Head of Louisiana seafood board resigns
The head of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, Ewell Smith, has resigned
Refinancing frees up Amasua to capitalize on market in flux
Krustagroup parent get banking support, freeing up vertically integrated group to take advantage of openings in Spanish market, partly created by the chaos around Pescanova
Mexico declares aquatic emergency on shrimp
Shrimp mortality rate hits 81% in southern part of Nayarit, Mexico as disease cause goes unidentified
Brazil supplier enters global shrimp market for first time in 40-year history
Attractive exchange rate and high shrimp prices beckon Brazilian shrimp industry to venture beyond its traditional domestic market focus
Waitrose taps UK street food trend with shrimp skewer
Waitrose is launching a shrimp skewer product, produced by Young’s-owned Macrae Edinburgh, to tap into the growing street food trend in the UK
Honduras expects more than $200m in shrimp exports
A treaty with Europe could help boost shrimp exports to more than $200m, says aquaculture representative
Another Thai shrimp processor dives into the red
Shrimp and cuttlefish processor and exporter Kiang Huat Sea Gull posted a net loss of THB 64m in the second quarter of 2013
Peru producer’s shrimp profit booms on 29% price hike
Camposol’s shrimp gross profit soars 93% on higher prices, offsetting a 17% drop in volumes
CVD impact on US shrimp market: Short-term ‘game changer’ on prices, demand
If the countervailing duties hold on shrimp imports, it will increase prices and hit demand in the short term, but the market will regulate itself in the longer term, sources told Undercurrent News
Disease drives shrimp supplier Seafresh into red
Thai shrimp supplier slides into red for Q2, as disease EMS continues to drive up raw material prices