Erin Spampinato

Ecuador’s shrimp exports experienced their highest 2025 monthly gains by volume and value in October, according to shrimp industry blog ShrimpInsights.

Total export volumes in the month reached 116,109 metric tons (MT), marking a 35 percent year-over year-increase. This brought the country's export volume from January to October to 1,154,317 MT, a 16 percent year-over-year increase.  October’s exports were valued at USD 650

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Export prices for Atlantic salmon from Norway dropped slightly in the 48th week of 2025, which occurred 24 to 30 November, according to the Sitagri Salmon Index (SISALMONI).

Sitagri, which draws its weekly spot prices and salmon futures for Norwegian fresh, headed, gutted, Atlantic salmon from a panel of participating companies, also predicted that prices will continue falling throughout December, before steadying in January and increasing in

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Export prices for Atlantic salmon from Norway increased in the 47th week of 2025, which took place 17 to 23 November, according to the Sitagri Salmon Index (SISALMONI).

The Sitagri Salmon Index produces a weekly spot price and salmon futures for fresh, headed, gutted, Atlantic salmon from Norway, which it draws from information shared by a panel of participating companies.  Week 47’s average per-kilogram price of Norwegian salmon of

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The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has announced that three European feed mills have achieved ASC Feed Certification.  BioMar has received France’s first Feed Certification for its mill in Nersac, while SICA and Provenderie Saint Vincent have earned certifications for mills which produce shrimp feed in the territory of New Caledonia.  To qualify for the ASC Feed Standard, a feed production mill has to demonstrate that all the… Read More

Tromso, Norway-headquartered seabed technology company Ava Ocean has announced a new project: an interactive ocean restoration mobile app. The Urchin Density Challenge was launched as part of Ava’s larger Ocean Green project, aiming to create a value stream for urchins as a means of restoring the kelp forests that they have overeaten in Norway and elsewhere.  The project, which has been endorsed by the United Nations, has experimented with a… Read More

Fishing technology company Optimar has produced a nephrops-stunning and -tailing machine that was instrumental to a project recognized at the 2025 Catch Welfare Innovation Award ceremony. The award, sponsored by the Catch Welfare Platform, recognizes advances in the field of animal welfare that are likely to produce economic advantages for fishing stakeholders. The winning project was the result of Fisheries Innovation and Sustainability (FIS)… Read More

Maritime communities, environmental groups, and the lawmakers who represent them have stepped forward to criticize the Trump administration’s proposal to license new oil drilling operations off the coastlines of Florida and California.  The announcement came on 20 November from the Department of Interior, which called the program an “expansive 11th national offshore leasing program to advance U.S. energy dominance.”  The U.S. government… Read More

ShrimpInsights Founder and Analyst Willem van der Pijl said that tariff strains are becoming visible in the U.S. shrimp import market.

  Analyzing date from August, which came out later than usual due to the U.S. government shutdown, van der Pijl said the first signs of tariff impacts on U.S. imports became apparent during the month, when import volume dropped 9 percent and 6 percent by value year over year.  “The latest US

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Financial services firm Moody’s Ratings has predicted declines for the U.S. port sector in its recently released 2026 outlook.  “The 2026 outlook for the U.S. ports sector remains negative given the adverse effect of tariffs and policy uncertainty and as U.S. real GDP growth slows and consumer spending moderates,” Moody’s Ratings Assistant Vice President David Kamran said in the update.  The biggest challenge facing U.S. ports,… Read More

Irish salmon farmers and spiny lobster harvesters are expressing their concern about a proposed ban on exports to the U.S. due to NOAA’s recently updated Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) ruling. NOAA recently determined 240 foreign fisheries do not comply with U.S. marine mammal regulations under the MMPA, finding they did not have sufficient protections in place for marine mammals. Under the ruling, Irish farmed salmon and wild-caught… Read More