Seafood supply chain industry news covering seafood distribution, processing, imports and exports and market analysis.
By SeafoodSource staff
28 May, 2013
Catches of yellowfin tuna in waters off northeastern Taiwan have increased 20 percent this month compared with the same period last year following the signing of a fisheries agreement with Japan, local fishermen said yesterday.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 May, 2013
An unusually wet early summer in one of China’s key shrimp production zones has been a dampener on sales for China’s fish feed firms, but the sector is bullish about future demand.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 May, 2013
An Alaskan nonprofit community development quota corporation has bought a
Seattle-based seafood processing and marketing company.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 May, 2013
After Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil producer Copeinca declined China Fishery Group’s takeover offer again, the company is now reviewing its options to place a new bid.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 May, 2013
The Scottish Salmon Company’s 2013 1Q report is out, and the company has
reported good results and a positive outlook for the rest of the year.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
24 May, 2013
Continued demand for high-grade seafood in China alongside a clampdown on import grey channels (access points that are neither legal not clearly illegal) demand that exporting countries get behind national brands, said one marketing expert in Shanghai.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 May, 2013
New Zealand fishing company Sanford reported a 5.5 percent profit increase to NZD 14.1 million (USD 11.4 million, EUR 8.8 m illion), up from NZD 13.3 million (USD 10.8 million, EUR 8.3 million) in the same period last year, for the first six months ending 31 March 2013.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 May, 2013
An independent panel to review low lobster prices this year will end up
being nothing but a joke, says the president of the P.E.I. Fishermen’s
Association.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 May, 2013
After taking on several pages of amendments, legislation shifting oversight of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board set sail for the House following Senate approval Tuesday.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 May, 2013
A recent article published by the Scottish government speculates that
various environmental factors may be playing a role in the drop-off in
volume of prawns landed by the Fladens fishery in 2012 and the first few
months of 2013.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
23 May, 2013
China added 1,395 new boats to its offshore fishing fleet in the first
quarter of 2013 according to ministry of agriculture data, and figures
show offshore catching grew faster than aquaculture compared to 2012.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 May, 2013
The Board of Directors (the "Board") of Copeinca ASA ("Copeinca" or the "Company") wishes to provide an update on the current situation with respect to the voluntary offers for the Company.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 May, 2013
High Liner Foods on Tuesday announced it will invest USD 6.6 million to further modernize and expand its manufacturing facility in Newport News, Va.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 May, 2013
The Bakkafrost Group produced a profit, according to its 1Q 2013 report, despite good and bad news from spot price increases.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 May, 2013
Regulators on Tuesday postponed making a decision on new rules for Maine’s lucrative American eel fishery.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
22 May, 2013
Alaska’s Copper River salmon season started out with rough weather and low landings, but picked up during the second opening.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 May, 2013
Norwegian seafood farmer Cermaq has voted to abandon its bid to buy a
controlling interest in Copeinca, paving the way for China Fishery Group
to acquire the Peruvian fishmeal and fish oil producer.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 May, 2013
The assets of the now-defunct Adak Seafood’s 250,000 square foot processing facility are being auctioned off on 18 June by Hilco Industrial.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 May, 2013
Omega Protein Corp. has christened two new vessels, the Rappahannock and
the Fleeton, in a 18 May ceremony at the company’s Reedville, Va.
facility, according to the company.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 May, 2013
According to the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers, seafood exports have shown signs of recovery after a long period of slow down.
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By Mark Godfrey, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from Beijing, China
20 May, 2013
China’s fish feed leaders are having a good year judging by recent results, thanks in part due to increased prices for aquatic products as consumers switch to fish meat over worries about bird flu. Ventures into non-core businesses are however hurting results at market number two Tongwei Aquatic.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 May, 2013
John Risley’s first business breakthrough came from selling gnarly crustaceans whose shells and claws contain the juiciest, tastiest meat in the sea.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 May, 2013
Some 330 harvesters, undaunted by nasty weather, with strong winds, whipping up to 40 knots and more, delivered about 82,000 sockeyes and 700 kings as the famed Copper River salmon fishery got under way May 17.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 May, 2013
Ocean Beauty is participating once again in the opening of the Copper
River king salmon season, providing the first salmon for the Copper Chef
cookoff.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 May, 2013
China’s trade surplus in aquatic products hit USD 2.09 billion (EUR 1.6 billion) in the first quarter, an increase of 15.88 percent year-over-year. According to statistics, Japan continues to rank first as an export market for aquatic products from China, while the United States slipped from second place to fourth place, behind Southeast Asia.
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