Tuna, shrimp lead Vietnam to stronger seafood export start in 2024
Vietnam exported $1.3 billion worth of seafood in the first two months of 2024, 23% ahead of the pace kept in the first two months of 2023, reports the Vietnam Seafood Exporters and Producers
Marubeni’s domestic trader ready to forge an export path, promote land-based salmon
After merging the global seafood trading business from Japanese conglomerate Marubeni on April 1, the new company 'will steadily strike out on its own,' said Benirei CEO Masayuki Yano
Imported bluefin tuna prices plummet 20% in Japan due to high inventories, low demand
Imported bluefin tuna, one of the highest grade species for sashimi, is seeing price falls at wholesale and retail markets in Japan because of sluggish demand across East Asia
Bigeye tuna prices edge up in Japan as ranched bluefin softens
The wholesale prices of frozen bigeye are edging up at the Misaki Fish Market in Miura, a Japanese tuna processing cluster, following a short supply in January and February
Bass, bream firm Kilic’s deal for stricken rival just needs Turkish authorities’ approval
Turkish seafood giant Kilic Deniz Urunleri Uretimi Ihracat, commonly known as Kilic, is reportedly moving closer to acquiring Agromey
Turkish tuna ranchers eye China after Japan sales surge
After a successful push into Japan, Turkish bluefin tuna ranchers are targeting markets in China and South Korea, as well as in the Middle East, as they look to more high-growth markets
Indonesia invites Turkish investors to develop bluefin farming in the country
Indonesia's Maritime Affairs and Fisheries Minister, Sakti Wahyu Trenggono, has extended an invitation to Turkey to invest in Indonesia's tuna farming sector following a visit to the country
China’s ban on Japanese seafood hits Kyokuyo’s overseas revenue
Kyokuyo also intends to dissolve its bluefin tuna farming JV Kyokuyo Feed One Marine, claiming that wild resources have sufficiently recovered
UK gov’t considers setting up Guernsey tuna fishery
Currently, landing tuna is banned in the Bailiwick of Guernsey, where there have been increasing stocks of Eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna
Mediterranean bluefin surplus in Japan prompts price drops
Prices for frozen bluefin tuna have plummeted in Japan, with surpluses of farmed bluefin tuna from the Mediterranean region flooding the market