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Hearing used to make case that expanded SIMP would better block Russian seafood

'NOAA must immediately take steps to expand SIMP so that we can keep slave-caught illegal and Russian seafood out of this country and stop funding Putin's atrocities' -- US representative Jared Huffman

Russian whitefish exports not included in latest sanctions, EU confirms

As record Dungeness season winds down, Oregon finalizes management plan

Ukraine war, unsold inventory factor into Newfoundland’s low snow crab price

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Scottish salmon sector calls for more effort to cut costs of Brexit paperwork

Russia loses leadership post but stays in NAFO

DTC darling Wild Alaskan ends holdout, boosts subscription rates 11%

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Lobbying effort underway for wharf improvements in southwest Nova Scotia

'[T]here needs to be a major capital investment in the area for our wharves being fit for the vessels that we have' -- Lucian LeBlanc, Wedgeport Harbor Authority

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aquaculture

New EU report addresses lack of clear circularity indicators in aquaculture

Whale entanglements force halt to almost all California Dungeness harvests

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Norwegian H&G cod prices rocket to record levels with Russian seen as ‘risky’

Newfoundland snow crab price negotiations $1.16 apart, widest gap ever

US reinstates tariff exclusions for haddock, sole, crabmeat imported from China

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Eye health, nutrition policy experts added to US seafood science panel

Bumble Bee targeted for alleged false marketing claims in lawsuit

US gov’t adds owner of Russian Fishery, crab sister firm to sanctions list

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Walmart supplier Fishin’ Company plans $130m India tilapia project

Maine closed-pen salmon project debuts video series to counter resistance

retail

Aldi holds firm on fish finger prices with PBO pollock set for record level

China slaps five-month ban on shrimp imports from Omarsa plant

Southwind says no to Russian seafood processed in China

processing

Western buyers increasingly ask Chinese processors to avoid Russian fish

Ghana tuna industry turns to African FTA in pursuit of new demand

EU importers plea for relaxed regulation as raw material for Ukraine fills ports

fishing

Spain threatens to close ports to Russian vessels, encourages EU to follow suit

Relief measure advances for Maine lobster harvesters

NGO looks to take legal action against EU ministers for permitting overfishing