August’s most-read: High Liner deal talk; Trident looks east; Shrimp price woes
Talk of more M&A activity in US frozen processing, Trident's plans for a new plant on the east coast, as well as the ongoing woes of the high shrimp prices, got you clicking
Filipino-owned tuna cannery to open in Indonesia next year
RD Corporation's factory in a fishport complex in Bitung, Indonesia, expected to start operations in the first quarter of 2014
Human rights activist still waiting for support from Thai seafood players
Andy Hall, who investigated the treatment of migrant workers, is still waiting for support from Thai seafood processors
Thai Union CFO resigns
Chan Tin King resigns as chief financial officer of the tuna and shrimp processing group, effective Aug. 31
Maruha Nichiro bearish on US, Thailand on pollock markets, shrimp disease
Low prices in pollock and EMS in shrimp mean Japanese conglomerate ‘not optimistic’ on hitting annual earnings targets for US, Thai divisions
Western Pacific tuna catches hit record levels in 2012
Catches exceeded 2.6 million metric last year, while PNA countries made record revenues of more than $240m
Spanish fishing company orders two new seiners
Two new seiners ordered by Atunsa will be built at shipyard focused on maintenance for the last few years
Saupiquet launches ‘Cooked At Heart’ tuna range
New tuna, sardines and mackerel range said to be fished in environmentally and socially responsible way