Canadian lobster dock prices plummeted weeks before ‘Dumping Day’
Just weeks before Canada is set to open its biggest lobster fishing areas, harvesters there have seen dock prices dive as much as CAD 4.00/lb
$36m in relief paid so far to Maine lobster harvesters over Chinese tariffs
'Unfair retaliatory tariffs as well as the COVID-19 pandemic that has closed restaurants and reduced exports have placed increasing financial pressure on Maine’s hardworking lobstermen and women' -- Susan Collins
No ‘blue wave’ but US election results to challenge seafood industry
'If [the Biden administration doesn't] involve industry in the process ... [i]t's just going to be the pendulum swinging back and forth' -- Leigh Habegger, Seafood Harvesters of America
August 2020 US shrimp imports were hard act to follow, but September tried
From dockworkers to CEOs, how US seafood spent nearly $770k on 2020 election
Undercurrent has pored over FEC records to identify how much the seafood industry has spent on the 2020 US election, spotting the biggest contributors and recipients
UCN panel: US election ‘blue wave’ could bring seafood industry mixed blessings
Undercurrent News' five-person webinar shared their best predictions this week for what could happen to the seafood industry as a result of the 2020 US election
Tune into UCN webinar today on US election’s impact on seafood supply chain
Among the many topics the group will discuss during the 90-minute meeting are issues related to wild harvesting, aquaculture, trade and pandemic-related relief
Seafood wholesalers’ lawsuit accuses Trump of using trade bailouts to win votes
The Houston Seafood Company, Gulf Marine Product Co. and Ningbo Trading Company say they're out almost a combined $2 million due to the China trade war
US scallop demand re-ignites enthusiasm for imports
'[O]nce the imports start to permeate the markets here, it should help to stabilize pricing for the balance of the season' -- Joe Furtado, Eastern Fisheries
Alaska’s Sullivan in dead-heat Senate race with salmon harvester
Alaska senator Dan Sullivan, who has benefited more from US seafood industry campaign contributions than any other candidate, has just a 1% lead over his challenger