Mark Godfrey

In the run-up to the week-long National Day holiday commencing on 1 October, Chinese policymakers gave the country’s stock market its best week in a decade. 

Guolian Aquatic saw its share price jump by 15 percent on 30 September as China’s stock market roared back to life on the back of a government announcement of a planned economic stimulus package.

The shares of CNFC Overseas Fishery rose by 7.3 percent on the same

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Ireland has traditionally relied heavily on African markets for its pelagic exports, but the nation may be shifting its strategy in a search for markets that buy more premium products, especially as its quotas for the species have shrunk post-Brexit.

According to data released by the Clonakilty, Ireland-based Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA), outside of the E.U., Nigeria was the top buyer of Irish seafood by volume in 2023, buying over

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Aquaculture production in Hainan – one of China’s key tilapia-producing regions – has fallen drastically in the wake of a major typhoon that occurred in early September, with mass power outages on farms, causing huge mortality figures. 

Typhoon Yagi slammed into the coast of Hainan on 6 September with wind speeds reaching nearly 140 miles per hour, making it the most powerful storm to hit the region in a decade.

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Demand for Irish shellfish appears to have recovered in China, with a 55.6 percent jump in the category in the first half of 2024 compared to the same period last year.

Overall, Irish seafood shipments to China were up 35.9 percent year on year in the period, according to Bord Bia, Ireland’s food exports promotion agency.

Data compiled by Bord Bia also shows Irish seafood exports to Asia rose 20.3 percent year on year in value terms in

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A union organizer in Ireland is raising alarm over claims that Irish fishing companies are hiring undocumented Indonesian workers to cut costs, resulting in poor pay for the undocumented workers and fewer opportunities for legal fishers looking for work. Michael O’Brien, a regional organizer… Read More

China has been a demand bright spot for German processing equipment producer BAADER, especially with tuna- and salmon-processing facilities.

“Demand has been pretty good in China for us,” BAADER Global Head of Marketing for Fish and Refiner Technology Karel Van Velthoven told SeafoodSource. “Tuna and salmon are two popular species with Chinese consumers. Our 100+ years of experience in automation across the species and across

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Angola Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries António de Assis is calling for Chinese assistance to help his country develop its aquaculture sector. In an interview with the Daily Economic News during the Beijing Summit of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, Assis said development of… Read More

Sigmund Bjorgo, the head of the Norwegian Seafood Council’s (NSC) office in China, is predicting up to 10 percent growth in sales of Norwegian seafood in China in 2024. Bjorgo spoke recently at a promotion event for Norwegian cod at an RT Mart supermarket in Shanghai, stressing, among other… Read More

A Chinese government agency has warned its citizens overseas about poaching high-value seafood species in the waters of foreign countries. China’s State Council Overseas Affairs Office issued a public warning in response to media reports in several countries of Chinese citizens fishing… Read More

In late August, Chinese Ambassador to the Seychelles Lin Nan accompanied a delegation from the China Distant-Water Fishing Association to meet with Seychelles Fisheries Minister Jean-François Ferrari.

At the meeting, Ferrari "expressed his willingness to further tap the potential for cooperation in fisheries and blue economy with China and jointly promote the development of bilateral relations," according to China's embassy in the

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