As economy reopens, GAPP has high hopes for latest pollock promotion funding round
'We all know it’s been a tough year all around and I think this partnership program is an incredible way for a lot of these companies to look ahead to 2022,' -- Christine Durkin
Value-added in focus ahead of Peter Pan’s first season under new owners
'A huge victory for us would be if we have double the amount of man-hours while having the same amount of fish' -- Rodger May, president of Peter Pan Seafoods
Trade insights update: May data shows Chinese H&G pollock imports pick up again
Latest trade data for May shows China's imports of Russian headed and gutted (H&G) pollock rose 7% compared with April to 45,700t
Trade insights: Chinese H&G pollock imports pick up in April but still low
China imported 39,600t of H&G pollock from Russia in April, almost double the amount imported from all origins during the entire first quarter of 2021
Norebo: Pollock prices to rise further as Russia faces supply, China export issues
Prices for Russian pollock are expected to rise over the rest of the year, as low catches, China trade difficulties, and rising freight costs are all tightening the available supply
Ex-NOAA fisheries chief Chris Oliver joins American Seafoods as regulatory advisor
Chris Oliver spent decades in US fishing regulation and prior to his 2017 appointment as NOAA’s administrator for fisheries
Global farmed, wild whitefish supply on course to grow near 4% in 2021
Kontali has forecast for pangasius and tilapia to be the large gains from the farmed segment, while global supply of cod, hake, and Alaskan pollock are still all expected to grow y-o-y
Pollock size will determine US B season product mix as PBO prices rise
Although the US pollock sector did its best to make up for lost ground in PBO block production during the final weeks of the season, those efforts fell short
US slave-labor seafood provision could make it into massive China trade bill
'The COMPETES Act strikes right at the heart of China's anti-competitive and morally abhorrent labor, environmental and digital practices' -- US senator Ron Wyden
ASMI seafood confidence-boost, Virginia soft-shell clam efforts among NOAA grant recommendations
NOAA has recommended 43 projects be awarded a combined $11 million in grants