Four US catfish farmers winners of $1.6 million in USDA contracts
The biggest winner is America's Catch, in the town of Itta Bena, Missouri, which will get paid $885,060 to deliver 154,000 pounds of catfish fillets and strips
P&P, Samherji to close whitefish supplier with ‘no possibility’ of better 2023
'It is our assessment that fishing volumes, inflation and sales of our products will worsen in the year 2023 compared to what we have seen,' says Hesselholt's Ingeman Andersen
Other than salmon, all Brazil farmed fish imports drop in volume for Q3
Brazil's total aquaculture import value rose by 9% year-on-year to $208m in the third quarter of 2022, while purchases in volume, however, fell by 3% to around 30,497t
China surpasses US as Vietnam’s largest import market in September
While exports to the US fell by 9.6% to $142.8m, China spent some $146.3m on Vietnamese fishery products, a 117.6% increase y-o-y
Louisiana cracks down on illegal harvesting
The cases all appear to be generated by anonymous tips or by agents patrolling commercial and recreational harvesting areas since late August
Nocera looking to put first US fish farm in Alabama
The company has signed an agreement to acquire 229 acres in Montgomery, Alabama, for $865,000 and seeks as much as 85% financing from local banking institutions
Cambodian financial institutions eye aquaculture projects for funding
This takes place as the Asian country prepares to ship its first commercial batch of 'iridescent shark catfish' to China
USDA plans big catfish buy for food programs
The US Department of Agriculture is soliciting bids for 1.44m lbs of catfish for the government's food assistance programs
Big salmon buys drive Brazil’s total aquaculture imports up by 45% in H1
However, imports fell in Q2 2022 for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, down by 12% in volume and 6% in value when compared to figures from Q1
Nigerian fish farmers leave sector in droves as feed costs soar
Nigerian fish farmers are struggling to cope with high costs of feed and chronic industry failings that threaten national production targets