Australis retail sales director leaves for National Fish
Keith Laudieri fills in holes left in the sales team at the Pacific Andes subsidiary by four executive level departures last month
View ArticlePangea Shellfish riding wave of increased oyster demand
The Boston-based company is registering 20%-30% annual revenue growth and is selling around 14 million oysters per year
View ArticleJust-concluded surimi price negotiations show increases for four seasons in a...
The higher production of surimi by the US pollock producers is being driven by a series of favorable changes in market conditions, from the Alaskan point of view
View ArticleBangkok skipjack prices ‘close to bottom’
Big canners buying at $1,000-$1,010/t for skipjack in Bangkok, sentiment is that prices are close or at the bottom
View ArticleFish 2.0 competition offering prizes from High Liner, Wabel this year
Prizes include face to face meetings with High Liner executive, retailers such as Carrefour
View ArticleTilapia 2015 blog: India has more than 50% excess feed capacity, expert says
Undercurrent News is in Malaysia this week for the fourth International Trade and Technical Conference and Exposition on Tilapia hosted by INFOFISH
View ArticleFirst Indian shrimp supplier nets first four-star BAP status
Supplier Penver Products, in conjunction with Pacific Andes division National Fish and Seafood, is India’s first group to achieve the status
View ArticleO’Hara Corporation requests NPFMC to prepare EIS for halibut bycatch...
Company lawyers say bycatch reductions up for consideration by NPFMC in June would provide 'no biological benefits whatsoever' to the halibut stock
View ArticleBC’s wild sockeye fishery may need hatchery cap, says study
Maintaining sockeye salmon runs in the Pacific Ocean may necessitate capping the number of hatchery salmon released, according to a new study
View ArticleNPFMC to take final action on salmon bycatch in pollock fishery at April meeting
NPFMC's April meeting to include final action on measures to reduce chinook and chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery
View ArticleAquaChile in frozen push as CEO eyes global market versatility
As Empresas AquaChile anticipates its merger completion with Marine Harvest Chile, the company is maintaining its focus on frozen Atlantic salmon
View ArticleChina’s largest shrimp exporter names new US division VP
Sunnyvale Seafood, the US arm of China's Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products, made public its hiring of Jim Bugbee as VP of business development on Thursday
View ArticleCommentators disagree on US shrimp market outlook
Just how far the US shrimp market correction will go is topic of much discussion online these days
View ArticleWhy tilapia prices have stayed away from boom and bust cycles
Broad supply base and diverse markets have meant tilapia, despite a fast growth in production, has witnessed stable prices, unlike other seafood like shrimp and salmon, Kevin Fitzsimmons told the...
View ArticleUS retailer partners with Oregon fishers for sustainable canned albacore line
A US retailer based in Ohio has partnered with an Oregon fishery to introduce a line of sustainably caught canned albacore tuna
View ArticleFour aquaculture projects get funding from University of Maryland initiative
Four projects on aquaculture, three to do with oyster production and a fourth on creating a high-value fish feed from Maryland crops, are getting funding
View ArticleWest Coast shrimp boats remain in port as fleet, packers can’t agree on prices
In the midst of a strong, but possibly temporary, spike in cold water shrimp prices, US shrimp trawlers in Oregon remain tied up, despite the opening of the season
View ArticleHarvesters oppose Gulf State’s proposal to take over red snapper management
Seafood Harvesters of America object to recent proposal from Gulf State's fish managers that would take control of red snapper fishery management from federal authorities
View ArticleFortune Fish names former Bell Aquaculture exec manager of new Indiana office
US processor Fortune Fish & Gourmet has hired Greg Skotnicki, a 27-year veteran of the seafood industry, as the market manager of its new regional office in Indianapolis, Indiana
View ArticleDreaded catfish inspection program final rule expected this month
US Department of Agriculture's new catfish inspection program -- included in the 2014 Farm Bill despite a widespread effort to have it repealed -- is likely to be released in April
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