Seafood M&A stories that will define 2025’s consolidation landscape, part 2
In the second part of UCN's outlook/retrospective on seafood M&A, the focus turns to Canadian shellfish, Ecuadorian shrimp, Japanese players buying abroad and smoked salmon
Panel cements Washington state fish farming ban, further thwarts Cooke trout-growing effort
'Science lost today' -- Jeanne Mcknight, Northwest Aquaculture Alliance
Alaska tribes call for cap on chum bycatch for Bering Sea pollock trawlers
Tribal leaders in the US state of Alaska are renewing calls for a hard cap on chum salmon bycatch in the lucrative pollock fishery as regulators begin finalizing an updated bycatch management plan for Bering Sea trawlers
Benchmark appoints former Mowi exec as lead for salmon genomics
Benchmark Genetics has announced the appointment of Serap Gonen as lead for salmon genomics, effective Jan. 1, 2025
Norwegian study finds UV treatment effective against hatchery fish parasite
UV treatment is proving to be an effective method for controlling the parasite Spironucleus salmonicida in hatchery fish, according to Nofima
Skills: Chilean salmon prices to US, Brazil rise over Christmas, FOB prices to China skyrocket
Prices for Chilean salmon shipped to the US and Brazil rose week-on-week in week 52 of 2024, but CFR prices to China fell
Seafood M&A stories that will define 2025’s consolidation landscape, part 1
Many of Undercurrent News' major scoops on seafood M&A from last year are on story trends that will run into 2025
Japanese salmon RAS project secures $460m in funding
The funds will be used to support a land-based facility producing 10,000 metric tons of salmon per year, including also processing capabilities and a pet nutrition business
Trudeau’s resignation raises questions about future of BC salmon net-pen ban
Justin Trudeau made a promise to ban open-net pen salmon farming in British Columbia by no later than 2025 during his re-election campaign in October 2019
US meal kit firm sets sights on growth with barramundi, trout in 2025
'Pescatarian customers or those who are simply trying to incorporate leaner proteins in their diet should have the same opportunity to find that variety...' -- Nigel Palmer, Home Chef