Cliff White is the executive editor of SeafoodSource. He has 15 years of experience as a professional journalist, including serving 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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Bioriginal, a subsidiary of Blacks Harbour, New Brunswick, Canada-based Cooke Inc., has finalized its fourth acquisition in as many months with its purchase of Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S.A.-based Softgel Co.
Softgel Co. is a manufacturer of customs gels, squeeze tubes, bottles and tincture, specializing in the encapsulation of human and pet nutrition products. It is capable of making vegan softgels from tapioca or agar, and bovine softgels,
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A meeting between Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Chinese President Xi Jinping has resulted in a handshake agreement that will see China review its ban on Japanese seafood.
China initiated a complete ban on seafood from Japan in August 2023, after it approved the release of treated wastewater from the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. Russia followed with its own ban, and South Korea has maintained an earlier ban
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Entering an off year, Alaska’s pink salmon fishery is forecasted to have an average-sized harvest in 2024.
Alaskan fishermen caught 152.4 million pink salmon in the 2023 season, valued at USD 113.7 million (EUR 103.5 million), far above the prediction of 122 million fish. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), due to the species’ two-year life cycle, the coming season will see a lower harvest of around 19
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India’s Marine Products Exports Development Authority (MPEDA) is pushing to double the country's production of value-added seafood over the next seven years.
Value-added seafood products are in higher demand in the U.S, E.U., Japan, and Asia, and deliver higher profits, according to MPEDA Chairman D V Swamy.
“We are aiming to achieve 20 percent value addition by 2030 given the changing preferences in the consumer market and rising
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A Pescanova-branded frozen cooked crab product is facing a recall notice from the Spanish Agency for Food Safety and Nutrition (AESAN) over salmonella concerns.
The recall, issued 24 November, covers Nueva Pescanova’s Nécora Cocida Supercongelada product with the lot number 40224. The 500-gram product was sold at the Froiz and Mercamas supermarket chains in Galicia, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha, and Castilla y León, Spain. It
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Sapmer and Via Ocean are selling off their vessels and shutting down operations, revealing the increasingly dire circumstances facing the French tuna-fishing fleet.
Via Ocean, formerly known as Armement Saupiquet, is being liquidated by its current owner, Bolton Foods, via its subsidiary Tri Marine. The Concarneau, France-based company is selling its three French-flagged purse-seine vessels, the Via Avenir, the Via Mistral, Via Alizé
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Australia has mandated all its hospitality venues must display the country of origin of the seafood they serve.
State and federal consumer affairs ministers unanimously agreed to make the change at a meeting on Friday, 24 November, following stakeholder consultation and a cost-benefit analysis. The move had been backed by Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and was a top priority of Seafood Industry Australia, the country’s leading
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New Zealand King Salmon has signed an exclusive distribution agreement with China Resources Food Supply Chain, expanding its distribution in mainland China.
The two companies have engaged in a trading relationship since May 2023, through which New Zealand King Salmon has sold around 60,000 kilograms of product, or 2.5 percent of its total sales.
In 2014, the company pulled out of China, saying it could not supply enough product to meet demand.
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Global shrimp prices are stabilizing at “unfavorably low levels,” pushing many farmers into loss-making situations.
Raw vannamei exports from India were pulling in an average of USD 6.32 (EUR 5.80) per kilo in September, down from USD 7.54 (EUR 6.92) in September 2022 and from USD 6.55 (EUR 6.01) in July 2023 – but up slightly from the USD 6.29 (EUR 5.77) it pulled in in August 2023, according to Shrimp Insights Founder Willem
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The Korean Fisheries Association has expanded a global marketing campaign for South Korean seafood that has opened temporary “pop-up” shops in 17 countries around the world.
As part of the “K-Fresh Journey of Taste” campaign, the association has already put up “pop-up” K·Fish “pop-up” stores in 15 countries, including most recently in Belgium, Canada, and Malaysia. The campaign was recently
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