Multiexport’s sanitary struggles up costs, as Mitsui JV begins
Sanitary problems are not 'something that will improve on their own', says Chilean producer, as it says Mitsui JV aims to harvest 3,000t this year
French smoker in bankruptcy protection aims to hold on to December
Hit by high salmon prices and drop in ready-meal consumption due to the horse meat scandal, processor is waiting to see how December turns out
Germans ‘have to work an hour to buy 1kg of smoked fish’
Average German worker would have to put in 59 minutes of work in order to buy 1kg of smoked fish, and 58 minutes for a kilo of fresh fish, according to research from Fisch Informationszentrum
Aquachile chairman: Production in line with demand this year
Victor Hugo Puchi tells Chilean media price increases of up to 18% on salmon won't go away any time soon considering production is the right level for the 'robust' demand
Japan, US, Norway dominate world’s 100 largest seafood companies
Did you know that nearly half of the world’s largest 100 seafood companies are in Asia, and a quarter in Japan?
Mitsui investment rescues Multiexport from the red
Despite rising sales, soaring costs saw Multiexport rack up negative Q2 operational figures, but Mitsui’s $28.8m cash infusion pulled its net result out of the red
Aquachile costs rocket due to trout disease, Atlantic salmon problems
Weather incident costs company $6m as trout costs per fish rise 1,542% and high Atlantic salmon costs persist due to disease issues, among other unique problems
Aquachile eyes 46% production hike in third quarter
Aquachile plans to increase total production during the third quarter from 19,551t last year to 28,593t this year, with salmon and trout set for even bigger gains
Pesca Chile trustee aims to sell farms, fishing assets by mid-December
Pesca Chile bankruptcy trustee is assessing first non-binding bids, as he aims to sell the former Pescanova salmon farms and fishing assets by third week of December
NGO says sea lice in some Scottish farms over nine times industry limits
Sea lice in some Scottish regions are out of control and afflicted companies should be removed from the producers organization, according to the S&TA(S)