Northern Wind Expands Industry Leadership with Acquisition of Atlantic Capes Fisheries’ Processing and Sales Divisions

January 8, 2025 Northern Wind, LLC

This strategic acquisition strengthens Northern Wind’s position as a premier provider of high-quality scallops and seafood products while reinforcing its unwavering commitment to sustainability, superior quality, and exceptional customer service.

AQUA Fish-Free Seafood Makes a Splash on Restaurant Menus

November 14, 2024 AQUA Cultured Foods

AQUA Tuna is vegan, allergen-free, pregnancy-safe, and packed with fiber. Along with AQUA Scallops, the fermentation-derived products are free of microplastics, mercury, and everything in between. Plus, they offer a six-week shelf life refrigerated—in stark contrast to the three or four-day window for conventional seafood.

Aptar – Food Protection Expands Active Packaging System for Seafood into E-Commerce Category

August 13, 2024 Aptar–Food Protection

Aptar–Food Protection, part of AptarGroup, Inc. and a leader in active material science food safety solutions, has expanded its SeaWell active packaging system into the e-commerce category. Already utilized by major retailers across the U.S., the novel active packaging solution – designed to help maintain seafood freshness, quality and aesthetics – has now been adopted for direct-to-consumer shipping of various seafood items including filets, whole fish and shellfish like crab legs, scallops and shrimp.

AQUA Cultured Foods Partners with Ginkgo Bioworks to Optimize Alt-Seafood Production

March 27, 2024 AQUA Cultured Foods

AQUA has chosen Ginkgo to help optimize its innovative fermentation technology to elevate the quality of its fish-free seafood products that authentically replicate the look, feel, and taste of fresh-caught seafood. Leveraging Ginkgo’s microbial characterization and analytics, along with AQUA’s proprietary strains and processes, the partners aim to transform the future of alt-seafood production.

A Day On the Ocean With Maine’s Tough Winter Scallopers

Though often romanticized for tourists and marketing, there’s little glamor in the work of a Maine fisherman — especially in the dead of winter, when the state’s scalloping season takes place.