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$400m-turnover Chilean group targets EU, US commercial expansion

Chilean giant Orizon Seafood has significant expansion plans following the recent consolidation crab and toothfish supplier Fiordosur

China’s live crab import from Russia continues to boom in 2024

In the first two months of 2024, China's import of live Russian crab was up 60% y-o-y at nearly 5,500t

UK’s largest scampi firm buys first vessel, names skipper fleet manager

Aquatech firm partners with startup to find homes for Scotland’s smallest salmon

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

US chain Red Lobster considers Chapter 11 bankruptcy as labor costs, debt mount

EU salmon processors launch union, petition over Norway’s ‘production fish’ export rules

End of festival demand, greenhouse controversy see China’s farmed shrimp prices ease

Shareholder hostility eases as Atunlo lays out plans to avoid bankruptcy

Indian trade body says recent ‘forced labor’ report was ‘shot through with flaws’

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Editor’s choice: Alaska’s Sullivan to lobby in Europe for Russian ban; Black cod prices still in doldrums

Scottish seafood collaboration creates new whitefish processor

Salmones Ice Val

Skills: Chilean salmon prices for US remain stable, Brazil jumps up again after Easter

€400m French distributor buys oyster specialist to target high-end Parisian market

Japanese hotel, spa launches own land-based shrimp farm

Espersen to lay off 15 but invest for ‘growth, efficiency’ in UK plant

The Iceland Seafood International plant in Grimsby, UK. Credit: PPH Commercial

New US sushi council doubles membership following Boston

Credit: Lisovskaya Natalia/Shutterstock.com

Wholesale prices for Canadian crab expected to return slightly bulked up

High Liner in talks to buy EU salmon smoker with strong US position

Smoked salmon Milarex

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Higher volumes, prices continue to offset costs for Stolt Sea Farm

Disputed EU rule change on salmon smoking process faces April 11 vote

Walmart, Albertsons, Thai Union join tuna sector pledge against IUU

Dutch firms join forces as Zalmhuys takes stake in Anova sales division

Bo V. Larsen SilverRed

Nowaco brings on Bo Larsen to grow salmon, trout sales 

Salmones Ice Val

Skills: Chilean salmon prices for US, Brazil, China delivery increase for Easter

Mitsubishi replaces top Princes exec as sale process drags on

US picks up pace on shrimp imports in advance of new tariffs

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Japanese restaurant giant to buy US sushi supplier

Watami, one of Japan's biggest restaurant operators, has acquired Las Vegas, Nevada-based Sonny Sushi Company for $6 million

Chile set for ‘good prices’ underpinned by strong US market, says DNB

Chilean salmon prices are likely to recover after a 2023 dip, helped by strong demand in the US and low global supply, says Norway’s DNB Bank

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aquaculture

Nordic Aquafarms plots US West Coast kingfish dominance after species switch

Local seafood initiative feeds 45,000 students in Northeast US

Skills: Chilean salmon fillet prices flat for US, whole fresh up in Brazil, China

prices

US pollock fillet sellers get domestic premium while cheap Chinese, Russian volumes keep EU market down, for now

USDA predicts 1.7% drop in seafood prices in 2024

Endless supply, mud vein hurt sales of invasive blue catfish

companies

Captain Fresh inks deal for US shrimp importer CenSea 

Health scare linked to fermented rice supplement impacts Japanese seafood

Consumers can be won over for fish farming, study suggests

people

Candor brings on seafood veteran amid eFishery US push

Shrimpbox provider shifts strategy, eyes local growth over global expansion

Iceland Seafood replaces longtime CFO

m&a

Norwegian salmon farmers seen as strong bidders in Milarex sale process

Nissui targets 50% increase in European sales to $1.6bn by 2030

Panamanian firm Gava Foods acquires shrimp fleet, expands operations

retail

Captain Fresh to use recently acquired French shrimp cooker to grow in EU retail

Editor’s choice: Floating processors to shake up Alaska salmon scene; Lively week for Canada snow crab

Hilton eyes growth across APAC after seafood turnaround in 2023

processing

Trident, High Liner, Sysco suspend buying from Chinese processor over North Korean labor allegations

Peruvian firms enter US market with Alaska salmon fillets

Aquaculture Stewardship Council to cease operations in China

fishing

UK nephrops FIP asked to provide evidence backing claims of progress

J.P. Klausen to bring high-end Kiwi fish to EU after trade deal, Sealord’s Independent buyout

Editor’s choice: Sysco drops Indian supplier amid abuse reports; Cod shortage in spotlight