Trident's agreement to buy Western Alaska Fisheries assets means group will be able to process salmon from Gulf of Alaska, which until now has been tendered to Akutan

By Tom Seaman

With announcement on sale expected before Christmas and Thai Union’s management just on a US investor tour, process is seen as being down to Thai firm and its minority shareholder, Japan's Mitsubishi

Maruha Nichiro-owned companies to work together to grow sales of US-caught salmon and other seafood from Peter Pan in Europe 

Russia's illegal fishing trade and Alaska's hatcheries are the major issues cropping up to cause 48% of the world's Pacific salmon to fall under the 'area of concern' category in SFP's latest study

48% of Pacific salmon's total volume comes from fisheries in need of significant improvements, according to Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

Preliminary 2014 Alaska salmon harvest totals 157 million fish with a dockside value of nearly $577 million, down 19.5% from $690m in 2013

By Tom Seaman

Fresh Direct will be around £400m in turnover with addition of M&J and two other former Brakes companies, meaning CEO of enlarged group is looking to up five-year-plan turnover target

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game forecasts the 2015 pink salmon harvest in southeast Alaska to be in the excellent range

By Jeanine Stewart

Stores of Pacific whiting and pink salmon are at risk of piling up as labor dispute causes congestion at the ports along the US West Coast

Bain Capital is combining M&J Seafood and two other former Brakes portfolio companies into a JV with Fresh Direct, with current MD of the latter to run the new business