Shellfish

One of China’s largest agricultural conglomerates has registered a significant increase in aquafeed sales in 2018, which it credits to continued growth in crayfish cultivation

Russian fishing firm Mag-Sea International announced it will establish a shipyard for the construction and repair of crab-fishing vessels in Primorski krai, a region in the Russian Far East

Ex-vessel sales of brown crab (Cancer pagurus) in the two important European markets of France and the United Kingdom increased significantly last year, with a modest supply reduction driving up prices

Soaring prices for sea cucumber are driving rampant trade in smuggled sea cucumber in China

A recent report from Morocco has uncovered evidence of an octopus smuggling scheme stretching from Mauritania to Europe. On 29 January, in the town of Dakhla, Moroccan police arrested a truck driver and seized five metric tons (MT) of octopus

Last week, private equity group Champlain Financial Corporation, the owner of Riverside Lobster, Petit-de-Gras Packers Ltd., and Cheticamp Fisheries, purchased Boston Lobster Company and Cape Bald Packers, Riverside Lobster President and CEO David Deveau confirmed to SeafoodSource

Silver Bay Seafoods has announced plans to build a 182-acre oyster farm near its existing processing facility in Sitka – one of two large oyster farms announced this week in Alaska

On 31 January, the Fisheries Agency announced its lowest total allowable catch (TAC) ever for squid

Hotter summers in China’s key growing region are driving sea cucumber prices in China to record highs

Crab fishermen along the Sea of Japan are fretting over low stocks of young snow crab and fishing conflicts with South Korea