Western Australia octopus earns MSC
It becomes the first octopus fishery in the southern hemisphere to achieve the certificate; there is scope to sustainably fish towards 1,000t, stakeholders said
Morocco fisheries development plan falls short, says gov’t body
Morocco's Ministry of Agriculture has been criticized by a government council for failing to tackle illegal fishing and meet fisheries development targets
Octopus prices continue to dive on slow Spanish purchasing
Octopus prices have dropped in recent months, as last years' high prices caused many customers to replace the product; resellers are now trying to push the product again
US readies tariffs on $7.5bn of EU exports; salmon, octopus, sardines could be at risk
The US now has the ability to tariff a broad variety of EU goods, including seafood; the EU has said it could retaliate with its own tariffs
Octopus FIP launches off coast of Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula
The fishery improvement project is supported by Netuno USA, Empacadora Promarmex, Orca Seafoods, LP Foods, Comercializadora Healthy Fish and MASPESCA
Nueva Pescanova’s farmed octopus could hit market by 2023
The company said that one of its octopuses has 'already laid some eggs, which it will be taking care of for approximately one month, when they will hatch and the larvae will be born'
Profand ‘throws the nets’ into US cephalopod market
Spain's Profand is ranked fourth in the domestic frozen seafood sector by volume according to the Spanish economic outlet Alimarket
EU gains access to Guinea-Bissau waters for another five years
A new deal allows access for several fish species -- tuna, demersal fish, cephalopods, shrimp -- as well as for a new category, small pelagics
Industry counts cost of octopus price crash
'It was an El Dorado' -- Pedro Cunha, purchasing director at Portuguese seafood firm Brasmar, recounting the bubble in octopus prices
Portugal’s Brasmar plans more chilled processing M&A after Spanish smoker deal
The Portuguese processor Brasmar, which reported a turnover of €194.5m in 2018, has reportedly lined up multiple European acquisitions to fulfil its double-digit growth targets