Japan’s major ports see 6% drop in 2024 landings, lowest on record
Landings at Japan's major fishing ports fell 6% in 2024 to a record low of 1.69m metric tons due to warming waters and shifting currents
Kyokuyo’s earnings continue to break records on strong export rebound
The Japanese seafood giant's overseas revenue surged 30% y-o-y to $143 million for April-December 2024, driven by a strong export rebound and offshore M&As
Whole Foods’ latest seafood code update takes on labor standards, Wi-Fi access
The five-page document includes a provision to limit the maximum time fishing vessels and their crews can remain at sea to no more than 11 months
US tinned seafood company rebrands in direct-to-consumer shift
US tinned seafood company BELA, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, is rebranding after 28 years to focus on direct-to-consumer sales
Russia granted access to Moroccan waters to harvest 10,000t of fish
Russia's Federal Agency for Fisheries, Rosrybolovstvo, has authorized its fleets to harvest 10,000t of pelagic fish in the Atlantic off Morocco’s coast
FDA targets two foreign seafood processors, one US importer for HACCP violations
The US Food and Drug Administration hit two foreign seafood processors and one Buffalo, New York-based seafood importer with warning letters this week
Kushiro tops Japan in port landing volume for second consecutive year
Japan's Kushiro Port in Hokkaido retained its status as the nation's top fishing port in 2024, with total landings reaching 173,000t a value exceeding JPY 11.7bn
Russian fleet on course for highest Pacific sardine catch in three decades
Rosrybolovstvo said that total wild catch for the year to date up to the beginning of December has amounted to 563,500t, the highest volume since 1991
Japanese sardine fishery enters full MSC assessment
The Japanese sardine purse seine fishery in eastern Hokkaido has entered the full assessment process for the MSC fisheries certification
Japan-Russia fishing talks fail to agree on 2025 quotas
Tokyo and Moscow failed to agree on their 2025 fishing quotas within each other's EEZs during the latest round of negotiations, with further talks set to continue