UCN inks content partnership with Suisan Keizai as part of Japan data, news expansion
Undercurrent has signed a partnership with one of Japan's leading news sites as part of a news and data expansion in the country, one of the world's major importers
Alaska’s pollock roe auction begins in Seattle with 10% larger output
Alaskan fleets have already harvested 48% of the allocated quota in Alaska's Bering Sea, while 40% of the TAC was taken in Russia's Sea of Okhotsk
Nissui raises basic salary by 5.4% on average due to recent high inflation
The Tokyo-based company fully accepted union’s demand, while negotiations for Maruha Nichiro and Kyokuyo are still underway
Vietnam forecasts surge in shrimp exports, aims for $4bn target in 2024
The Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers anticipated a robust 10-15% increase in the country's shrimp exports this year
Russia’s huge sablefish catch advice stirs Japanese importers
Russia has dramatically increased its advised catch of sablefish in its Far East by 20 times, which is stirring up the Japanese seafood market
Japan’s scallop exports soar to US, offsetting zero shipments to China
Japan’s export of marine products in January totaled 17,926t valued at JPY 20.4bn down 7% by volume and up 3% by value
Japan plans tougher measures to prevent illegal bluefin tuna catches
Japan's fisheries agency is set to implement stricter regulations on Pacific bluefin tuna fishing, requiring fishery operators to report catches and imposing harsher penalties for violations
Japan’s Hokkaido herring haul almost doubles as US Alaskan season looms
Japan's Hokkaido is seeing bumper harvests of herring, with an 82% y-o-y increase of landings through Feb 10, ahead of the upcoming season in Alaska and British Columbia
Nissui names new president of Chile’s Salmones Antarctica
Naoki Kumakura, who assumes the role March 1, was previously president of Kurose Suisan, Nissui's yellowtail farming business in Japan
Japan’s Nissui, Maruha win MSC status for purse seine tuna fisheries
The two tuna purse seiner fisheries are in the Western Central Pacific, and for both yellowfin and skipjack