By Matt Craze Oct. 11, 2017 5:11 PM

Growing utilization of trimmings from pelagic catches is being boosted by the trend to equip vessels with refrigeration capacity

By Jason Smith Oct. 6, 2017 7:23 PM

A Cooke Aquaculture spokesman told Undercurrent News that the nearly $500 million deal for Omega Protein adds a 'big piece' to its vertical integration plans

Oct. 6, 2017 11:34 AM

Canadian salmon farming giant Cooke has agreed to a deal to acquire Omega Protein, a US firm that catches menhaden and reduces it to fishmeal and fish oil 

Sept. 4, 2017 4:06 PM

Oceana Group, South Africa's largest fishing company, has significantly lowered its annual earnings estimates based on lower fishmeal prices and other factors

By Jason Smith Aug. 3, 2017 5:59 PM

Texas-based menhaden catcher and fishmeal producer Omega Protein has seen slow catches in June, though July harvests were better 

By Louis Harkell Aug. 3, 2017 10:17 AM

Revenues were down 17% to $93.9m for the firm, which is undertaking a strategic review to sell its human nutrition business potentially leading to a sale

June 15, 2017 5:06 PM

The US Atlantic menhaden and US Gulf of Mexico menhaden fisheries have entered the evaluation process to earn the blue ecolabel for sustainable fishing

By Jason Smith May 9, 2017 5:30 AM

US fishmeal and fish oil producer Omega Protein faces a potential labor shortfall ahead of the 2017 fishing season as government limits on visas for foreign workers take hold

By Matilde Mereghetti May 1, 2017 5:43 PM

Negative coverage in US media has hit demand for fish oil supplements, with Peruvian fish oil prices dropping by nearly $1,000/t in the past 12 months

By Jeanine Stewart and Matilde Mereghetti April 17, 2017 5:44 PM

Peru is set to announce its first center-north season's anchovy quota. Many producers expect the quota to exceed the 2 million tons, which could pressure global fishmeal prices