Chris Chase

A new long-term analysis by data firm Kontali is projecting the salmon industry is poised to have a “turnaround” and see big increases in production over the next several years.  

The new long-term analysis by the company projects salmon production will increase by 27 percent by 2030 and as much as 40 percent by 2033. The company said enhancements in fish health, strategic investments, and an increase in land-based production

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Alaska’s major pollock fishing seasons have closed for 2024, ending on a successful Bering Sea B season that brought the area’s catch totals near their maximum quota allowed.

However, the earlier cancelation of the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (CGOA) pollock fishery's second season contributed to some quota being left in the water elsewhere.

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) announced on 25 September that

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Carp production in most major carp-producing countries is plateauing, and according to Rabobank data, it is on the verge of contracting.

Long the most-produced aquaculture species in the world, carp is dominant in China, where it is farmed in huge volumes. Based on current data, China will produce over 17 million metric tons (MT) of carp in 2024, a volume significantly higher than Europe’s total seafood consumption of 10 million

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Global tilapia production is on track to surpass 7 million metric tons (MT) in 2024 as the species rebounds from Covid-19-related drops in production.

According to Rabobank Global Seafood Specialist Gorjan Nikolik, Rabobank data and a recent survey performed for the Global Seafood Alliance estimates that total tilapia production worldwide will reach 7 million MT in 2024, an increase of 4.2 percent over 2023. The data, revealed at the

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Global aquaculture and fisheries data analysis firm Kontali and an annual survey by Rabobank are both indicating the global supply of salmon will remain flat due to continued headwinds in 2025.

According to Rabobank Global Seafood Specialist Gorjan Nikolik, an annual survey conducted by the company of important players in the seafood industry and data collected by Kontali indicate major salmon-producing countries Chile and Norway are both

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University of Stirling postdoctoral researcher Simão Zacaria – who won the 2020 Global Aquaculture Innovation Award for his research on shrimp eyestalk ablation – has now demonstrated that alternatives to the practice could be cost neutral or even cost saving for shrimp farmers.  Eyestalk ablation, a common practice where shrimp farmers remove one or both eyestalks from a female shrimp to encourage her to lay eggs, has been coming under… Read More

After several consecutive years of impressive growth, the global shrimp aquaculture industry is predicted to remain relatively flat in 2025 – largely due to slowed growth in Ecuador. According to Rabobank Global Seafood Specialist Gorjan Nikolik, the results of a recent survey – performed for the Global Seafood Alliance – found Ecuador’s shrimp production is slowing after averaging an incredible 14 percent year-over-year growth rate for… Read More

The U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) has issued its final determinations on countervailing and antidumping duties for shrimp imports for Ecuador, India, Indonesia, and Vietnam, handing out duties to every country listed. DOC launched an investigation into imposing countervailing and antidumping duties for frozen warmwater shrimp against the four countries in November 2023 after the American Shrimp Processors Association filed petitions… Read More

Four years on from the Covid-19 pandemic and Brexit, the U.K. seafood industry is still roughly GBP 1 billion (USD 1.3 billion, EUR 1.2 billion) behind where it was in 2019. 

Prior to the U.K. officially leaving the European Union in early 2020, government officials promised seafood sector growth would continue to be supported. Despite the promises, multiple aspects of the industry are struggling, with some calling on the government for

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