United States

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