Agama puts focus on pelagics, salmon to boost earnings
The Russian seafood company is going into pelagic and salmon processing, in a move to improve profitability, two executives tell Undercurrent News
Currency talk dominates this year’s World Food Moscow
Russian ban on western countries has opened up business opportunities for Latin American, African and Asian fish exporters, but the ruble's weakening is clouding trading
Moscow ups goals for domestic seafood production
Russian seafood producers may struggle to meet the new national goal to produce enough to cover 85% of the country's needs
Faroe Islands selling pelagics to only five Russian importers
To deal with the shortage of North Atlantic pelagics, some Russian buyers are looking to buy from other producing countries, such as Africa or Ecuador, as well as the domestic fleet
World Food Moscow blog: Bass, bream popular in Russian foodservice, but volumes now down
Undercurrent News is reporting live from Russian capital Moscow, where the World Food trade show is taking place from Sept. 14-17
Russian Fishery investing to process herring fillets for domestic market
Russian Fishery Company, the largest pollock quota holder and a major catcher of Pacific herring, will invest in equipment to process herring fillets on one of its vessels
Russia salmon, trout, herring and mackerel imports plummet in first half of 2015
Even with Chile, the Faroe Islands and Turkey stepping in to fill the void, import volumes for key seafood species are down by up to three-quarters for the first seven months of 2015
Nordlaks downplays impact of Russia ban as earnings continue to rise
Norwegian salmon farmer and processor says Russia ban has not impacted the market as much as was feared, forecasts a strong 2015 after a strong last year
Nergard back in black amid live cod, ‘Arctic mackerel’ push
Producer invests in live cod storage and embarks on ‘Arctic mackerel’ campaign after turning around its lossmaking whitefish ops and trebling its mackerel buying in 2014
Alaska sockeye, pinks prices drop amid currency devaluations
Sales of wild Alaskan reds and pinks are facing a myriad of difficulties amidst high yields and falling currencies