Mexico’s wild shrimp volumes up 5% so far this year, after flat 2013
Catches have nudged up by 5% in the first fishing season of 2014, after a stable harvest of 60,000t in the past two years, official told Undercurrent News
Small hopes for Mexico shrimp farmers as year’s first harvest shows increase
But farmers remain cautious as outbreaks of EMS have ravaged production at farms in two states since April
Regal Springs targets $400m turnover, 165,000t production by 2016
Producer plans to hit $400m in turnover by 2016 as it moves toward 70,000t production in Mexico, all with stated ethos of 'producing premium tilapia while building communities'
Texas Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season closes May 15
Closing shrimp season once a year is meant to protect shrimp populations and also ensure larger, more valuable shrimp for the industry
Huge shrimp harvests in Ecuador, slowdown from China push prices down
Shrimp correction underway as huge harvests in Ecuador, slowdown from China push prices down
Buyers’ market in shrimp at Brussels show as China ‘backdoor’ crackdown speeds price fall
Trouble on the 'backdoor' route into China from Vietnam is putting more pressure on farmed shrimp prices
Brussels show blog: Sellers expect farmed shrimp price dip to be temporary
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NGO backs US challenge to WTO ruling in Mexico ‘dolphin safe’ tuna case
Earth Island says it backs the US' decision to challenge a recent World Trade Organization review over the use of the dolphin-safe labeling as unfair trade restriction
WTO re-iterates partial support for Mexico claim against US over tuna trade
Word Trade Organization criticized use of discriminatory dolphin-safe labeling by US trade authorities, which would have damaged Mexican tuna exports
Costa Rica shrimp farm owners look to sell
US owners are looking to sell out of shrimp farm in Costa Rica, with an asking price of $6 million