Peru wants international retail buy-in for fishing sector restructure plan
The Peruvian industry association in collaboration with NGO partners and the government is planning to restructure its fishery industry
Camposol ramps up intensive shrimp farming after successful results
Camposol, Peru’s top shrimp exporter, has invested heavily in perfecting its intensive shrimp farms and is undertaking a major expansion
PeruPez sees some recovery in giant squid fishing
PeruPez is beginning to see a recovery in giant squid landings, giving the company an opportunity to sell into a market hit by scarcity
Expoalimentaria blog: TASA predicts El Nino conditions will take longer to disappear
Undercurrent News is reporting live from Peru this week at the Expoalimentaria food show in Lima which takes place between Sept. 28 until Sept. 30
GOAL blog: India ramping up pangasius output; Indonesian tilapia production closing on China
Undercurrent News is reporting live from the Global Outlook on Aquaculture Leadership conference taking place from Sept. 19 to Sept. 22 in Guangzhou, China
Camposol boosts shrimp sales on increasingly intensive farm production
Peru’s Camposol boosted farmed shrimp volumes by 11% and enjoyed an average 7% price increase in the second quarter as it increased output from intensive farms
Caribbean fishermen seek to increase catch value
Fishermen in the Caribbean should focus on maximizing the value of their catches rather than simply trying to increase the volumes caught, a regional group believes
Philbrick joins Southstream Seafoods in sales role
Rhode Island-based frozen importer Southstream Seafoods has hired Jonathan Philbrick for its sales team, the company said
Fresh, frozen mahi prices soar to multi-year highs with US imports lowest in five years
Fresh and frozen mahi prices are tracking at above average levels this summer as inventories in the US market are limited with overall imports below the five-year average through May
FDA seafood import refusals increase 33%
Lobster, snapper, tuna and mahi rejections are driving an overall increase in regulators' seafood refusals to the US market this year