Ocean Choice scallop quota sell off preceded by vessel sinking, relationship-building
The agreement reduces from six to just five the number of companies that divvy up Atlantic Canada's roughly 5,000 metric tons of offshore scallop quota
Ocean Choice sells offshore scallop quota, buys more whitefish access
Canada's Ocean Choice is selling offshore Nova Scotia scallop quotas to Mersey Seafoods, LaHave Seafoods and Comeau's Sea Foods, buying more halibut, cod and redfish in return
Next North Atlantic hurricane season could start months early
Sea surface temperatures reached a level unheard of for February earlier this month: 1 degree Celsius above what's typical, and more akin to June than February
US lawmakers rip Bregal, demand answers over Blue Harvest sale
'After years of putting private equity profits ahead of workers and small businesses, Bregal Partners -- which owned and stripped Blue Harvest of its assets -- owes the community an explanation' -- lawmakers' letter to Bregal
Kyokuyo plans $29m share issuance to fund overseas M&A
Japanese seafood company Kyokuyo is also establishing a new overseas business investment department to focus on mergers and acquisitions abroad
Processing in Mexico among Japan’s strategies to salvage scallop exports
Japan exported 67,327 metric tons of scallops worth $411.2 million in 2023, 40% less volume and 25% less value than in 2022, reveals the latest seafood trade data from Japan's Ministry of Finance
GSMC panel: US shellfish sector continues to feel effects from ‘unintended consequences’
From the after-effects of the US ban on Russian seafood to consumers' loss of disposable income and increasing inventory costs, it was a tough year for shellfish
Spanish shellfish supply impacts high-end canner on top of market inflation
Galician seafood cannery Real Conservera Espanola hopes to develop the premium niche market outside of Spain, taking advantage of the 'tinned dinner' growing trend, but supplies are proving temperamental due to weather patterns
Shark attack claims life of young Mexican scallop diver
A 22-year-old scallop diver lost his life in a shark attack while diving in the Pacific Ocean
Report into sinking of Canadian trawler says crew lacked firefighting knowledge
A Transportation Safety Board report into the 2021 sinking of an OCI scallop trawler raises concern about firefighting knowledge among fishing crews