Processing & Equipment

Guayaquil, Ecuador-based Bioconversión has opened a USD 2.5 million (EUR 2.2 million) plan producing insect meal – the first such insect meal production plant of its kind in Latin America.

Ecuador opens Latin America’s first insect-meal production plant

December 9, 2021

Shandong Zhonglu Oceanic Fisheries Co. is looking to further promote the consumption of tuna in China, having recently announced a major processing investment by its parent company.

Shandong Zhonglu Oceanic building CNY 960 million tuna hub in Qingdao

December 9, 2021

Zhuhai, China, has announced its construction of a distant-water port and complex.

Fishing firm with operations in Mauritania and Vanuatu building processing hub in Zhuhai, China

December 8, 2021

Mark Wetmore has been hired to head up New England Cold Storage's new flagship facility in Sturbridge, Massachusetts.

New England Cold Storage picks lead for new facility

December 7, 2021

Authorities in Vietnam have taken legal proceedings against a number of seafood businesses due to alleged violations of COVID-19 lockdowns.

Vietnamese seafood processors face legal charges for violating pandemic-control regulations

December 7, 2021

Trident Seafoods announced it has acquired a 300-foot at-sea processing vessel from Aleutian Spray Fisheries Inc., along with two other vessels.

Trident acquires new 300-foot at-sea processing vessel

December 6, 2021

An Giang, Vietnam-based pangasius firm Nam Viet Joint Stock Company – or Navico – and its South Korean partner, Amicogen, have begun work on a new collagen and gelatin factory in the Mekong Delta.

Navico, Amicogen begin construction of collagen, gelatin plant

December 3, 2021

Factories in Dalian, a major seafood processing hub in China, are reopening after a monthlong COVID-19-related closure, but are now far behind schedule.

Dalian COVID-19 outbreak creates more seafood supply-chain headaches

December 3, 2021

A lobster pound in New Edinburgh, Nova Scotia, Canada was destroyed by fire on 25 November, just before the area’s lobster season opened.

Nova Scotia lobster pound burns days before season opening

November 30, 2021