China’s seafood imports surge to $19bn in 2022 despite COVID lockdowns
China's imports of seafood surged by 35% to $19.13bn in 2022 -- a new record that suggests the country's strict COVID-19 protocols for imports and frequent lockdowns impacted consumption less than thought
Norwegian firm buys Clearwater trawler to focus on shrimp fishing
Halstensen Bekkjarvik acquired the Atlantic Enterprise early in 2023 and will use it to catch coldwater shrimp in Norway and East Greenland
Danish fishermen finally get access to Norwegian waters
Danish fishermen welcome the EU-Norway fisheries agreement for 2023 as it finally allows access to Norwegian waters
NASF 2023: Value-added coho the star performer in Camanachaca’s ‘de-risking’ strategy
Undercurrent News is reporting live from the North Atlantic Seafood Forum in Bergen, Norway on March 7-9, 2023
Sky-high prices fail to offset ‘lowest since 2013’ February cod landings, says NSC
Bad weather and quota reductions have produced remarkably low volumes of fresh and frozen cod volumes out of Norway, although values of dried and salted fish were up considerably
UK coldwater shrimp suppliers left in dark as gov’t drops import ATQ back to 2022 levels
The UK's autonomous tariff quota for coldwater shrimp is back at 6,500t, leaving suppliers wondering if they should agree new supply contracts for 2023 or not
Patten elected president of Newfoundland fishing group
The 22-year harvester, based in Fortune, Newfoundland and Labrador, is believed to be the first woman to lead a fisheries organization in the Canadian province
Cod quota increase tops long list of Newfoundland harvesters’ requests in meeting with Liberals
'Ensuring high-speed internet and other basic services is a great endeavour, but if our federal government doesn’t make some drastic changes there will be no people left to use that internet' -- Greg Pretty, FFAW
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
Maruha Nichiro ups overseas sales to record levels after EU, US acquisition spree
Japan's Maruha Nichiro banked record sales and operating income in the first nine months of its 2022-23 financial year after a spree of acquisitions in Europe and North America