Chilean salmon farmer Australis Seafoods, which is owned by Chinese food giant Agri-Joyvio, has named Andres Lyon, the longtime general manager of Chile's Multi X, as its next CEO
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AquaChile took $36m loss on sale of Costa Rican tilapia unit
Chilean salmon powerhouse Empresas AquaChile took a $36.4 million loss when it sold its Rainforest Tilapia unit to Costa Rican seafood processor and exporter Industrias Martec
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Cargill to take 25% stake in Chile’s Multi X
The agri-giant will purchase a 24.5% stake in the salmon farmer, while Japan's Mitsui will up its own stake to 24.5% as well Continue reading
US to ban Mexican vessels fishing in Gulf from entering its ports
The US' National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has declared port restrictions on all Mexican-flagged fishing vessels operating in the Gulf of Mexico starting Feb. 7 Continue reading
US offshore aquaculture firm secures largest-ever concession off Brazil
Forever Oceans has signed an agreement with the Brazilian government to ocean-raise fish in two zones totaling 64,200 hectares, an area three-and-a-half times the size of Washington DC Continue reading
CP’s McIntosh: 2m tons of shrimp a year from Ecuador could be on horizon
Given the size of the land resource available, Ecuador could hit 2 million metric tons of annual production with a farming density of just over 10t per hectare per year Continue reading
Bangkok skipjack prices edge above Manta for first time since August 2020
Sources put the CFR Bangkok level for whole round skipjack at $1,600 per metric ton to as much as $1,650/t for smaller packers, up around $100/t in November Continue reading
Fresh off tilapia deal, Martec works to boost rose snapper genetics
Martec began selling spotted rose spapper to large US retail chains in 2014. The farmer hopes to sell as much as 10,000 metric tons of the fish annually
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Costa Rican firm agrees deal to buy AquaChile’s tilapia division
Industrias Martec has confirmed a deal -- yet to close -- to take ownership of Rainforest Tilapia, which is also located in Costa Rica, sources said Continue reading
Peru announces second anchovy season quota of 2m metric tons
The quota is 26% lower than last year’s second season quota of 2.78m metric tons, but 1% above 2018's quota of 2.02m metric tons
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