Jan 27, 2025 05:59pm

It's going to take more than a snowstorm to stop Louisana's mud bugs, said one crayfish farmer

By Liza Mayer

CEO Per-Roar Gjerde, on his LinkedIn profile, lists November 2024 as the end of his tenure at the Ensenada, Mexico-based striped bass farmer

By Cliff White

'I feel like we have to be a country of law, but we have to go after bad people, not working people' -- Ocean Seafood Depot co-owner Luis Janota

The rise in Chilean salmon prices across key markets at the beginning of 2025 has sparked optimism among Chilean salmon suppliers

Undercurrent News' week 5 "market pulse" updates on US wholesale markets for various key commodities are available on our new platform 

By Amanda Buckle and Tom Seaman

The former CEO of American Aquafarms, Blue Harvest and High Liner has been brought in as a consultant for Pescanova USA following Chris Maze's exit

By Jason Huffman

'[M]arket resistance is mounting' -- Lorin Castiglione, UCN's head of price reporting for the Americas

By Tom Seaman

The wildfires that devastated parts of LA have hit seafood distributors and their restaurant customers hard, said the CEO of Santa Monica Seafood, one of the largest players in California

By Matilde Mereghetti

Clement, a pioneer in the Chilean salmon industry and founder of Multi X, shared with Undercurrent News some of his professional milestones as well as his efforts in positioning the salmon industry as a valuable economic and social contributor in Chile

By Barb Dean-Simmons

'DFO's approach reminded us of earlier initiatives from the 2000s, which failed to respect and uphold our inherent rights. Our Treaty Right to fish is not a commercial fishery' -- Wilbert Marshall, Chief of the Assembly of Nova Scotia Mi'kmaw

By Dan Gibson

After going through a modest downturn in the previous fortnight, prices for ungutted cod and haddock have both climbed sharply in the latest week

The Parlevliet family has assumed full ownership of fishing conglomerate Parlevliet & Van der Plas following the departure of the Van der Plas family

By Neil Ramsden

Vannamei shrimp exports were up 15% in volume and 9% in value for 2024, and the hope is that improved market demand, prompted by Asian national holidays, can see that continue

Russia's Federal Agency for Fisheries, Rosrybolovstvo, has authorized its fleets to harvest 10,000t of pelagic fish in the Atlantic off Morocco’s coast

Trade union Unite strongly criticized Princes Foods, one of the UK's biggest ambient food firms, for alleged union-busting practices and threats to offshore production

The Seafood Carbon Emissions Profiling Tool, developed by UK public body Seafish, will help the company monitor carbon footprints for both wild-caught and farmed seafood

A new land-based salmon farm in southern Iceland is a step closer to reality after food safety officials proposed a license for its facility to hold more than 12,000 metric tons of fish

By María Feijóo

Cod prices on Scotland's major auctions at Shetland and Peterhead saw an increase in week four of 2025, following a notable drop in the previous week

The Ecuadorian tuna industry has strongly opposed calls by Spanish trade association Anfaco to increase the EU's tariff-free tuna import quota

By Masahiko Takeuchi

The Japanese seafood giant has announced a comprehensive leadership reshuffle and strategic organizational reforms, effective April 1, to strengthen its global operations

By Lewis Hu

Fresh salmon wholesale prices in China have surged ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday

By Neil Ramsden

EMEA editor Neil Ramsden brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week  

Undercurrent News presents a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Friday, Jan. 24

By Liza Mayer Jan 24, 2025 10:03pm

The land-based salmon producer will end operations on Jan. 31, says interim CEO Andre Bravo

By Jacob Resneck

'They are quite a bit larger than Bristol Bay sockeye salmon' -- Jenni Morella, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

The Hadassa Bay was built at the Armon shipyard in Spain for South Atlantic Squid, a joint venture involving Falklands-based Beauchene Fishing and Spain's Coepermar

Live from Palm Desert, California ... it's your new favorite podcast! Undercurrent News' team of reporters recap the seafood industry's big kickoff event of the year on the new weekly series Catch the Current

By Gary Morrison

Price action for US wholesale prices in week 4 was mixed for imported, farm-raised white and black tiger shrimp, with easing in some categories but strength being maintained in peeled and deveined. 

By Liza Mayer

The company and its Dutch owner remain committed to plans despite project delays and legal hurdles, Tom Sorby asserts

By Barb Dean-Simmons

'A recreational fishing closure would be devastating for coastal economies in the South Atlantic with widespread impacts on charter captains, anglers, and local businesses' -- US senator Rick Scott