Atlantic Capes hires former Oceans Fleet COO Neves
Oceans Fleet’s former COO, who left after the collapse of sales talks with Jeff Davis and a PE fund, is now with Atlantic Capes, one of the largest scallop suppliers in the US
View ArticlePacific whiting fishery re-opens with catchers limited to deeper waters
NMFS re-opens Pacific whiting fishery after rockfish and salmon bycatch-induced closure last week, with vessels now having to catch in deeper waters
View ArticleAnother Long John Silver’s closes
A Long John Silver's in South Dakota closed its doors to business Friday
View ArticleChina-based Zhangzidao snaps up Canadian processor
Acquisition of Capital Seafood International comes as company launches plan for more investments in Atlantic Canada
View ArticleMitsubishi wins control over more than 90% of Cermaq as tender offer ends
Japanese group says preliminary counts show it has won acceptance for 90.97% of shares in salmon farmer, meeting acquisition condition threshold of 90%
View Article‘All sides’ call for US, PNA $90m tuna deal to be changed
Micronesia newspaper says all sides are calling for the US' 26-year-old treaty for access to Pacific tuna to be redrawn, while PNA says news that Kiribati sold rights to China are wrong
View ArticleUS lobster prices driven up by retail demand on short supplies
US retailers, buoyed by record lobster landings and low prices in the past two years, have plowed ahead with big orders – pushing prices to unusual levels
View ArticleGrieg’s last Canada coho harvest will be Q3 2015 with focus on Atlantics
Norway-based Grieg has harvested its last chinook this year in Canada and has about 1,000t of coho to harvest next year, to focus on Atlantic salmon
View ArticleShort Alaskan run has buyers puzzled over chum salmon prices
North American buyers are puzzling over chum salmon prices, as slim Alaskan harvest leads to short supplies of a fish considered the economic substitute, says Tradex Foods
View ArticleAquaexpo blog: Nutreco’s Villalon sees sustainability as leverage for...
Undercurrent News is reporting from Guayaquil, Ecuador, covering this year's Ecuadorian Aquaculture Conference and Aquaexpo trade show. Keep clicking back for updates
View ArticleMarine Harvest issues $69m dividend, guides for 7.5% growth in 2015
Despite costs linked to algal bloom, world's largest salmon farmer says strategy to up its share of contract sales paid off during a quarter of falling spot prices
View ArticleMarine Harvest takes hit from sealice, ‘extraordinary mortality’ costs
Sealice mitigation and extraordinary mortality shaved off $23.7m from Marine Harvest's earnings in the third quarter of the year
View ArticleUS distributor buys Faroes-based salmon supplier from Japanese owners
SalmonDepot USA, which sells Norwegian and Faroese salmon and langoustines in the US, has acquired Faroe Islands-based SNG UK
View ArticleCooke gives salmon genome project funding boost
Project hoped could transform Atlantic salmon aquaculture has received nearly CAD 3.8 million in federal and industry funding
View ArticleBig Prawn tells provenance story on Canadian, Indonesian shrimp products
Big Prawn to follow up Waitrose launch of branded Canadian coldwater shrimp product with strong provenance story, with Indonesian farmed products similarly highlighting the origin, for Ocado
View ArticleAquasur blog: Chilean salmon farmers gather during consolidation period
Undercurrent News is reporting live from Aquasur, in Puerto Montt, Chile, where salmon farmers from the world's second largest producer of farmed salmon are gathering this week
View ArticleMarine Harvest: Ample wild, farmed supply has pressured salmon prices to US
'Substantial' increase in supply, including from Canada and from wild harvests, has contributed to driving prices down to the US, said group in third quarter report
View ArticleTackling feed waste, upping efficiency key for aquaculture sector
The global aquaculture industry will have to focus on efficiency instead of raw production growth if it is to sustain itself and meet the globe’s increasing protein needs, experts say
View ArticleNFI slams Greenpeace ‘deception’ in bycatch video
The National Fisheries Institute released its own video in response, defending purse seine fishing as having a low carbon footprint and one of the lowest bycatch rates of any method
View ArticleBangladesh black tiger shrimp exports suffer
Black tiger shrimp exports from Bangladesh are facing a slowdown in the wake of reduced demand in major markets
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