Sykes plans to triple UK shrimp processing capacity after distribution center deal
Sykes is investing £35m in a shrimp distribution and processing expansion in the UK rather than building a new plant from scratch, the company's CEO and owner told Undercurrent
Morubel takes Cooke’s shrimp business past $200m with more deals in pipeline
The buyout of Morubel takes Cooke to CAD 270 million -- or $210m -- in shrimp sales, but the Canadian seafood giant is just getting started
NL processors: Harvesters should resume selling shrimp at NL plants
'I thought they wanted our plants open to sell to' -- Derek Butler, Association of Seafood Producers
Clearwater holds onto snow crab inventories as prices keep falling
The Bedford, Nova Scotia-based company is coping with the tumult in the market by postponing sales of the species and holding onto inventories until prices stabilize.
Royal Greenland’s Jarding defends Newfoundland plant’s purchase of offshore shrimp
'Lately there has been thrown much stain on Royal Greenland by [the Fish Food and Allied Workers] ...' -- Simon Jarding, Royal Greenland
EU bottom trawlers pledge to take EC to court over closure of 94 fishing areas
'If the Commission finally takes the unilateral decision to close those areas to bottom fishing, that will leave us with no choice but to go to court as that would be illegal'
Newfoundland harvesters’ second-in-command resigns, citing loss of family time
'When I accepted the position of secretary-treasurer, I promised my wife that I would not let the position dominate my life and that family would always come first' -- Robert Keenan
Despite Newfoundland price panel review, processors continue shrimp legal fight
'This is an excess of jurisdiction which causes the resulting pricing decision [for shrimp] to be invalid' -- Association of Seafood Producers in legal challenge
P&P subsidiary orders new 88-meter freezer trawler
The German firm Nordbank Hochseefischerei has ordered the construction of a huge new trawler for whitefish and shrimp from Turkey's Tersan shipyard
Part Samherji-owned Faroese firm takes delivery of new whitefish, shrimp trawler
The Norwegian shipbuilder Vard had handed over a new factory trawler to the Faroese company Framherji, which is 24% owned by Icelandic giant Samherji