Canadians Will Pay $9 Billion to Implement Trudeau’s Ban of BC Salmon Farms

The report, commissioned by the BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA), found that the ban announced in June and the current proposed draft transition plan would result in at least $9 billion in unnecessary costs to Canadian taxpayers to compensate for the sector’s closure, and to subsidize unproven closed containment technology companies.

New Digital Traceability Requirements for Meat & Seafood Processors Coming Soon

December 12, 2024 SIMBA Solutions

In 2026 the EU will be requiring that suppliers of seafood have the capability of reporting “relevant data in a sortable format” within 24 hours of processing. The US is predicted to follow the EU by increasing traceability requirements for all food consumed.

Steakholder Foods to Sell MX200 Printer to Vegefarm for Asia Market Launch

December 12, 2024 Steakholder Foods Ltd.

Under the MoU, Steakholder Foods would provide Vegefarm with the MX200 printer and plant-based premixes designed to create high-quality meat alternatives.

Ocean 14 Capital Fund Teams up with KIME Akva to Drive Growth of Farmed Cod as a Sustainable Supplement to Wild Fishery

December 11, 2024 Ocean 14 Capital Fund

Life Below Water, has entered into an investment agreement with KIME Akva, a Norwegian cod farming operation, as a foothold into supplementing wild cod fishing with sustainable farming at a time when cod prices are increasing and quotas are decreasing.

Local Shrimpers Happy for Foreign Shrimp Tariffs

December 11, 2024 Haylee Kennedy, WKRG

The USITC will issue countervailing duty orders and antidumping orders to help combat the issues American shrimpers have faced.