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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001493152-23-043406"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BSFC"
cik: "0001730773"
company_name: "Blue Star Foods Corp."
filed_at: "2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-07T19:26:42.196947+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Blue Star Foods gets Nasdaq delisting notice; equity $482,294 below minimum

## Summary
- Nasdaq notified Blue Star on Nov 27, 2023 that its $482,294 stockholders' equity (Sep 30, 2023) fails Rule 5550(b)(1).
- Company is ineligible for compliance period due to existing Mandatory Panel Monitor through Oct 16, 2024.
- Company will request a hearing by Dec 4, 2023, citing recent conversion of non-cash liabilities to equity to meet standard.
- Hearing request stays suspension and Form 25-NSE pending Panel decision; hearing fee is $20,000.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001493152-23-043406
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BSFC
- cik: 0001730773
- company_name: Blue Star Foods Corp.
- filed_at: 2023-12-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315223043406/0001493152-23-043406-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315223043406/form8-k.htm

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## Key facts
- Listing & Compliance Notices
  Blue Star Foods Corp. received a nasdaq noncompliance notice notice regarding late filing (rules 5550(b)(1)).
  - Exchange: nasdaq
  - Notice: noncompliance notice
  - Deficiency: late filing
  - Rules: 5550(b)(1)
  source text: September 30, 2023 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Company is no longer in compliance with the minimum stockholders’ equity requirement for continued inclusion on the Nasdaq Capital Market under Nasdaq Listing Rule 5550(b)(1) (the “Stockholders’ Equity Requirement”), which matter serves as a basis for delisting the Company’s securities from Nasdaq. As previously reported on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 17, 2023, the Company is subject to a Mandatory Panel Monitor for a period of one year, or until October 16, 2024. As such, the Company is not eligible
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1730773/000149315223043406/0001493152-23-043406-index.htm

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