Friday, May 9, 2025

Alaska Alaska Sen. Sullivan pushes U.S. government to complete key stock surveys, fight illegal fishing amid possible NOAA funding cuts KUCB by Maggie Nelson - May 8, 2025 At a Commerce Committee hearing this month, Sen. Dan Sullivan pushed for Deputy Secretary of Commerce nominee Paul Dabbar to make sure a contract was signed so the Oscar Dyson — a research vessel from Kodiak — could perform important fish stock surveys. The Oscar Dyson sits at Kodiak’s Pier 2 on April 15, 2025. https://www.kucb.org/industry/2025-05-08/alaska-sen-sullivan-pushes-u-s-government-to-complete-key-stock-surveys-fight-illegal-fishing-amid-possible-noaa-funding-cuts International Despite price pains, global consumers’ appetite for healthy, sustainable seafood persists Seafood Source by Madelyn Kearns - May 7, 2025 Amid uncertain times, global seafood consumption is being driven by the usual suspects – price, health and wellness, convenience, and sustainability. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/foodservice-retail/despite-price-pains-global-consumers-appetite-for-healthy-sustainable-seafood-persists 'We are here for the long term': Pacific Seafood reveals its strategy for European market expansion With a seafood veteran now in place, Pacific Seafood gets to work building its European business. Intrafish by Drew Cherry - May 8, 2025 Clearly, Oregon-based Pacific Seafood needs to grow. Owner Frank Dulcich's stated ambition to double the size of the business by 2030 is going to require organic growth, acquisitions -- and the right people. https://www.intrafish.com/markets/we-are-here-for-the-long-term-pacific-seafood-reveals-its-strategy-for-european-market-expansion/2-1-1817133 Seafood companies are scrambling to move production, secure new supply chains in response to tariffs Seafood Source by Nathan Strout - May 8, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump’s trade war has sent seafood companies scrambling to move production and secure new trade partners as they desperately seek to avoid the brunt of new tariffs. https://www.seafoodsource.com/news/supply-trade/seafood-companies-are-scrambling-to-move-production-secure-new-supply-chains-in-response-to-tariffs International Coalition of Fisheries Associations to Launch New Seafood Nutrition Toolkit in June SeafoodNews.com by Peggy Parker - May 6, 2025 A new Seafood Nutrition Toolkit will be available to the seafood world in early June that will raise awareness of the nutritional benefits of seafood to global audiences, backed by the most recent scientific research.The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA), based in Reston, VA, is working with Global Seafood Communicators, based in Portsmouth, NH, to construct a resource that will assist ICFA and its members in communicating unified messaging on seafood’s health benefits to a wealth of audiences. “The toolkit will not only identify existing evidence and known benefits of seafood consumption but will contain messaging to help ICFA reach a common goal: raise public awareness of the benefits of eating seafood using correct, science-based messaging,” GSC Chair Fiona MacMillan, of Seafood New Zealand, said.  The group plans to introduce the toolkit during their panel at Seafood Expo Global on Tuesday, May 6, from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. “This new resource will be a cornerstone of the work ICFA and GSC do and will support us as we continue to move forward and grow,” ICFA Chair Ivan López Van der Veen said. “With resources like the toolkit, we will be able to not only discuss the topics most important to seafood internally but communicate them publicly.”Five months ago, Wendy Hunt of Murdoch University and Alexandra McManus of Curtin University and the University of Notre Dame Australia conducted a detailed review of the scientific literature around seafood and human nutrition. Their findings begin with a one-page summary of some of seafood’s inherent nutritional benefits, such as:Cardiovascular health* Two servings of seafood per week reduces the risk of cardiovascular events by 10%, and one serving a day reduces risks by 30%.   Getting a type of omega-3 in seafood called docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) in your diet improves your heart and cardiovascular (circulatory) function.Cognitive benefits Eating two servings of fish a week helps protect against developing all-cause dementia by 10% and Alzheimer’s by 30%.   Eating four or more servings of fish weekly as an adult (compared to less than one serving per week) can lower your risk of depression by 26%, especially for women.   Eating more oily fish can improve sleep quality.  Maternal and child health   Getting omega-3s through seafood during pregnancy can reduce the chances of a pre-term birth and the chance of baby being low birthweight.   For men, getting omega-3s in their diet may increase sperm count, concentration and motility (how well their sperm can “swim”).   For older women, eating five or more servings of oily fish each week reduces the occurrence of osteoporosis and loss of bone density (osteopenia).  Cancer risk reduction   Eating non-fried fish with omega-3s is associated with a reduced risk for several types of cancer, including: breast cancer, colorectal cancer, gastrointestinal cancer, uterine cancer, liver cancer, esophageal and head/neck cancer, and pancreatic cancer.  Healthy aging   Eating higher amounts of oily fish can also prevent general frailty in older adults.   Eating four or more servings of fish weekly as an adult (compared to less than one serving per week) can lower your risk of depression by 26%, especially for women.  * Eating more oily fish can improve sleep quality.  Visit fishcoaltion.org to learn more about the Seafood Nutrition Toolkit. To see the summary, visit this link. https://www.seafoodnews.com/Story/1305351/International-Coalition-of-Fisheries-Associations-to-Launch-New-Seafood-Nutrition-Toolkit-in-June Environment/Science Arctic fossils reveal world's oldest salmon and carp relatives Phys.org by Jeff Renaud, University of Western Ontario - May 7, 2025 Most people picture the time of dinosaurs as a steamy, tropical world. But during the Late Cretaceous period, northern Alaska was a different kind of wild. Located far above the Arctic Circle, it endured months of winter darkness and freezing temperatures—even as much of the planet remained warm. Think sub-Arctic Canada today: cold, wet and seasonal. https://phys.org/news/2025-05-arctic-fossils-reveal-world-oldest.html

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