Questions swirl around Silver Bay’s potential MSC nod
'Will-they-or-won’t-they' conversations surrounded the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute’s two stands at the Brussels seafood show this week
Marubeni eyes upstream deals in shrimp, salmon
Marubeni, the Japanese trading conglomerate, is looking at more acquisitions both upstream and downstream
Copper River: New Naknek plant part of ‘ongoing statewide expansion’
CEO Scott Blake reveals his plans for the processing plant Copper River purchased two weeks ago
‘Business as usual’ at Icicle as complex salmon season approaches
At up-for-sale Icicle Seafoods’ booth, the tone was ‘business as usual’, in the words of one company source, speaking on condition of anonymity
PWS Alaska salmon no longer pursuing MSC
As major Alaska salmon processors go after re-entry into the MSC program, a major portion of Alaska salmon supply is done with the process for the foreseeable future
Alaska salmon MSC re-join facing logistical maze if Silver Bay won’t play ball
A major question looms over Alaska salmon processors’ attempt to rejoin the MSC certification program: will client group leader Silver Bay let them back in?
Icicle wild salmon business a tough sell, say sources
Multiple bids on Icicle’s whitefish and farmed salmon operations, sources say, but much less interest in wild salmon, in which business climate is tough
Alaska sockeye sales to Europe slow despite price crash
Huge inventories of sockeye salmon, and anticipated plentiful salmon runs this year, have prices dropping – but sales are still slow due to exchange rates
Alaska salmon processors in talks to re-join MSC group ahead of massive sockeye, pink forecasts
With predictions of a massive season for both sockeye and pink, the Alaska salmon companies who left the MSC program are now in talks to get back into the client group
Salmon, crab top British Columbia seafood exports in 2014
Farmed Atlantic salmon, wild sockeye salmon and crab topped the list of British Columbia seafood exports last year