Reuters: Chinese buyers could default on 1.2m tons of soybeans
Low demand in China is raising specter of massive default ahead, a top buyer in China told the news agency
Maruha Nichiro ups Alaska pollock surimi production
The Alaska pollock processing plants of Japanese giant Maruha Nichiro are upping production of surimi over blocks
Vietnam approves project to grow pangasius exports to $3bn by 2020
Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has approved a project on improve pangasius production and quality
Salmon prices fall back after big spike
After last week's price jump, prices are falling back a bit, to levels around NOK 46 per kilo
Ecuador shrimp exports almost double in value in early 2014
Shrimp exports totaled $399 million, up 97.2% when compared with the first two months of 2013, on the back of increasing prices, so far at $9,614 per ton
Double-frozen cod, Alaska pollock imports to US rise in early 2014
US imports of Alaska pollock and cod from China were up by 25% or more in the first two months of the year, while imports of cod from Russia plummeted to almost nothing
Surimi buyers come in early for US whiting as tropical shortage continues
Surimi buyers make early deals on Pacific whiting from US catchers, with demand for hake and pollock strong in Asia, EU and US, on shortage of tropical raw material
Invermar lone exception as Chile salmon producers rack up losses for 2013
With a gain of $7.2m, Invermar stood out from its peers in 2013 as Australis Seafoods, Multiexport Foods, Aquachile, Blumar Seafoods and Camanchaca all ended the year in the red, albeit showing a big recovery from 2012
Chilean coho, trout prices to Japan increase
Chilean Atlantic salmon exported to the US went down to $4.84 per pound, confirming the decreasing price trend, after three consecutive weeks of falls
Bumpy start to the year for Peruvian fishing industry
The fishing sector in Peru got to a somewhat faltering start during the first two months of this year falling 4.7 percentage points, according to data published by the national statistics service