Here's a recap of the daily seafood news from Tuesday, April 12: 

Jordan Mazzetta named CEO of PE-backed North American shellfish deal platform

Jordan Mazzetta has been named CEO of Atlantic Sustainable Catch (ASC), a private equity-owned North American shellfish consolidation platform, according to a statement. Mazzetta's appointment as CEO of ACON Investments-backed ASC, the owner of Northern Wind, Suncoast Seafood and Raymond O'Neill Fisheries, is effective immediately. Click here for the full story. 

Guangzhou's sudden lockdown hits seafood dealers hard

Seafood wholesalers in Guangzhou, China's third-largest city, are experiencing heavy losses from a new "lockdown" after an infection with a new variant of the omicron strain of COVID-19 was discovered. Dealers at Huangsha Seafood Market, the largest seafood trading hub in the region, have suffered huge losses. Click here for the full story. 

Canada's second-largest crab fishery to open Wednesday, test ropeless gear, prices

Harvesters have received the green light from Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans to begin fishing in the southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence, the country's second-largest snow crab fishery, at 5 a.m. Atlantic Daylight Time on Wednesday. The event promises to present the biggest test yet of ropeless gear and also snow crab prices in 2022, as a major new supply suddenly becomes available amidst one of the strangest set of demand circumstances in recent years. Click here for the full story. 

Market for Russian king crab' getting smaller' after EU ban

The market for Russian snow and king crab is "certainly getting smaller" after the EU banned imports of crustaceans from Russia as part of its latest package of sanctions, industry sources told Undercurrent News. Click here for the full story. 

Wild Alaskan donates $1.4m worth of wild-caught salmon to state food bank

The Wild Alaskan Company, a Homer, Alaska-based direct-to-consumer seafood firm, on Monday announced that it would be donating 95,000 pounds of frozen, sealed and individually portioned, wild-caught salmon to the Food Bank of Alaska. Click here for the full story. 

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