Clearwater finally sees benefits of delayed shrimp, turbot vessel
Clearwater's long-awaited new coldwater shrimp and turbot vessel partially offset sales drops for snow crab and lobster, according to the first quarter report of Premium Brands
Premium sees ‘positive signs’ for lobster biz, works on deal for $220m-turnover firm
Canada's Premium Brands is working on the acquisition of a CAD 300m, or $220m, seafood company while also noting light at the end of the tunnel for its lobster division
Sykes, Klaas Puul parent passes $400m turnover in ‘challenging’ year
The acquisitive parent company of Sykes and Klaas Puul saw turnover rocket in its latest financial year, but its pre-tax profit took a hit from one-offs
Canadian court quashes DFO decision to approve Nunavut fishing licenses for Clearwater
A federal court judge says the decision by then-fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan to reissue fishing licenses to a coalition of seven Mi'kmaq First Nations as part of the sale of Clearwater Foods was unreasonable
Canadian scientists see signs of ‘cooler’ Atlantic
Measurements taken during the spring acoustic survey by DFO showed temperatures throughout the water column back to normal or below normal
Polar Seafood warns of potential legal action with Greenland fisheries reform set to up-end sector
A draft fisheries bill has proposed that private companies like Polar will have to sell quota, while state-owned businesses like Royal Greenland can maintain a share of up to one-third
Royal Greenland enacts cost controls following $38m loss in 2023
Among the key challenges was a loss in business in Chile after that firm lost its approval for export to China, and a collapse in the US market also hit the firm hard
US shrimp imports a little better than flat in first quarter
Shrimp prices continue to descend in the US, but volumes are keeping pace and even rising a little, based on the latest seafood trade data published by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Former North Pacific, Eastern CEO Miki shifted to Marubeni’s sugar refining division
Much-traveled seafood veteran Tom Miki has been moved out of seafood to become the next president of the Japanese conglomerate's sugar refining division
Latest science for Atlantic Canada’s coldwater shrimp stocks shows mixed results
A presentation by a shrimp scientist at Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans offers some clues as to what kind of quotas fisheries minister Diane Lebouthillier might announce soon