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Norwegian salmon prices declined in the second week of 2024 – a change from its continuous increase in prior weeks.

According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index (NQSALMON), the average per-kilogram price of Norwegian salmon in the second week of 2024 reached NOK 104.52 (USD 9.92, EUR 9.13), which was down NOK 9.81 (USD 0.93, EUR 0.86), or 8.58 percent, on week 2 of 2024.

NQSALMON, which provides weekly sales updates and a weighted average price

Tokyo, Japan-based maritime shipping operator Nippon Yusen (NYK) has suspended sailing through the Red Sea and is considering route changes in the near future.

The announcement, made on 16 January, according to Reuters, follows Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd’s decisions to reroute earlier this month. In December 2023, a Maersk vessel was attacked in the Red Sea by the Yemen-based Houthi militia, who claim to be carrying out these attacks

SeafoodSource is closely following the plant-based and cell-based seafood alternatives market by compiling a regular round-up of updates from the sector.

Thai Union’s Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Fund has partnered with Malakoff, France-based food-tech startup Algama by investing EUR 13 million (USD 14 million) in the startup's Series A funding round, in January 2023, and the algae-based seafood products have hit the market.

Algama has

Portland, Maine, U.S.A.-based startup Marin Skincare has expanded its line of cosmetic products that include lip treatments with upcycled lobster byproducts in its list of ingredients.

The product line first started with the company’s “Lobster Lotion,” a cream that hydrates skin and is made using, among other ingredients, marine glycoproteins – a byproduct of lobster processing. The company has since expanded that line to

County health officials in San Diego, California, U.S.A, have confirmed 41 cases of norovirus in the area linked to raw oyster products imported from Rocky Point Oysters and packed by GOLPAC in Bahia Salina, Sonora, Mexico.

Officials have tied the outbreak to oysters served at The Fish Shop locations in Pacific Beach, Point Loma, and Encinitas, as well as the Carlsbad Aquafarm, the County of San Diego Communications Office reported.

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Chefs around the world are adding caviar to their menus in anticipation of higher sales, bolstered by Gen Z consumers who have popularized the delicacy on social media by taking “bumps” of the sturgeon roe for millions of viewers.

This latest social media trend entails taking a dollop of caviar, placing it on the back of one’s hand, and eating it. The trend has continued to spread widely via TikTok, with the hashtag

After publication, SeafoodSource added information clarifying the recalled scallops are raw, whole, live scallops and not the more popular shucked product. 

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning restaurants, retailers, and consumers within the states of Illinois, New York, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania that certain live scallops up for sale were believed to be harvested from a prohibited area in Massachusetts,

Norwegian salmon prices continued to increase in the first week of 2024, picking up where they left off at the end of the previous year.

According to the Nasdaq Salmon Index (NQSALMON), the average per-kilogram price of Norwegian salmon in the first week of 2024 reached NOK 114.14 (USD 11.04, EUR 10.09), which was up NOK 14.40 (USD 1.39, EUR 1.27), or 14.44 percent, on week 52 of 2023.

NQSALMON, which provides weekly sales updates and a weighted

U.S. shrimp imports dropped in November 2023 compared to October but were up significantly year over year.  

The U.S. imported a total of 155 million pounds, or 70,680 metric tons (MT), of shrimp in November, a 10.9 percent increase from the 117 million pounds (63,534 MT) imported in November 2022 – but down from the 167 million pounds (76,187 MT) the country purchased in October 2023.

Between January and November 2023, the U.S.

SeafoodSource is closely following the sustainable seafood movement by compiling a regular round-up of sector updates about sustainability initiatives and certifications.

- Stirling, Scotland-based Scottish Sea Farms has paused its Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification. 

The halt in the company's participation of the ASC program is due to changes made to the ASC salmon standard in Scotland that the company said are not in