Cliff White

Kendell Seafood Imports is suing Mark Foods, alleging it interfered with a contract it had with Chilean Sea Bass Inc. In its suit filed in the U.S. district court for the district of Rhode Island on 10 October, Kendell Seafood alleges New York City, U.S.A.-based Mark Foods intentionally… Read More

Trident Seafoods is selling its seafood-processing plant in Kodiak, Alaska, U.S.A. to Pacific Seafoods.

Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Trident has been seeking a buyer for its Kodiak plant since December 2023, when it announced a broader pullback from operating in Alaska. It subsequently sold off its processing facilities in Petersburg, Ketchikan, and False Pass, and in May 2024, it said it had advanced negotiations on the sale of

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Kervignac, France-based Cité Marine, a subsidiary of Japanese seafood conglomerate Nissui, has acquired a tapas facility in Saint-Hernin, France, from Guyader Traiteur Frais. The facility was acquired on 28 June 2024 and began operations as a new production division of Rezé,… Read More

The Tzukuan Fisheries Association is dedicated to supporting Taiwan’s seafood industry through the development of new products – some of which are beginning to garner critical acclaim.

The century-old nonprofit organization, a public-private partnership, is dedicated to supporting the community's fishing activities, promoting sustainable fishing practices, and enhancing the economic benefits of the fishing industry in Taiwan. That

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Bielsk, Poland-based salmon-smoking firm Suempol has acquired Hull, U.K.-based seafood-processing firm Copernus Fresh Fish. Suempol is one of Europe’s largest salmon smokers and has branched into other value-added products in recent years. Copernus Fresh Fish was previously one of the… Read More

Bernucci is doing a lot of innovating for an 80-year-old company. Founded in 1946 and based in Milan, Italy, Bernucci is a food packaging specialist. Besides three different paper packaging solutions for skin and nutrition information panel applications – all of which are Forest Stewardship… Read More

The government of Papua New Guinea (PNG) is working to overhaul the country’s fisheries sector as part of a series of reforms designed to achieve national status as a high-income, manufacturing economy by 2045.

PNG Prime Minister James Marape is pushing to “ensure the region and other Pacific island countries gain maximum benefit from their resources” through a transformation from being an exporter of raw resources into a

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Vietnam’s seafood exports have grown in value and volume over the course of 2024, indicating a broad recovery is underway after a difficult two-year period.

The value of Vietnam’s seafood exports reached USD 6.3 billion (EUR 5.8 billion) between January and August 2024, up nearly 9 percent year over year, and hit USD 7.2 billion (EUR 6.6 billion) for the first nine months of this year, up 8.5 percent, according to the Vietnam

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Fisheries Development Oman has hired In-Naggar, Malta-based AquaBioTech Group to assist it in developing its seafood industry. FDO is the fisheries investment arm of the Oman Investment Authority, the sultanate’s sovereign wealth fund worth an estimated USD 50 billion (EUR 44.9 billion).… Read More

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) has released its total allowable catch (TAC) figures for the state’s fall and winter crab fisheries, with higher levels set for several key commercial species.

The Bering Sea red king crab TAC was set at 1,048 metric tons (MT), or 2.3 million pounds, up from the 2023 TAC of 975 MT (2.2 million pounds), with the season set to open 15 October. The TAC closely followed the recommendations of

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