Peru’s fishing industry rides high on anchovy boom, sees landings soar in October
Peru's fishing sector underwent significant changes in October 2023, showing a notable increase in landings year-on-year
Ocean Experts becomes first Omani processor to meet GSA standard
Ocean Experts Fisheries, a fish processing company headquartered in Oman, has secured certification to the Seafood Processing Standard, as announced by the Global Seafood Alliance
USDA to conduct 2023 census of aquaculture
Producers who receive the survey are legally mandated to respond by Jan. 15, 2024
Spain’s Marfrio expects new Peru squid plant to be at full capacity in Q2 next year
The firm announced that its long-awaited factory expansion project that started in April 2019 in Paita, northern Peru, is set to be completed by March or April next year, Marfrio's CEO Santiago Montejo told Undercurrent News
Peru sees frozen seafood production surge in June, dip in fresh, canned
The standout performer was the production of frozen seafood, which amounted to 62.4% of the total catches aimed at direct human consumption with a staggering volume of 70,700t
US seafood import volume down 11%, value off 22%, at 2023 halfway point
US seafood imports have fallen back to Earth after a record year, reveals the latest review of seafood trade data maintained by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Nicaraguan processor works to overcome FDA misunderstanding in midst of expansion
'...[T]his is a good thing, because it provided us with things that we can fix and we're doing it. We're committed to being the best wild-caught seafood processor out of Central America' -- Ramiro Saborio, Baits and Sea Foods
FDA warns Nicaragua mahi-mahi processor over ‘serious’ HACCP violations
The US Food and Drug Administration said it conducted a foreign remote regulatory assessment of a processing facility in Mangua in May and found fault on five factors
Peru fish landings down 89% with anchovy catches for fishmeal, oil almost nonexistent
Peru saw an 89% y-o-y decrease in fish landings in May, mainly due to almost no catches of anchovy intended for fishmeal, which fell by 99.3%
Peru fishery landings rise over 6% in April as catches of squid, tuna, horse mackerel climb
Peru's fisheries sector saw its seafood landings rise 6.3% y-o-y by volume and 3.7% in value to 146,600t worth PEN 197.4m