Erin Spampinato

2025 U.S. shrimp import data is showing the impact of tariffs on shrimp producing countries, existing trade partnerships, and the American consumer market.

In a recent update to readers, ShrimpInsights founder Willem van der Pijl said that while total U.S. year over year import weights and values were up marginally in comparison to 2024, the stark difference between import weights and values in the first half of the year and the second

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ShrimpInsights has reported average farm gate prices for Vannamei shrimp (also known as Pacific white leg) from top exporting nations for Weeks 6 and 8 of

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The most recent prices out of the Sitagri Salmon Index (SISALMONI) may signal that Norway's export markets are shifting, thanks to both tariff pressure and changed biological conditions. Throughout 2025, Norway's salmon farmers saw very high export volumes, thanks to ideal biological conditions early in the year, that contributed to downward price pressure. Since the beginning of 2026, however, export volumes have been steadily dropping, and… Read More

The Gemini Cooperation, an operational partnership between Maersk and Hapag-Lloyd, has announced that its ME11 Service is returning to Red Sea transit, Maersk said in a 3 Feburary press release. The ships in question will be the largest to return to the Suez Canal since October 2023, when conflict in Israel and Palestine spurred Houthi attacks of commercial vessels in the Red Sea. The news comes a week after other major shipping concerns… Read More

The Sitagri Salmon Index (SISALMONI) has reported that prices for headed, gutted, fresh Atlantic salmon from Norway fell for the fifth consecutive week in Week 5 of 2026.  Only very small and very large salmon – below 2 kilograms or above 9 kilograms – saw price growth during the week. Overall, price declines were relatively modest. SISALMONI, which draws its price averages from the reports of leading Norwegian salmon producers, reported… Read More

Last year saw China’s shrimp imports dropping slightly by volume but growing in value over the course of the year, according to shrimp industry blog Shrimp Insights. 

 China’s 2025 full-year import volume was 901,563 metric tons (MT), marking a 2 percent year-over-year drop. Besides January, when improrts dropped 28 percent year over year to 69,814 MT, the steepest decline was seen

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The owners of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U.S.A.-based seafood market and eatery St. Paul Fish Company have agreed to enter a consent judgment after being sued by the federal government for illegally allowing managers to collect tips.  Under the court order, the owners are required to pay USD 56,000 (EUR 46,781) to the government, some of which will then be distributed to current and former employees to compensate for stollen tips. The U.S.… Read More

Data from October and November 2025 shows Indian shrimp exports found a way to succeed despite U.S. tariffs, according to industry blog ShrimpInsights. 

 “Growth was front-loaded and mid-year driven, but the imposition of higher U.S. tariffs in October led to a

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Prices for Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) fell again in Week 4 of 2026, marking the fourth consecutive week of declines since a holiday boost saw the price of headed, gutted, fresh Atlantic salmon from Norway rising significantly in the last week of 2025.

The Sitagri Salmon Index (SISALMONI), which draws its price averages from a group of leading Norwegian salmon producers, reported that in Week 4 of 2026, the average per-kilogram price for all

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The global logistics industry’s long-awaited return to the Suez Canal may be in jeopardy, gCaptain has reported. The Suez Canal Authority (SCA) ended 2025 working hard to bring container shipping back to the Red Sea shipping route, which drives traffic through the canal. French shipping line CMA CGM was among the first to bring mega-container ships back to the Red Sea crossing in November, and at the time, SCA Chairman Ossama Rabiee emphasized… Read More