California Salmon Season Delayed and Shortened, Angering North Bay Fishermen

San Francisco Bay Area grocery stores and fish markets aren’t expected to be stocked with salmon this year, as fishery officials chose to delay the start of the season last week and restrict the time fishermen have on the water.

Philabundance Swimming in 50,000 Pounds of Salmon Donated by AquaBounty

March 17, 2021 Bucks County Herald

AquaBounty Technologies, Inc., a land-based salmon farming pioneer, is donating an estimated 50,000 pounds of its conventional Atlantic salmon to Philabundance, a Philadelphia-based hunger relief organization committed to ending hunger for good.

Salmon Farm Investor Meeting Resistance From Bar Harbor Residents

March 16, 2021 Associated Press

A Norwegian investor’s plan to establish two salmon farms across from Acadia National Park is meeting with resistance from local residents.

Santa Barbara Smokehouse Becomes First Fair Trade USA Certified Smoked Salmon Manufacturer

The Santa Barbara Smokehouse, Inc. has become the world’s first smoked salmon producer to attain Fair Trade Certification and Fair Trade USA certified Seal, which signifies the products were grown, harvested, manufactured, and traded in ways that improve livelihoods and protect the environment.

Kvarøy Arctic is the First Fair Trade USA Certified Farmed Fin Fish

March 11, 2021 Kvarøy Arctic

Kvarøy Arctic, the third-generation sustainable Atlantic salmon producer from Norway, is the first fin fish farm globally to receive the valued Fair Trade USA certification after a rigorous vetting process of the farm’s social, environmental and economic impacts.