United States

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Trade with Canada and Mexico continues to be a major economic driver for rural America, with a new analysis highlighting the outsized role the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) plays in supporting jobs, investment and export growth across the food and…

11th February 2026

USMCA delivers $149bn boost to US ag and seafood economy as renewal debate begins

11th February 2026

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US seafood importer Southstream Seafoods has entered into an exclusive partnership with Sea Harvest, becoming the sole representative of Sea Harvest products in the United States. The agreement establishes a new, direct US gateway for South African Cape Hake.

14th January 2026

Southstream Seafoods secures partnership with Sea Harvest

14th January 2026

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US frozen seafood importer/distributor CenSea has launched CenSea Reserve, a new premium shrimp sub-brand for foodservice and retail channels.

14th January 2026

CenSea launches new premium shrimp brand

14th January 2026

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Sushi Council has confirmed Bay Hill Seafood Sales has joined the Council as its newest member. Based in Greensboro, North Carolina, Bay Hill is a wholesale seafood…

16th December 2025

Bay Hill Seafood Sales joins NFI Sushi Council

16th December 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Justin Conrad, President of Bay Hill Seafood Sales, and the 2026 Chair of the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) will testify on 19 November 2025 before the House Committee on Natural Resources Subcommittee…

19th November 2025

Incoming NFI chair to testify before congress on IUU bill

19th November 2025

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Located in the heart of Idaho’s so called “Magic Valley” – a hub for agriculture and aquaculture – Rangen Aquaculture Nutrition’s Buhl feed mill has become the first in the United States…

13th November 2025

Rangen becomes America’s first ASC certified feed company

13th November 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A coalition of US seafood companies and industry groups has asked the US Court of International Trade for a preliminary injunction to halt import prohibitions under the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA),…

15th October 2025

Seafood Coalition seeks court order to pause MMPA import ban, citing threats to US industry

15th October 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The United States imported 72,352 tonnes of shrimp in July 2025, with the total representing an 18% increase on the corresponding month of last year, with the value of these products rising 24%…

16th September 2025

US buying in more shrimp – India and Ecuador lead the charge

16th September 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Following the recent trade deal reached between the United States and the EU, both sides have confirmed they have agreed on a Framework on an Agreement on Reciprocal, Fair and Balanced Trade,…

26th August 2025

Solid footing: Seafood to benefit from US-EU trade deal

26th August 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

US Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) have introduced the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act of 2025 to advance the development of open ocean aquaculture in federal waters.

6th August 2025

US senators champion open ocean aquaculture

6th August 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

US production of farmed seafood is expanding, according to recently published data from the country’s Census of Aquaculture.

12th June 2025

USDA: US aquaculture is expanding with new operations, increased sales

12th June 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

North American value-added frozen seafood company High Liner Foods Incorporated has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire the Mrs Paul’s and Van de Kamp’s brands of frozen breaded and battered fish…

11th June 2025

High Liner acquires frozen seafood brands

11th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In the first-quarter of this year, the United States imported 205,770 tonnes of shrimp, representing a 13% increase on the corresponding period of 2024, according to new analysis from Shrimp Insights.

13th May 2025

America increases shrimp imports

13th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new Executive Order issued by US President Donald Trump has opened the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) to commercial fishing, with the assertion that US environmental laws and regulation can…

23rd April 2025

Trump opens Pacific Marine Monument to American fishers

23rd April 2025

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

Florida-based Atlantic Sapphire – the largest recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) producer of salmon in the world – has become the first and only land-based salmon farm in the US to achieve Aquaculture…

27th February 2025

Atlantic Sapphire secures ASC

27th February 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In 2024, the United States imported 762,804 tonnes of shrimp, representing a 3% decrease from the previous year and a 15% drop from the trade peak of 2021. However, this volume was…

11th February 2025

US shrimp imports slide

11th February 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Norway exported NOK 15.3 billion worth of seafood products in January 2025, representing an increase of NOK 1.9 billion or 14%, compared with the same month last year, according to new figures…

5th February 2025

Salmon sales, US growth boost Norwegian exports

5th February 2025

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Sales of US aquaculture products in the country in 2023 totalled US$1.9 billion, an increase of 26% from 2018, according to the 2023 Census of Aquaculture released by USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics…

18th December 2024

American aquaculture value rises

18th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The US International Trade Commission has voted in the affirmative on antidumping and countervailing duty petitions filed by the American Shrimp Processors Association (ASPA) against imports of frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador,…

27th November 2024

America to impose duties on overseas shrimp

27th November 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has released an action plan that recommends improvements to the United States’ Seafood Import Monitoring Program (SIMP) following a year-long review of the programme.

15th November 2024

NOAA issues action plan to improve US seafood import monitoring

15th November 2024