Undercurrent News

Undercurrent News started in 2012, launched by journalists Tom Seaman and Eva Tallaksen. Our goal is to provide high-quality business news and insights specifically for the seafood sector, leveraging the full potential of digital technology. We take pride in our independence, delivering news as we perceive it, free from any corporate influences.

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Aquaculture's lone VC eyes early-stage land-based farms, sidesteps mega-projects

1 day ago | undercurrentnews.com | Liza Mayer

Aquaculture's lone venture capital (VC) firm is eyeing land-based investments, but don't expect checks to flow into the construction of mega-farms just yet [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password. Please check your inbox to reset your password securely and easily.
'Profitable' US tilapia farm listed for $2.2m amid tariff-driven interest in local seafood production

1 day ago | undercurrentnews.com | Liza Mayer

A land-based tilapia farm in Florida has been listed for sale at $2.2 million, according to a recent post on a business-for-sale platform. [...] Want to keep reading? Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!sign upHave an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. Email sentWe’ve sent a link to to change your password. Please check your inbox to reset your password securely and easily.
Group that sunk Nordic Aquafarms' Maine land-based salmon project to buy site

2 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Liza Mayer

A Maine conservation group that formed specifically to oppose Nordic Aquafarms' controversial land-based salmon farm in Belfast is now under contract to buy the very site where the project was meant to go [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
US scallop landings gain momentum, prices keep dropping as new rules take effect

2 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Jason Huffman

The new 2025-26 US scallop season is starting to pick up some steam now that the new harvest rules are in effect, but the last full week under the interim rules wasn't so bad [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password. Please check your inbox to reset your password securely and easily.
Elevated pathogen levels near BC salmon farms renew debate over impact on wild fish

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Liza Mayer

A recently published study that found elevated levels of infectious agents, including Tenacibaculum maritimum and Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV), near open-net pen Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Broughton Archipelago has reignited the debate over the impact of open-net pen Atlantic salmon farming on wild Pacific salmon [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account.
US imports of Chinese scallops spiked at start of tariff escalation

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Jason Huffman

US importers wasted little time bringing in as many Chinese scallops as they could as soon as president Donald Trump began escalating his trade war with China in February, the latest seafood trade data shows [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
NOAA to publish, implement more generous scallop rules Monday

6 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Jason Huffman

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Friday (April 18) that it will publish its final rules for the new Atlantic scallop harvesting season on Monday (April 21), allowing harvesters to see bigger landings [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
US Easter spending expected to reach $23.6b as seafood's Lent boost comes to end

6 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Amanda Buckle

RetailDespite economic uncertainty, consumers are still expected to spend $23.6 billion on Easter this year, according to the National Retail FederationBy Amanda Buckle | April 18, 2025 15:38 BSTEconomic uncertainty in the US related to the ongoing trade war started by the president Donald Trump administration is not stopping consumers from spending big bucks this year.
Newfoundland won't stop harvesters from becoming processors

6 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Barb Dean-Simmons

If snow crab harvesters in Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) want to team up to process the crab they catch themselves, the province won't stand in their way, Gerry Byrne, NL's fisheries minister, has declared [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Alaska researcher offers more clues about mysterious crab stock swings

6 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Jacob Resneck

KODIAK, Alaska -- Three commercially harvested crab species have had major challenges in recent years, and scientists are only now starting to better understand the potential factors behind their decline [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.