Long term head of Canada fish workers union resigns
Earle McCurdy is stepping down after 21 years as president of FFAW
Morrisons plans to expand seafood plant sales to external customers
Turnover for its seafood processing plant were £78m for year ending March 2, 2014, as retailer states plans to expand sales to third party customers
Sykes FAS-focused sales director resigns as new MD, shareholder beds in
Family-owned UK firm Sykes has parted company with its FAS focused sales director, as relatively new managing director and shareholder with background in shrimp beds in
Clearwater brings in former Unilever, CSM exec as head of global supply chain
Canadian firm hires a veteran of Unilever, Saudi Arabia-based agribusiness group IFFCO and bakery firm CSM as its president of global supply chain
Havfisk reaps in benefits of modern fleet; 22% higher cod prices
Norwegian catcher in good position to benefit from price increase as it has kept a substantial amount of its cod quota to catch in Q4
Ramoen sells FAS filleting trawler, orders newer, bigger model
Norwegian whitefish catcher AS Ramoen has agreed to sell its vessel, one of Norway's only three remaining FAS filleting trawlers, to a South African group
Christmas ‘the cut off point’ for escalating coldwater shrimp prices
The end of the year will see European businesses evaluate their operations in the sector, predicts sources, as prices continue to rise; now beyond what is justifiable?
OCI pushing to get new Nova Scotia JV shrimp plant M&S certified
Ocean Choice processing in new coldwater shrimp plant, a JV with Premium Seafoods, which it hopes to have certified to Marks and Spencer standard by next year
Big Prawn tells provenance story on Canadian, Indonesian shrimp products
Big Prawn to follow up Waitrose launch of branded Canadian coldwater shrimp product with strong provenance story, with Indonesian farmed products similarly highlighting the origin, for Ocado
All-time low rouble, liquidity issues, upping pressure on Russian importers
Importers are suffering losses as devaluing rouble and liquidity issues have kept wholesale prices down, while importing prices have soared due to ban