Vietnam, South Korea sign free trade deal
Deal could benefit seafood exports
Vietnam eyes $1.3bn leap in seafood exports value for 2014
Strong growth seen in first nine months indicate annual exports could rise by nearly 20% to $8bn, said VASEP official
Shrimp now Ecuador’s top non-oil export
Shrimp passes bananas in revenue through October for Ecuador and is now the most valuable non-oil export
Safeway-Albertson’s merger speeds Phil Gibson’s independent consulting firm launch
Responsible Seafood Solutions kicks into action Jan. 1 with aim to connect clients with suppliers, as 23-years Safeway veteran Gibson has done since entering consulting with Encore two years ago
True World UK arm plans processing expansion for national accounts, retail
As UK division of US-based sushi distribution firm introduces a farmed flounder from South Korea to the UK market, its director is gearing up to move to a new plant and start processing in 2015
Thailand aims for 30% growth in frozen food exports in 2015
Thai frozen-foods exports are expected to grow by 29.6% next year, thanks in part to recovering shrimp shipments, but sector has other worries
India plans to convert 40,000 acres of swamp to shrimp farms
Following a successful test of the technology, Sampurn Agri Ventures is looking at funding options for the project which could create 10,000 jobs
2014’s most-read, top 20: Dungeness crab prices; El Nino approaches; US downgrades Thailand on TIP report
Malaysia’s largest shrimp farm to create 3,000 jobs
Malaysia’s largest shrimp farm is set to create more than 3,000 jobs in the northernmost part of Sabah, said chief minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman
Big Prawn turnover, profit edges up amid high shrimp prices
UK processor reports firmer results in latest financial year, for a year in which prices for coldwater and warmwater shrimp were at high levels