US harvesters press NOAA for CARES Act details, distribution of $300m
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has 'shed no light on what they are even thinking' -- Leigh Habegger, executive director, Seafood Harvesters of America
Bloomberg Quint: Cratering of seafood markets has worldwide implications
'The global seafood industry, worth hundreds of billions of dollars, is seeing demand crater' -- Bloomberg Quint
Australia’s rock lobster harvesters go back to work, but Chinese demand still weak
Some quarter to a third of West Australia's lobster harvesters have returned to business 12 weeks after the Chinese market -- which takes 90% of the catch -- collapsed
Aussie startup helps lobsters get to Chinese hotels without wet markets
The startup, Two Hands, is working as a direct link between rock lobster producers and the hotels they supply, cutting out as many as 10 middlemen in fish markets
Australia’s largest rock lobster exporter in scramble with gov’t for freighter
It has been a turbulent start for Australia’s AUD 110m support package for air cargo flights
Trade insights: Breakdown of China’s $16bn in seafood imports
China's huge seafood imports offer a potential lifeline for companies seeing sales crumble elsewhere due to the coronavirus pandemic
Aussie gov’t puts up $70m to help exporters with China cargo flights
The Australian government is providing AUD 110m to help companies with air freight after the dive in passenger flights in the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic
Global airline slump has seafood firms opting for expensive air cargo
Australia's largest rock lobster firm is hoping to keep alive some of the country's half-billion-dollar trade of live rock lobster to China by pooling air cargo planes with other companies
New protected areas would reduce New Zealand lobster harvest
The Department of Conservation and Fisheries New Zealand is seeking public comment on the proposal until April 15
COVID-19 blog: COVID conditions improve for Maryland crab pickers
The COVID-19 virus, first discovered in China in early 2020, has been devastating to the seafood industry, but strategies discovered could prove useful for years to come