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Once bankrupt California offshore mussel farm nears restart after years of rehab

New owner targets seeding operations to launch in six months

Stable expenses, increased sales with Mercadona drive Profand’s 2023 earnings

Despite the strong operational performance, Profand's adjusted attributable profit for 2023 saw a decline, amounting to €12.3m compared, down 21% y-o-y

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

Playing right song at right time helped Chile grow US Atlantic salmon market dominance

Atlantic surf clams make comeback off Virginia coast in eastern US

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

Lithuanian retailers may drop Viciunai after reports firm violated Russian sanctions

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

Storm relief bill aimed at helping Maine’s coastal community sidetracked

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

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

Shareholder hostility eases as Atunlo lays out plans to avoid bankruptcy

Tesco to enhance Irish retail range in $22m supply deal with Keohane

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

USDA: More room for growth in China’s rocketing live shellfish market

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CEO of Maldives tuna firm suspended over corruption allegations

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

Argentina’s Pesquera Veraz launches new shrimp vessel

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

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Greece’s Philosofish eyes doubling revenue through M&A, rapid product rollouts

California salmon fishery closure extended a second year, leading to lawmaker response

Europe’s salmon processors split as EU votes to alter smoking rules

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

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

Alaska’s ComFish 2024: US senator to travel abroad in effort to expand ban on Russian seafood

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New US sushi council doubles membership following Boston

Wholesale prices for Canadian crab expected to return slightly bulked up

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Ocean Beauty names new US East Coast sales manager

Rachael Minieri worked nearly eight years as a brand and product manager for Norwegian seafood giant Mowi

Walmart agrees to $45m settlement for overcharges on seafood, other categories

The lawsuit, filed in a Florida federal court, identified dozens of seafood items that the retail giant allegedly overcharged for

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aquaculture

Feed costs a crucial challenge for all shrimp farming nations

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

Minh Phu’s newly opened shrimp plant ups processing capacity to 91,000t

prices

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

Filipino tuna firm Century Pacific achieves higher profits in 2023

Skipjack, yellowfin prices hold steady in main processing hubs

companies

Captain Fresh inks deal for US shrimp importer CenSea 

Channel Fish moves into skin-packs, eyes new plant in five-year plan to hit $250m sales

Hilton proposes UK filleter lay-offs amid automation push

people

Bumble Bee names former StarKist CEO as boss

Nowaco brings on Bo Larsen to grow salmon, trout sales 

Mitsubishi replaces top Princes exec as sale process drags on

m&a

Shareholder disagreement emerges as Atunlo navigates pre-insolvency proceedings

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

Japanese restaurant giant to buy US sushi supplier

retail

2023 retail inflation sees most UK key seafoods hike in price, volumes drop

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

Alaska’s black cod fishery opens with another dip in ex-vessel prices

processing

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

Report: Viciunai finds buyer for Russian operations

Health scare linked to fermented rice supplement impacts Japanese seafood

fishing

Indonesia claims EU misinterpreted Indian Ocean dFAD resolution

Editor’s choice: Another frenetic week in Canadian snow crab, Alaska salmon M&A

Local seafood initiative feeds 45,000 students in Northeast US