ASPA offers to share MSC certificate on condition of payment
MSC Alaska salmon client says it sees the effort of MSC salmon re-join hopefuls as purely a business decision, a tactic leader Zuanich says the group can tolerate but not reward
Indonesian firm tipped as Icicle frontrunner
Indonesian investors linked to conglomerate that owned Chicken of the Sea in late '80s tipped as possible buyer for Icicle, having also reportedly bid for Bumble Bee in process won by Thai Union
Copper River sockeye prices seen high as harvest remains below forecast
Prices to sockeye fishermen said to remain high as Copper River catches stay well below 2015 forecasts as well as last year’s harvest
MSC Alaska salmon mediation process revives
The mediation process between Alaska salmon suppliers, the Alaska Salmon Processors Association and the Trident-led group of processors aiming to rejoin, is still going
Thai Union hires former Colgate exec to run John West continental Europe arm
Arno Snoey is now European country manager for John West Foods, the UK-based arm of Thai Union’s MW Brands operation
Alaska salmon MSC mediation process fails
No settlement reached in mediation process between ASPA and nine re-join hopefuls, according to Trident Seafoods
John West veteran Muir retires, bills Thai Union as ideal owner
Alan Muir has retired after 41 years with John West, billing Thai Union as the right owner to develop the business for the future
Silver Bay starts work on massive Alaska salmon plant
Alaska-based Silver Bay Seafoods has started construction on what will be the largest processing plant in Prince William Sound, in Valdez
Alaska salmon management in pinch over state budget agreement deadlock
Up to 20,000 state workers are facing the possibility of a 30-day layoff period starting July 1 due to Alaska legislature's inability to pass the state budget, according to Alaska Fish Radio.
MSC declines to intervene in certificate-sharing battle
In response to Alaska governor Bill Walker's plea to get all 2015 salmon certified, MSC says final decision on certificate sharing is 'a commercial one which needs to be negotiated between the certificate holder and the applicant organizations'