and putting everybody on high alert. This is just taking it up a notch' -- Tim Novotny, spokesman, Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission
Eastern Fish’s hire of Heath England is latest in string of exits from The Fishin’ Co
Heath England left The Fishin' Company in November, joining chief financial officer Kevin Wisel and president Ryan Grace as recent departures
First Nations get $9.18m grants in British Columbia
The funding came as part of Canada's Pacific Integrated Commercial Fisheries Initiative, fisheries and oceans minister Joyce Murray said.
Pakistani harvesters end blockade of Karachi port
This week's protest follows another in the port city of Gwadar in December, against trawling by Chinese fishing trawlers and vessels from Sindh
Boston show adds Canfisco, Ideal Fish, 54 others while CP, Aquamaof join exit
'I always learn a lot about the industry from this conference and, after two years of canceled shows, there is a lot to catch-up on' -- Eric Pedersen, Ideal Fish
Maine lawmakers reject forming legal fund to fight right whale regs
The fund would have been designed to help the industry challenge rules and regulations intended to protect the North Atlantic right whale
Big names behind $100m funding round secured by cultivated salmon producer Wildtype
A lot of big-name investors are part of the series B funding round, including Leonardo DiCaprio, Bezos Expeditions, Robert Downey Jr.'s FootPrint Coalition and Cargill
Pacifico reports death of co-founder Eric Pedersen
'We will always remember and hold dear the legacy that he leaves as a pioneer in the development of the aquaculture industry in Mexico' -- Pacifico Aquaculture
New Icelandic firm plans $400m land-based salmon project
The new salmon farming company Geo Salmo, run by Icelandic investors, is in the process of planning an ISK 50bn plant with a production capacity of 24,000t
