Thai shrimp raw material prices continue to drop
Prices for Thai shrimp raw material continue to trend down, with slow demand and increases in production cited as reasons
SIRF board sponsors EMS research plan
Seafood Industry Research Fund will sponsor research plan, which is primarily backed by Allfish, aimed at identifying causes and solutions to EMS
Indian researchers develop whitespot detection kit
The Mangalore-based college of fisheries has developed a diagnostic kit for the detection of whitespot syndrome in shrimp
King & Prince hires industry veteran from Rich
Nissui-owned King & Prince has hired a veteran to work on seafood buying, after losing its shrimp buyer to Darden last year
US January shrimp imports edge up with Ecuador sales up 41%
India still on top spot, but big increases in US imports of Ecuadorian and, on smaller scale, Honduran shrimp
Minh Phu 2013 sales soar by more than $150m on EMS shortage
Strong end to the year sees Vietnamese shrimp producer sales shoot up by some $150m to $531m for 2013, with operating profit soaring more than ten-fold to $18m
Oman hands out 19 aquaculture licenses
Ministry says it received a total of 31 applications for a wide range of projects, as construction on new 3,000-ton shrimp farm is about to start
Sino Agro Food to build 300,000-ton shrimp farm
Project aims to produce 300,000 metric tons of shrimp a year from farm in Zhongshan, China, once completed within 20 years' time
Bloody year for Thai tuna, shrimp processors
Most Thai seafood processors unveil losses or dropping profits for the year, in line with poor results from leading players Thai Union, CP Foods and Seafresh
‘Find-ability’ a barrier for Bumble Bee frozen expansion
Shelf stable seafood group is using in-store marketing to direct buyers to premium frozen range, having found consumers seeing its advertising and struggling to find products