US chain Lost Cajun emerges from bankruptcy ready for more growth
The New Orleans, Louisiana-style casual dining chain with multiple seafood options on the menu now plans to keep adding six to add new locations annually
Lousiana food manufacturer buys shrimp processor
Louisiana-based Gulf Island Shrimp & Seafoods's purchase of DoRan Seafood will add 40 employees and a plant with 'state-of-the-art equipment' to Gulf Island's three facilities
Seafood veteran Townsend parts ways with Big Prawn
Allen Townsend has parted ways with UK shrimp supplier The Big Prawn Co., where he has spent the last two and a half years
Guolian plans $155m private placement to boost ready-to-eat seafood production
Guolian plans to raise up to $155m to fund the expansion of its seafood processing facilities and building a new "central kitchen" to produce more pre-prepared seafood dishes
Aftermath of Hurricane Ida leaves restaurants without fresh seafood
Supplies of fresh seafood from the US gulf coast have been disrupted
Wage violations exposed at Louisiana seafood distributor
The violations were uncovered during an investigation into allegedly unfair COVID-related dismissals at the firm
Chinese surimi firm inks $111m deal for local crawfish processor
China’s Fujian Anjoy Foods, one of the country's biggest producers of fish balls and surimi products, will become a CNY 4bn turn-over seafood company following the deal
Japan to ban crayfish import, sale amid ‘invasive alien species’ fears
The Japanese government plans to regulate crayfish imports and sales under the Invasive Alien Species Act to prevent damage to the ecosystem
Chinese shrimp giant Guolian returns to black
The Chinese shrimp giant recorded a profit of $700,000 in Q1 2021 after suffering losses in the previous three quarters amid the COVID pandemic
Bumble Bee, PAFCO among seafood giants to sue over US-China trade war
At least 20 seafood companies have sued the US government, seeking to recover tariffs, including also Hilo Fish, Seattle Shrimp & Seafood, and Sunnyvale Seafood