By Alicia Villegas

Undercurrent News reported from the World Food Moscow show in the Russian capital from Sept. 15 to 19, where the impact of the food ban was at center of all discussion

Samherji netted a big gain from the sale of its African assets last year, as it reported record profit on flat turnover

By Eva Tallaksen

Mackerel, herring and some bacalao markets were the main driver for turnover and operating boost last year, says CEO, but company lost out on currency exchanges

Icelandic pelagic and whitefish catcher caught 41,000t of blue whiting in second quarter of the year, as operating profit rose despite lower revenues

Norway's largest pelagic holding increased its raw material intake by over 100,000t in Q2 this year, but volumes for human consumption are substantially down from last year as most went to fishmeal and oil

Norway's second largest seafood group saw its earnings lifted by high prices of salmon, fishmeal and oil in the second quarter of the year

Iceland’s herring catch is down 10% through form last August to July this year to 161,298 metric tons, but catches of mackerel are up

Combined, the 100 companies on our ranking this year had revenues of nearly $100bn, up by $1.8bn from our 2013 report

By Tom Seaman

All containers of seafood and trucks of salmon that don’t clear Russian customs by midnight Friday will have to be sent back or diverted, even if they were ordered before the sanctions were put in place, Undercurrent News understands

Strong performance from Maruha Nichiro’s plants in Thailand and its North America division see double-digit growth in Q1 operating income, with profits in Japan soft