Yumbah snaps up Australia’s largest mussel farmer, processor
The deal will accelerate Eyre Peninsula Seafoods' growth while building complementary capability and operational synergies with Yumbah, the latter said
Florida spiny lobster season kicks off amidst reports of hot-tub-like conditions
'These lobsters, they're very mobile. Are they going to hang out and put up with [such high temperatures]? No, they're going to go to a more acceptable environment' -- Bill Kelly, Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen's Association
High prices to drive NZ’s export revenue up 8% despite volume drop
New Zealand's seafood industry is experiencing growth for the second consecutive year, with export value expected to reach NZD 2.1bn for the year ending June 30, 2023
NOAA designates Alaska as promising region for aquaculture, but with unique challenges
Though the opportunity for aquaculture in Alaska is promising, it may not be as attractive as the other two AOAs -- California and the Gulf of Mexico -- due to restrictions on finfish farming
Aussie minister urges China to drop import restrictions amid slow progress
Murray Watt, Australia's minister for agriculture, fisheries and forestry said lifting restrictions 'is in both Australia's and China's interests'
New Zealand halves rock lobster daily quotas to increase abundance in Northland
Changes came into effect at the start of the new fishing year on April 1
Oceana uses US seafood import data to make case for SIMP expansion
The report follows one day behind a letter by lawmakers to NOAA, telling the federal agency that it needs to beef up the SIMP expansion proposal it published in December
Aussie aquaculture, fisheries value set to grow despite rock lobster, tuna price decline
Gross value of Australian fisheries and aquaculture production is set to rise by 8.2% to AUD 3.63bn in the period between March 2022-2023 and by 0.7% annually until March 2028
Australian rock lobster exporters see fewer obstacles to China trade
Australian rock lobster exporters are seeing fewer obstacles from Chinese authorities than they previously had, in a sign the country's lucrative China trade could soon reopen
US seafood imports broke record in 2022, grew trade deficit
Despite efforts to increase consumption of domestically produced seafood and boost exports, the US is going the other way -- setting an all-time record for seafood imports in 2022