Peruvian firms enter US market with Alaska salmon fillets
In a bid to diversify seafood production and tap into new markets, some Peruvian firms have ventured into re-processing wild salmon from Alaska for the US market
Argentina seafood sales see double-digit growth fueled by rising squid prices
Argentina saw its seafood exports increase in January 2024 by 25% in volume and 35% in value compared to the same period in 2023
Peru squid fishing sector sees record-breaking 2023 as landings, sales soar
Peru's squid landings rose by 36% y-o-y to 621,852t, as did sales by 65.1% in volume and 43.1% in value to 439,400t worth $832.4m in 2023
Peru fish landings see over 75% dip amid El Nino influence
Peru saw its wild-caught seafood landings fall year-on-year to 287,400t worth PEN 337.3m in December 2023
Giant squid group strengthens cooperation in bid to improve South Pacific fishing
Calamasur said it aims to pursue more 'effective changes' to protect the resource in the South Pacific this year
South Pacific squid group endorses measures to tackle labor, human rights abuses
The South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization concluded its annual meeting, with a decision to address labor standards and human rights abuses within the jumbo flying squid fishery
Major seafood buyers support US proposals to address IUU fishing in South Pacific
Over 30 major companies, including Costco, Aldi and Profand, have rallied behind the cause of IUU fishing and addressing human rights violations in the South Pacific
Fueled by doubling illex squid sales, Argentina’s seafood exports rise 10%
Argentina's fisheries sector exported a total of 151,059 metric tons of seafood worth $538.2 million worldwide during the third quarter of 2022
Spain’s Marfrio expects new Peru squid plant to be at full capacity in Q2 next year
The firm announced that its long-awaited factory expansion project that started in April 2019 in Paita, northern Peru, is set to be completed by March or April next year, Marfrio's CEO Santiago Montejo told Undercurrent News
Notable jump in illex squid exports offsets drop in Argentina’s shrimp, hake sales
Argentina's fisheries sector saw its exports of illex squid rise by 205% in volume and 227% in value year-on-year in August