Peru fishery exports rise 11% in March on booming frozen squid, shrimp sales
Peru exported some 279,700t of fishery products worth $582.3m in March, up by 11.4% in volume and 8.4% in value compared to March 2022
Peru sets 2023 jumbo squid quota at 420,000t, down 16% y-o-y
The 2023 quota is down by 80,000t from the 500,000t authorized last year
PE-backed Spanish processor’s CEO leaves to lead fruit firm
Ramon Ojeda, former CEO of Grupo Union Martin, has left the company to join Tropical Millenium, a Spain, Malaga-based tropical fruit producer and wholesaler, as CEO
Peru fisheries see landings rise 46% as catches for human consumption soar
Peru saw its seafood landings rise year-on-year to 203,600 metric tons in March, up 46.1% in volume and 36.1% in value
China’s CNFC to merge three seafood companies, double its fleet size
Chinese state-owned fishing company CNFC Overseas Fisheries announced on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange that it would pay CNY 1.72bn for the merger
Seafood’s latest $1bn player plans European sales expansion
Spain's Profand is on a drive to push its wide range of crustaceans, cephalopods and fish into new European countries, having become the latest in the sector to pass $1bn in sales
Red shrimp leads Argentina seafood export volume’s 15% increase in Q1
Argentina's fisheries sector exported a total of 129,131 metric tons of seafood worldwide worth $471m during the first quarter of 2023, in part thanks to a notable y-o-y increase in red shrimp sales
Greater exports of frozen fish drive Peru’s seafood sales up 7% in February
Sales of Peruvian frozen fish products rose by 68.7% in volume, and 31% in value year-on-year to 81,200t worth $197.3m in February 2023
Peru fishery landings soar in February as catches for human consumption double
Peru's fisheries sector saw its seafood landings rise 88% year-on-year by volume, and 9% in value in February
Chinese squid vessels dodge Peru monitoring
Chinese squid vessels are avoiding Peru’s ports due to port monitoring