Backed by the owners of Scottish Salmon Company, Associated Seafoods is ready to grow exports and take on home market with new plant under construction (more…)
Expanding salmon, shellfish processor ready to take on high-end UK market
Thinktank warns of ‘long road for Cermaq’
Newly released study raises concerns about Cermaq’s corporate responsibility in Chile, says Norwegian thinktank, ForUM (more…)
Austevoll shares suffering from poor PR
The problem with incomplete information from a stock-listed company is that it can develop into a low share value. With that, half the point of being stock listed disappears (more…)
Oceana invests in canned fish stock
South Africa’s Oceana Group, close to announcing an acquisition, is shifting cash off its balance sheet into canned fish stock as quotas come down and demand grows (more…)
Zhanjiang Guolian chairman travels to US to contest countervailing duties
Chairman of company which supplies 90% of China’s headless shrimp to US travels to the US in bid to fight potential duties, on back of already tough quarter for company (more…)
First Copper River salmon reaches Seattle
The first wild salmon from the Copper River salmon run reached Seattle on Friday morning, ready for the ‘Copper Chef’ competition
EU gives Faroes one-month ultimatum over herring sanctions
Step is most concrete action taken so far towards potential sanctions, although some skepticism remains over their likelihood (more…)
King crab prices keep dropping on suspected IUU fishing
Some industry players feel prices could bounce back as a result of IUU treaties, but others are less sure (more…)
US sweetener firm to move into fish feed products
Stevia Corp. is developing aquaculture products, expects it to become the company’s biggest earner long-term, with seafood veteran Andrew Kaelin appointed to advisory board
Alaskan fishermen head to Copper River for season opener
Twelve hour opening day of the Copper River wild salmon fishery not affected by rough weather
Norwegian gov meets with Marine Harvest
But meeting did not change government’s stance on backing of Cermaq’s bid for Copeinca, says ministry (more…)
Icelandic salmon farm to start domestic processing
Fjardalax, which sells under the brand Arctic Salmon, is planning on setting up its own processing plant in Iceland later this year
Baxendale buys into Grimsby seafood village
Toby Baxendale, the entrepreneur who built up Seafood Holdings, is now chairman and a shareholder in the Grimsby seafood village (more…)
Farmed salmon prices reach new peak
‘There isn’t a bloody customer who can pay the price. None,’ says exporter in western Norway
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NFI thanks US House Ag committee for cutting catfish inspection program
‘Duplicitous’ catfish inspection program inches its way closer to the exit (more…)
Prosecutor accuses Pescanova chairman of fraud
Report accuses chairman Manuel Fernandez of falsification of financial information, accounting fraud and insider trading (more…)
Newfoundland union, buyers agree on lower shrimp prices
Negotiations took third-party assistance, says industry player, as arbitration panel sides with fishermen union’s price proposal for onshore cooked and peeled shrimp (more…)
Camanchaca detects ISA
Chilean salmon farmer plans to harvest three cages within 10 days (more…)
Nissui reports $50m annual loss
World’s second largest seafood company in turnover, Nippon Suisan Kaisha, slides into red with loss in year ending March 31, 2013 (more…)
Shipping rates to increase on routes out of Asia
Fourth-largest shipping line in Europe hikes rates on routes from Asia to Europe and Americas, others expected to follow suit