NFI conference blog: Crustaceans lead the pack in US retail growth
Keep coming back to Undercurrent News for all the news from the NFI Global Seafood Markets Conference in Miami, Florida
Alaska Salmon Alliance welcomes dismissal of set netter ban
Lieutenant governor Mead Treadwell decides not to certify the proposed set netter ban, which would have gone on the ballot in 2016
Cermaq stockholders to pocket promised NOK 51 dividend
More than 2/3 of investors supported the dividend despite controversy surrounding ways in which the partly state-owned company has absorbed Ewos sale proceedings
Chile Atlantic salmon production up 20%
Steepest drop for trout, falling 45.7% or 110,052t from November 2012, with Atlantic salmon up 20.6% year-on-year
Chile salmon prices to US drop; Brazil nudge up
Chilean Atlantic salmon fillets decreased slightly to $4.81/lb, while salmon fresh whole size 10-12 to Brazil averaged $6.69 per kilo
California coho salmon stock under the weather
This season's very little snow pack translates into very low rivers, lakes and streams, putting the coho salmon population in real jeopardy, says local news website
Battle of titans: How Pacific Andes secured Copeinca, while Cermaq derailed Marine Harvest’s ambitions
On Feb. 26, 2013, China Fishery dropped a bombshell and sparked the beginning of what would be a six-month long drama and a tug of war between some of the largest names in the seafood world -- recap the events here
Murkowski writes to new Walmart CEO to advocate for Alaska seafood sustainability
Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski sent a letter last week to the incoming president and CEO of Walmart, Doug McMillon, introducing him to Alaska’s fisheries
Top 100 stories of 2013: High Liner-American Pride deal breaker; HuffPo pickup for Contessa range; A ‘new lobster’ in shrimp
Shrimp prices rocketed, deals were broken, suppliers were ditched: Review the top 100 most-read stories on Undercurrent News for 2013, with exclusives dominating the list
Marine Harvest hungry for acquisitions, analysts say
Marine Harvest, the world’s biggest salmon farmer, has in the past year sought to take advantage of a recovery in fish prices and an easing of restrictions on the ownership of farming capacity in Norway