Ecuador producers swapping tilapia for shrimp
Santa Priscila is converting 40% of its tilapia farms to shrimp farms this year due to increasing demand from both Asia and conventional markets
Thai shrimp prices climb even more
Prices for Thai shrimp show no signs of stabilizing just yet as they leap again in the first week of June
Irish seafood meals producer with health twist goes abroad
Kinsale Gourmet, owned by Haven Bay Care Food, recently secured its first export order and is aiming to win more contracts in other countries
Thai Union company opens $38m tuna processing facility
Facility could make Papua New Guinea number one in the world for tuna production, fisheries authority says
Espersen ups cod H&G processing in Poland, Lithuania
Norway’s sales of cod H&G to Poland and Lithuania rocket, with CEO of Espersen confirming whitefish processing group is using more H&G in its plants in these countries
Narong report: Workers rights abandoned under stress of EMS
Interviewees report working as little as a single day or day and a half since the EMS-caused slowdown began
McCain meets resistance to pushing US ‘Catfish Office’ out of Farm Bill
In an opinion piece on Politico.com, US Senator John McCain indicates he’s fighting an uphill battle to get the catfish office out of the 2013 US Farm Bill
Argentina officials approve Vietnamese seafood exporter list
Since 2010, Argentina has emerged as Vietnam’s fourth largest trading partner in South America
Pacific Andes seeks distance from Ng family-member talks with Royal Greenland
Pacific Andes denies a member of the Ng family being involved in talks to buy Royal Greenland’s processing plant in Germany is connected to the group
ICES recommends further hike in Barents Sea cod quota, cut in haddock
5% increase in cod quota is likely to be peak, scientist tells Barents Observer, while 25% cut in haddock quota recommended