Australia’s rock lobster firms halt exports to China amid coronavirus outbreak
Chinese orders for the crustacean -- worth close to half a billion dollars in annual Australian seafood exports -- started being canceled in the early hours of Saturday morning
Panoply of global seafood brands populate Alibaba’s Hema stores
Which of the global seafood giants have their brands in Alibaba Group's fast-growing chain of high-end grocery stores? Undercurrent News visited stores in Shanghai to find out
Brazil lobster industry faces changes from FIP
Changes include limits on delivering lobster parts and the season start date
New Zealand’s seafood industry welcomes China FTA upgrade
Since the first FTA was signed in 2008, volumes of New Zealand seafood sold to China have dropped by 17%, but value has soared by 73%
Namibia sets hake, lobster fishing quotas
The Namibian government set a total allowable catch for the 2019/2020 hake fishing season at 154,000 metric tons, stable compared with previous years
Singapore restaurant stops using claw machine game to grab lobsters
Despite public outcry over claw machine game with live lobsters, there are still hundreds in operation across the globe
Florida regulators crack down on harvest, sale of undersized spiny lobsters
A 33-year-old Florida harvester allegedly dumped a bucket of undersized lobsters overboard when he saw the blue lights of the Florida fish and wildlife vessel
Early Australian catches point to strong southern rock lobster season
Favorable early weather conditions and strong catch rates have Australian southern rock lobster fishermen optimistic about the season ahead
US Defense Department blew $4.6m on lobster tail, crab in a month, report finds
The expenditure was part of an overall $97 billion spending spree experienced in September, the last month of the 2018 fiscal year
China’s H1 seafood imports surge to $7bn
China’s direct seafood imports grew 32% to $7.03 billion in the first six months of 2019 underling the Asian giant’s seemingly irrepressible appetite for imported seafood