50 Seafood Suppliers Join ReposiTrak’s Rapidly Expanding Food Traceability Network

October 31, 2024 ReposiTrak

These new members will efficiently exchange intricate, FDA-required Key Data Elements (KDEs) for each Critical Tracking Event (CTE) in their supply chains, ensuring proactive compliance well before the January 2026 deadline.

Global North’s Growing Appetite for Farmed Salmon Imperils Communities’ Access to Local Fish

October 31, 2024 Oceana

Despite industry claims to the contrary, these findings highlight how the growing appetite for expensive farmed salmon can leave coastal communities struggling to access affordable local fish like sardines and anchovies. Instead, these small pelagic fish are frequently caught, processed, and “reduced” to fishmeal and fish oil, almost all of which is used to feed farmed fish. These ‘reduction fisheries’ account for 26% of global ocean catch.

Dickie’s Seafood Goes Out of Business, Looks to Sell Longtime Northside Facility

The nearly 50-year-old Richmond company, known for its deviled crab and boiled shrimp that was sold in grocery stores, has ceased operations and is in the process of selling off its assets, including its 16,000-square-foot building at 1508 Brook Road.

First-of-Its-Kind Insurance Incentive for Seafood Traceability Launches

October 30, 2024 Trace Register

The partnership leverages the expertise of Foa & Son to provide Trace Register seafood customers with a unique incentive for Product Contamination & Recall Insurance.

Finnforel Accepts Investment from Mitsubishi Corporation

October 30, 2024 Finnforel

The aim of the investment is to secure a sustainable, efficient, and environmentally friendly way to produce fish locally which will offer also significant benefits to food security. Finnforel’s strategy is built around its unique Gigafactory concept, which integrates environmentally friendly fish farming and processing under one roof, delivering industrial-scale production with maximum efficiency and sustainability.