Russia’s Barents Sea shrimp fishery just weeks from gaining MSC
26 vessels should gain the Marine Stewardship Council standard in July, in news described by Defa's CEO as 'perhaps the most positive news for 2021'
Norwegian shrimp expected to see price lift through summer
Global coldwater shrimp supply was flat in 2020, thanks to a lift in Greenlandic catches; Norway's landings, and prices, fell, but there is hope the situation is now improving
Espersen buys coated fish business from Royal Greenland
Espersen has inked a deal to fully acquire the coated fish business from the plant in Koszalin, Poland it acquired from Royal Greenland four years ago
Sykes, Klaas Puul owner plans €40m expansion in Morocco
First of two factories will be for recovery of shrimp shells for further use in medical and pharmaceutical industries, the second will be value-added plant for shrimp and whitefish
Russia’s shrimp imports from Greenland spike as domestic landings fall
Russian coldwater shrimp landings are down sharply year-on-year, but they are being replaced, and supplemented, by imports from Greenland
Irish fishing fleet could be slashed due to Brexit
The cuts will ensure those left in the industry can survive on a sustainable footing, according to an interim government report
UK’s Big Prawn sees COVID slash its bottom line
The UK importer and processor saw its profits fall 88% for the year ended May 31, 2020
NASF 2021: Recap all the news from last week’s event
Undercurrent News reported live from NASF 2021, which was held online this June as a result of its coronavirus-related postponement from March
P&P, Samherji JV brands new Norway-UK deal ‘smoke and mirrors’
The new trade deal, which will cut costs for imports of haddock and shrimp for seafood processors, does not contain any form of fisheries quota share
Norway, UK FTA to ease shrimp, whitefish trade
The new trade deal means zero duties on frozen peeled coldwater shrimp imported by the UK from 2023, and no duties on fresh and frozen whole whitefish