Supply & Trade

Peru’s National Fishery Society (SNP) welcomed an increase in efforts to locate eight missing crewmembers following the collision of two fishing vessels off the coast of the port of Chimbote last week.

According to a statement from the SNP, the collision occurred on 11 April between two fishing vessels, one owned by its member, the Austral Group, and the other owned by the Segjona Corporation (SAC). 

Local radio station Radio RSD repor… Read More

U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross expressed praise on Tuesday, 17 April, for a pilot program that gives states along the Gulf of Mexico more power in managing the red snapper recreational fishery.

NOAA Fisheries previously unveiled a two-year pilot program giving partial control of the fishery to officials in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. All five states submitted applications that will enable them to manage the recreatio… Read More

The director of Sernapesca, Chile’s national fisheries service, has stepped down as the newly installed government of Chilean President Sebastian Piñera plans to make regulatory changes to the fishing industry. 

Sernapesca confirmed the departure of Josè Miguel Burgos in a statement published on its Twitter account, and that he would be replaced by the current vice director of aquaculture, Alicia Gallardo Lagno. No other … Read More

Maine, U.S.A.’s scallop season came to a close on 15 April amidst signs that the fishery is in a rebound from its historic collapse in the mid-2000s. 

The season runs from December to April every year. The few divers in the fishery that harvest by hand were allowed to fish through 15 April. Overall, in the 2017-2018 year, harvesters snagged more than 790,000 pounds (358,000 kilograms) of scallops in Maine. 

While that catch from M… Read More

The 2018 version of Seafood Expo North America, which took place 11 to 13 March in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A., broke its own exhibit space record.

The three-day expo contained 258,360 net square feet of exhibit space, with 1,341 exhibiting companies from 57 countries, according to a press release [Editor’s note: Diversified Communications operates SeafoodSource]. Diversified notched more than 22,200 attendee visits to the expo, despite a… Read More

The United States might rejoin the Trans-Pacific Partnership, according to comments made Thursday, 12 April by U.S. President Donald Trump. 

Trump told Republican senators he had asked United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and White House economic adviser Larry Kudlow to re-open negotiations, according to Reuters. The move comes a week after the U.S. and China went tit-for-tat in imposing new tariffs on a wide range of goods.… Read More

The Russian Fishery Company has announced plans to build a pollock processing plant outside of Vladivostock, in Russia’s Far East.

The plant, with a total investment cost of USD 12 to 15 million (EUR 9.7 to 12.2 million), will have the capability of processing 60,000 metric tons (MT) of pollock annually, including 25,000 MT of value-added pollock products. RFC said in its 11 April announcement that it expects the plant to open by 2020.

"The… Read More

China has launched a new trademark logo for the catch from its growing long-distance fishing fleet, with the goal of increasing its profile in international markets. 

The newly revealed logo was registered with the national trademarks bureau by the China Long Distance Fishing Industry Association (CLDFIA), a government-backed body of fishing companies which says the logo is part of its efforts to “make the industry more efficient&… Read More

Groundfish fishing in New Bedford, Massachusetts hasn’t been the same since the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s ban on a significant portion of the fishery’s fleet went into effect last November, according to reports in local media.

NOAA revoked its operational plan for 14 groundfishing vessels in November 2017 following the arrest, trial, and conviction of former New Bedford fishing magnate Carlos Rafael,… Read More

Omega Protein celebrated the launch of its newest vessel over the weekend at its facility in Abbeville, Louisiana, U.S.A.

Elected and state officials joined the company for the christening of the F/V Vermilion. In a press release the company said the vessel, the largest in its fleet of 30 ships, has state-of-the-art features designed to make operations safer and more efficient. 

"The Abbeville processing facility and Omega Protein have… Read More