Federal regulators consider banning lobster fishing areas to save cod
US federal regulators are considering banning lobster fishing in parts of the ocean where cod spawn this week
View ArticleSources: Glacier Fish in talks for stake in Iquique US
US-based Glacier Fish, owned 25% by Nissui, is in talks to take over management of Seattle-based Iquique US as it purchases a stake in the company, sources told Undercurrent News
View ArticleGiant stores issue salmon listeria contamination warning
US based supermarket Giant is warning consumers that it may have sold smoked salmon that is contaminated with listeria
View ArticleDungeness crabs come in big, plentiful in California
Dungeness crab season in California brings in large-sizes and plentiful catch, according to ABC7 News
View ArticleDolphin bycatch to prove controversial in MSC Mexican tuna fishery audit
The controversial assessment of the eastern Pacific fishery, where fishers set nets on dolphin schools, is likely to be a tricky one for the certification body
View ArticleWTO rules US anti-dumping rules on shrimp broke trade laws
The World Trade Organization (WTO) has ruled that aspects of US anti-dumping measures on frozen warmwater shrimp from Vietnam break world trade laws
View ArticlePEI fishermen welcome Atlantic bluefin tuna quota increase
Canada's Prince Edward Island bluefin tuna fishermen see quota rise for the first time since 1990
View ArticlePacific Marine Expo blog: Golden king crabbers join Alaska pollock on...
Undercurrent News is reporting live from the US West Coast fishing equipment show, the Pacific Marine Expo, which goes Wednesday through Friday at Seattle's Century Link Field Event Center
View ArticleOceans Fleet hires ex-Mar-Lees exec as international sales director
Oceans Fleet hires former international sales manager from from Mar-Lees, as it looks to is 'aggressively' grow its business and boost exports to Europe and Asia
View ArticleCelebrity chef signs partnership with China Southern Airlines, eyes seafood...
A three-year partnership between celebrity chef Al Brown and China Southern Airlines means gourmet seafood coming to airline menus
View ArticleJudge rules against BP, assigns $500m in oil spill payments
A federal judge in New Orleans is handing down a round of $500 million in oil spill payments to seafood workers affected by the BP oil spill of 2010
View ArticleWhat will be left of Mar-Lees when legal process is over?
As a rival company states it is taking on its plant, a Canadian firm files a lawsuit over unpaid scallop invoices and an arbitration panel reveals multi-million losses, Mar-Lees presses on with legal...
View ArticleThe 2015 Bristol Bay salmon run could be the biggest since 1995
The 2015 Bristol Bay salmon run could be the biggest since 1995
View ArticleUS port congestion rattles West Coast seafood exporters
Stores of Pacific whiting and pink salmon are at risk of piling up as labor dispute causes congestion at the ports along the US West Coast
View ArticleVote lets Maine lobstermen harvest where groundfishermen can’t
Federal regulators have voted to exempt the Gulf of Maine’s lobster fishery from measures that prevent trawlers and glitters from fishing some areas
View ArticleIndia shrimp prices back up as Thai processors continue raw material fight
Low raw material availability and demand from Vietnam, China seeing Indian prices rise again, with competition between packers in Thailand keep prices up
View ArticleSeafresh reverses Q3 loss on higher sales prices, lower raw material prices
Thai shrimp processor turns around big loss in Q3 of 213, with turnover up on sales growth from its overseas subsidiaries
View ArticleSeafresh UK investments paying off as Blue Earth ups sales 27%
Thai shrimp processor’s £3m investment in UK saw Tesco supplier Blue Earth’s sales increase to £62m in latest financial year
View ArticleUS firm to invest $18.7m in Asian carp processing ops
Riverine Fisheries plans to create 110 new jobs in Fulton County, Kentucky
View ArticleMazzatta plans $10m investment in Gloucester plant deal
US importer and processor Mazzetta has purchased the former Good Harbor Fillet plant in Gloucester, Massachusetts
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