One of the largest seafood sector deals in recent memory has officially closed 

Olympic Seafood will operate the 70-meter Olympic Prawn, which will land and process coldwater shrimp and whitefish in the Arctic Sea

The API VIII and API X will grow the group's fleet up to 50 vessels, and will be deployed in Argentina from March

'You got to become multi-species and that’s our plan' -- Stedman Letto, St. Anthony's Seafoods

By Neil Ramsden

Alesund-based Bluewild, which was founded by Tore Roaldnes after he left Nordic Wildfish in 2019, has added the freezer trawler Volstad to its fleet

The shareholders of Clearwater approved the CAD 1bn buyout of the company by Premium Brands Holdings and a coalition of Mi'kmaq First Nations at a general meeting on Jan. 7

By Neil Ramsden

With the cooked and peeled shrimp market stable in the UK, the focus for now in the sector is just preserving the market; 'we'll look at profits again late next year'

By Tom Seaman

Fridrik Thorsteinsson has taken full control of UK processor Northcoast Seafoods, buying the 50% he didn't already own from Denmark's Kangamiut Holding for close to £5m

Danny Burton has taken over as managing director of the UK operation of Iceland Seafood International, with Peter Hawkins leaving the business

By Jason Huffman and María Feijóo

The US imported 78,731 metric tons of shrimp worth $693.1 million in October, a 6% increase in volume and 5% increase in value over October 2019