Fish Factor: 2021 ‘picks and pans’
Undercurrent News is featuring 'Fish Factor', a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch
A dozen new seafood restaurants to open in US despite new COVID wave
From a high-end restaurant launched by Jose Andres in Illinois to an eatery in New England that offers less-often utilized fish, new seafood joints are opening all over
UK processor Cook & Lucas beats COVID gloom with profit jump
The Grimsby-based importer and processor saw net profits after tax increase to £1.47m in the financial year to April 2021
Fish Factor: Salmon research task force announced; LEDs from fish; Seafood grants
Undercurrent News is featuring 'Fish Factor', a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch
Dongxing traders brace for cost spikes as containers block port
The suspension of customs clearance for the past few days has rapidly seen cold stores on the border between Vietnam and China fill up
Andrew Marr sees turnover drop yet profits pick up in turbulent year
The pandemic cut the group's revenue by 10%, but profits across all division actually came in higher than the previous year
Will Aldi keep fish finger packs under €1.99 even as pollock prices rocket?
'Can Aldi keep the fish finger price under €1.99? Everyone is waiting for January to see,' one European pollock sector executive says, as suppliers talk $4,500/t for PBO
What does 2022 have in store for world’s largest shrimp producers?
Robins McIntosh, executive vice-president of Thai industry giant CP Foods, believes producers in the Americas are going to take an ever bigger slice of the market next year
Cooke’s UK ops report only small dip in profit during resilient 2020
Cooke Aquaculture's UK operation, one of the largest salmon farmers in Scotland, said that business had largely continued as usual during the pandemic
China’s return to purchasing sees Vietnamese pangasius exports shoot up in November
Strong growth in sales to China saw pangasius exports leap to their highest monthly levels this year, on a par with November 2020