Cliff White has been the executive editor of SeafoodSource since 2016. Previously, he worked as the senior business reporter for the McClatchy-owned Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas deposit and the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Vesu Chokdi, Gujarat, India-based Mindhola Foods has joined the trend of Indian shrimp farmers moving back to black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) and away from whiteleg shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei).
Mindhola Foods, which farms 400 hectares producing around 1,500 metric tons of shrimp annually, was founded in 2019 as a farmer of white shrimp. It has since converted 95 percent of its farming to black tiger shrimp as better specific pathogen-free
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Japanese seafood giant Maruha Nichiro converted higher prices for its value-added products into record-high sales in its 2024 fiscal year, which ended 30 March 2024.
Maruha Nichiro’s net sales hit JPY 1.03 trillion (USD 6.6 billion, EUR 6.2 billion), up from JPY 1.02 trillion (USD 6.5 billion, EUR 6.1 billion) in its 2023 fiscal year, and its 2024 profit rose to JPY 20.9 billion (USD 134.5 million, EUR 125 million), up from JPY 18.6
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Royal Greenland posted a DKK 255 million (USD 36.8 million, EUR 34.2 million) pre-tax loss in 2023, which it blamed on a global market decline and economic uncertainty, combined with higher costs.
Royal Greenland Chair Maliina Abelsen called the year “undoubtedly … one of the most challenging in our long history,” even as the company managed to maintain its net revenue at DKK 5.798 billion (USD 837 million, EUR 777 million),
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Omani seafood canning business Simak’s new OMR 26 million (USD 67.5 million, EUR 62.8 million) cannery has become the crown jewel of Oman’s development of the port of Dukm into a hub of the country’s seafood industry.
Simak, also known as the International Sea Food Company, was established in 2019 as part of a governmental effort to grow Oman into a global seafood power. The effort, led by Fisheries Development Oman (FDO)
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U.S. shrimp imports reached 139.5 million pounds, or 63,269 metric tons (MT), in March 2023, up from 129.5 million pounds (58,726 MT) in March 2022.
Statistics released by NOAA show India’s exports increased to 51.4 million pounds (23,312 MT), up from 41.2 million pounds (18,703 MT) in March 2023 but slightly below the 52 million pounds (23,777 MT) it shipped to the U.S. in February 2024.
Ecuador ramped up its U.S. exports to 48
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Katwijk, the Netherlands-based fried fish specialist AMfish has replaced its managing director.
Pieter de Boer, who has held executive positions at several foodservice-focused firms in the Netherlands, including time at Seafood Parlevliet, has taken over from Frans Kegge, who will move into a different role overseeing the company’s financial matters. De Boer will mainly concentrate on the company’s commercial activities.
Seven Chilean firms have teamed with the Monterey Bay Aquarium to launch CSARP+, a program designed to renew efforts to reduce antibiotic usage across the South American country’s salmon-farming industry.
In 2019, companies comprising more than 90 percent of Chile’s salmon production vowed to reduce their use of antibiotics by 50 percent and seek a “Good Alternative” rating from the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s
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The Mediterranean Restorative Aquaculture Centre is scheduled to open by the end of 2024 in La Rapita, Catalonia, Spain.
Those working at the center will research the farming of macroalgae, sea urchins, bivalves, and holothurians, as well as the optimization of integrated multi-trophic aquaculture systems as a means of encouraging the restoration of the Mediterranean and Black seas, thereby promoting sustainable economic development.
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