In pictures: Christmas rush at London’s Billingsgate fish market amid uncertain future
Billingsgate Market, the UK's largest wholesale market for seafood, was a hub of activity on Monday as buyers flocked to secure fresh and frozen seafood ahead of Christmas
Mitsubishi appoints new COO at marine products division
Kenichi Ito will oversee key group seafood subsidiaries, including multi-national salmon farmer Cermaq Group and Toyo Reizo, which dominates the global sashimi tuna market
Norwegian whitefish auction prices appear to reach plateau at year’s end, saithe down
Auction prices for frozen cod and haddock have finally held for a consecutive weeks, having jumped to unprecedented highs since Barents Sea quota cuts were confirmed
Captain Fresh closes deal for EU salmon processor Koral
India's Captain Fresh has closed the buyout of European salmon processor Koral from Abris Capital Partners
US investor Acon finally closes Atlantic Capes buyout to create $500m shellfish platform
Acon has closed its long-awaited buyout of the downstream division of US scallop giant Atlantic Capes with its Atlantic Sustainable Catch company, which also owns Northern Wind
Ahmed family’s UK shrimp businesses report close to £5m combined loss
A pair of UK seafood sister firms, Seamark and IBCO Limited, each posted a substantial loss for 2023 and narrowly escaped being struck off the UK's Companies House
Week 52 US wholesale price ‘market pulse’ updates available on key seafood commodities
Undercurrent News' week 52, Dec. 23-29, 'market pulse' updates on US wholesale prices for various key commodities are available on our new platform
Christmas demand boosts Chilean salmon prices to all key markets
'Prices in the US or Brazil are rising but not at the same pace as in Russia and China,' one executive said, referring to the recent weeks' trend
Japanese media reports China may lift seafood ban by early 2025
The Chinese government is reportedly considering lifting its ban on Japanese seafood imports as early as the first half of 2025
Oysters linked to norovirus outbreak sickens more than 80 people at LA Times food event
The US Food and Drug Administration released two recall notices this month for oysters potentially contaminated with norovirus