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Pacific Seafood Confirms Ocean Beauty Merger, Expanding Footprint Across West

Pacific Seafood and Ocean Beauty Seafoods have officially closed the merger of their distribution operations, Pacific Seafood confirmed on July 17, bringing together two of the US West Coast's most established family-owned seafood companies.

The deal closed July 13 and includes most — but not all — of Ocean Beauty's distribution facilities. Specifically, the merger covers Ocean Beauty's operations in Astoria and Portland, Oregon; Boise, Idaho; Dallas, Texas; Helena, Montana; and Renton, Washington. Ocean Beauty's Salt Lake City, Utah, facility was not included in the transaction at the time of closing...

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House Committee Advances Bill to Delay Right Whale Gear Regulations for Lobster Fishery Until 2035

House Resolution 9436, the Northeast Lobstermen Protection Act, passed out of the House Natural Resources Committee on a 22-13 bipartisan vote, advancing legislation that would extend the current regulatory moratorium protecting Maine lobstermen from new gear entanglement rules for North Atlantic right whales through 2035.

The bill was led by Congressman Jared Golden (D-ME) and Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY). It would extend a pause on new regulations first enacted in 2022 — originally under President Biden with bipartisan support from the Maine congressional...

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Conservation Groups Sue after Trump Administration Rolls Back ESA “Harm” Definition

The Departments of the Interior and Commerce have finalized a rule removing the regulatory definition of "harm" under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), a change the administration says will reduce burdens on landowners, businesses and fishermen.

According to Expana's report, the deleted interpretation had long treated indirect impacts (like habitat modification that impairs breeding, feeding or shelter) as "harm." The administration ties the rollback to the Supreme Court’s 2024 Loper Bright decision, which narrowed deference to agency interpretations of ambiguous statutes. Officials note that direct killing or...

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Bills Giving FDA Authority to Destroy Food Imports Set to Advance on Capitol Hill

Two bipartisan bills that would allow the US Food and Drug Administration to destroy — not just reject — dangerous imported food products are poised to advance on Capitol Hill next week.

The first, the Destruction of Hazardous Imports Act (H.R. 2715), passed the House Energy and Commerce Committee unanimously in May and now sits on the House suspension calendar for the week of July 20. The suspension calendar is typically used to quickly pass broadly bipartisan bills, with measures requiring a two-thirds majority and moving...

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US Court Allows New Zealand Seafood Imports to Continue While Dolphin Protection Case Proceeds

A US federal trade court has declined to immediately block seafood imports from New Zealand in a case centered on protections for the critically endangered Māui dolphin and the threatened Hector's dolphin, while allowing the underlying legal challenge to move forward.

Judge Jennifer Choe-Groves of the US Court of International Trade issued the ruling on July 13, denying a motion for a preliminary injunction filed by the environmental group Māui and Hector's Dolphin Defenders NZ Inc...

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Japan's Farmed Yellowtail Exports up 50% for Frozen and 20% for Fresh in May

According to Ministry of Finance trade statistics, export volumes for yellowtail fillets—comprising both frozen and fresh products that are essentially all farmed—increased across all categories in May compared to the same month last year. Furthermore, the total export volume for the January–May period—the peak season for exports—was double that of the same period last year, with Minato Shimbun reporting that export volumes are tracking at record levels.

In May, frozen exports rose 46% year-on-year...

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$15 Million Awarded New NSF Seafood Engine in New England From National Science Foundation

Earlier this week, the National Science Foundation (NSF) announced the 12 new winners of its  Regional Innovation Engines program within the Directorate for Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (NSF TIP). The New England project, funded by $15 million over two years, is the only one focused entirely on seafood.

Led by the Portsmouth-based non-profit NERACOOS, the Seafood Engine is a collaboration of the seafood industry, tech sector, government, and research partners across Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island, including the Woods Hole...

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Abundance of West Coast Gray Whales Increases, But Reason Why is "Open Question"

Annual counts of migrating Pacific gray whales — the mammal that holds the record for longest migration every year — appear to show a significant increase in population over last year, good news for the beleaguered species, which has been the subject of a recent unusual mortality event and navigates areas of the ocean under severe changes due to climate change.

Researchers at NOAA Fisheries’ Southwest Fisheries Science Center released a new abundance estimate for Eastern North Pacific gray whales of between 15,930 to 20,530...

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Seafood Industry Wins Key Exemptions as US Imposes 25% Tariff on Brazilian Goods

The Trump Administration's 25% Section 301 tariff on Brazilian goods takes effect July 22 — and the US seafood industry secured meaningful relief, with many of Brazil's most commercially significant seafood export categories landing on the exemption list.

USTR Ambassador Jamieson Greer announced the final action on July 15, following a yearlong investigation into Brazilian practices related to digital trade, anti-corruption enforcement, intellectual property, ethanol market access, and illegal deforestation. After receiving more than 360 written comments and holding two public hearings...

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