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Official data shows Americans are eating less canned seafood, TikTok says otherwise

NOAA data reveal that despite the shift, overall seafood consumption per capita has drifted higher over the past three decades

Norway herring, mackerel export prices kick off April with rise

After 'stagnating' in March, Norwegian pelagic exports are seeing average prices lifting for week 14 of 2024, with herring the strongest mover

Norway close to wrapping up capelin quota

Vessel fishing for herring in Kaldfjord, Tromso, Norway. Credit: Alessandro De Maddalena/Shutterstock.com

Norway herring, mackerel export prices stagnating after strong 2024 start

US lender sues Altamar for $16m over missing payments

Camanchaca to pay $87m for remaining stake in Chilean fishing firm

Ocean conservation charity takes legal action against UK gov’t over fishing policies

Norway continues to cash in on capelin

Norway herring export prices ease again, mackerel edge up

Marubeni’s domestic trader ready to forge an export path, promote land-based salmon

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Norway enjoys fruitful capelin, blue whiting fishing

Credit: Norges Sildesalgslag/Roar Bjanesoy (2018)

Norway herring export fillet prices rebound, mackerel ease

EFTA-India deal to catapult Norwegian seafood to ‘prime position’

Peru fish landings see over 75% dip amid El Nino influence

Norway mackerel, herring export prices climb, herring fillets dive

Mixed results for Austevoll’s pelagic business, but outlook brighter

Norway herring fillet export prices back at heights, mackerel still climbing

Fish oil prices at historic highs amid low yield from Peru’s anchovy season

Irish fishers ‘in the dark’ over EU talks to permit Icelandic pelagic catches

Credit: Joe Dunckley/Shutterstock.com

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Anchovy catches propel Peru landings, lead bounce back from 2022

Credit: Atle Remoy/ Sildelaget (2019)

Norway lands big hauls of blue whiting, Iceland back looking for capelin

Credit: Sildelaget/ Olav Endre Dronen (2018)

Norway herring fillet export price plummets, mackerel nears record

Frozen Atlantic mackerel. Credit: BigTunaOnline/Shutterstock.com

Brexit-induced changes double carbon footprint of Norway’s mackerel fishing fleet

Norway mackerel, herring export prices climb in week four

Japanese fisher enters China waters, while Russian vessels catch near Fukushima

Norway sees strong spring-spawning herring hauls in week three

Norway herring fillet prices lift, mackerel ease in week three

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US tinned seafood entrepreneur lands two-shark deal on TV show

'Becca, I love you. I love this brand. It's playful, it's joyful, it's delicious, it's easy to get behind' -- Candace Nelson on ABC's Shark Tank

Norway mackerel, herring prices fall again, fillets stay higher

Export prices for herring fillets eased week-on-week but remained fairly strong, while whole round mackerel and herring both slipped to their lowest in some time

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aquaculture

Peru’s Exalmar sees sales, EBITDA slump amid anchovy fishing bans, eyes recovery in 2024

Coastal states to follow ICES advice on mackerel for 2024, but no quota-sharing deal in place

ICES recommends ‘maybe highest ever’ blue whiting quota, but small decline for mackerel

prices

Norwegian pelagic exports begin 2024 at far higher prices than 2023

Huge demand saw Norway’s herring fillet volumes increase in 2023 despite quota cut

Norway mackerel export prices bounce back from drop, herring fillets stay high

companies

Irish fishers welcome raised pelagic quotas but Brexit scars remain

Irish fishers hope quotas settled before new year for first time since Brexit

Once £140m-turnover UK pelagic trader goes into liquidation

people

Pelagics figurehead Alan Leiper passes away after illness

Irish langoustine overtakes mackerel as country’s most valuable wild species

Young’s parent names new head of ‘packaging development’

m&a

Mitsubishi puts Princes sale ‘on a break’ until September after low bids

Scotland’s Klondyke commissions new 75.8m pelagic trawler

Irish port gets €50m investment to ‘future-proof’ pelagics processing

retail

Surge in popularity of tinned fish leads to new US businesses

Young’s, Asda to end NE Atlantic pelagic purchasing if no quota-sharing deal is found

Portuguese canning sector opens New York store in bid to boost brand, exports

processing

New Scottish pelagic obligations to have great impacts on certain vessels

Norway kicks off January with herring, mackerel fishing

Lobster bait prompts questions in Canadian Parliament about mackerel catches

fishing

World’s largest fishing country tests catch quotas as alternative to annual ban

Norway sets preliminary quota for mackerel amidst sharing dispute

Mackerel fishing agreement unlocks Danish access to Norwegian waters