Human rights group urges Indian gov’t, shrimp sector to probe supply chains
After the SEAI questioned the methods and integrity of the Corporate Accountability Lab and the AP, the human rights group said, 'companies should not wait for reporters to expose their shortcomings'
Small Indian vannamei shrimp prices fall as first crop comes in
Farm-gate prices for Indian vannamei shrimp have fallen sharply amid the first crop of the year
Japanese hotel, spa launches own land-based shrimp farm
Hotel Mikazuki, a resort hotel in Japan, has launched a land-based shrimp farming operation to raise 50,000 kuruma shrimp and vannamei combined
Under-fire Indian shrimp firm Choice to open new factory
The Indian shrimp packer ended its lease of a factory in Amalapuram in March, which it had been occupying while it waited for the new Bapatla plant to be built
Former North Pacific, Eastern CEO Miki shifted to Marubeni’s sugar refining division
Much-traveled seafood veteran Tom Miki has been moved out of seafood to become the next president of the Japanese conglomerate's sugar refining division
Minh Phu’s newly opened shrimp plant ups processing capacity to 91,000t
Minh Phu Seafood's CEO also claimed that using probiotics has almost halved shrimp production costs in some ponds, while improving survival rates to nearly 80%
US picks up pace on shrimp imports in advance of new tariffs
The US imported 12% more shrimp in February 2024 and paid 6% more for it year-on-year
FAO: Fisheries, aquaculture production hit new global record in 2022
Global fisheries and aquaculture production hit 223.2m metric tons in 2022, marking the highest levels since 1950, according to the latest FAO figures
Vietnam boosts value-added shrimp exports, lifting values, says trade group
VASEP claims value-added processed shrimp products have accounted for 40-45% of the total annual export value so far in 2024
China, US show promising signs for Vietnam shrimp exporters
Now that data for the first two months of 2024 is in, we can see demand in the US and China/Hong Kong appears to be up y-o-y, though neither market saw a price increase as strong as the EU