High Liner’s Atlantic Trading acquisition estimated at $18m-$50m
Analysts estimate High Liner Foods paid between $18m and $50m for Atlantic Trading Company in a deal that provides a step toward a 2016 earnings target the company has set for itself
View ArticleUS West Coast seafood players gather with China sellers to talk market...
A small seafood gathering on the US West Coast brought seafood players from China and the US one step closer to tapping the China growth wave this September
View ArticleVietnam officials: Time for pangasius sector to focus on quality, not quantity
As prices slip, the need to focus on quality is becoming urgent, argued fisheries and commerce officials during GOAL 2014
View ArticleNew markets, shift to surimi mitigate Russia ban impact on Pacific whiting...
Pacific Seafood is keeping up purchasing despite 10% price drop, while market for other forms of Pacific whiting remains stable or rising
View ArticleStudy: Louisiana shrimp size unaffected by BP oil spill
A new study shows Louisiana shrimp size hasn’t changed since the 2010 BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill
View ArticleSouth Carolina Piggly Wiggly owner reportedly planning to sell wholesale,...
Piggly Wiggly Carolina owner Greenbax Enterprises is reportedly proposing to sell its wholesale operation to C&S Wholesale Grocers and its grocery stores to independent operators
View ArticleChile salmon prices to US, Brazil decline
Prices for Chilean Atlantic salmon sold to the United States dipped slightly in week 40 while prices to Brazil took a larger fall, according to Salmonex
View ArticleMSC first for Canada herring fishery
Atlantic herring purse seine fishery attains certification against the MSC standard
View ArticleAverage US Atlantic salmon import price up 17% this year
US Atlantic salmon on track for new five-year highs as volumes increase 6%, value 24%, through August, USDA data for the first two-thirds of the year show
View ArticleNOAA to implement $627m in gulf restoration projects
Yet BP is not let off the hook on compensating the public for the full scope of damage to the Gulf of Mexico stemming from the Deepwater Horizon spill, NOAA says
View ArticleCanada study to chart what happens when salmon escape
What happens when salmon escape from aquaculture cages is the focus of a new study by Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans
View ArticleIndonesia shrimp exports to US reap highest value YTD
Latest available data for 2014 shows Indonesia and Ecuador tied for first place as US shrimp suppliers, in terms of volume, but a closer look at the data shows Indonesia is winning on another level --...
View ArticleBluWrap adds Iceland to shipping route in project with Halldor
Shipments use oxygen removal technology to keep cod, haddock and Arctic char fresh on sea journey from Iceland to the US East Coast.
View ArticleSouthern Fisheries taps Balcarcel as quality assurance director
Southern Fisheries has hired Alvaro Balcarcel as director of quality assurance
View ArticleRussia reportedly considering price stabilization to stem inflation
Russia is reportedly considering price stabilization for 40 goods to stem inflation
View ArticleDelhaize exec speaks out against GOAL call for harmonization of standards,...
Harmonizing standards and audits can lead to a dilution of expertise in key elements, said Julian Mahieu, seafood category manager for Delhaize and a former auditor himself
View ArticleFilipino food processor wants to build $100m plant in American Samoa
Plant, which will have duty-free access to US market, would process fish-based products, for export into the US
View ArticleInvestment bank finds Mitsubishi offer for Cermaq is fair
Cermaq might be able to fetch more, including through a piecemeal sale, but offer is fair in current market and on a short term perspective, says bank hired to assess offer
View ArticleRussia ban: Changing trade flows, in figures
Who filled in the gaps? Fresh import data shows Faroes and Chile sold over 8,000t of salmon to Russia in September; the Faroes and Iceland filled in the gap for herring; Ecuador and China for hake,...
View ArticleMajor West Coast albacore supplier gets Lusamerica distribution partnership...
Supplier goes head to head with popularity of yellowfin and bigeye tuna as it works to make inroads into US retail fresh cases
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