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US wholesale: Live, frozen lobster prices drop ahead of Canadian season

China's tariffs could also assist in driving down both US live and frozen lobster wholesale pricing

Trump moves to weaken Endangered Species Act by redefining ‘harm’

The decision could fundamentally alter management of several important US fisheries

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US senator presses Trump administration over Alaska fishery stock surveys

Oregon seeks fishery disaster relief for 2024 salmon season

Maine lobster firms’ lawsuit against Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program paused

US wholesale: Prices rise on China-processed haddock, sole as 170% tariffs loom

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free read UCN proposes launch of new US wholesale price reporting for Mediterranean seabass, seabream

free read McDonald’s adds Alaska pollock to its McWrap lineup in Canada

US tariffs of 170% see China’s Guolian shift tilapia focus to domestic market

Canada’s Clearwater announces buyer for live lobster facility in Nova Scotia

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Scotland warns of knock-on impact from US tariffs in European salmon market

Investors upbeat despite eFishery debacle hitting aquatech valuations

Global farmed bluefin tuna prices rebound after 2024 historic lows

free read Week 16 US wholesale prices: Shrimp continues tariff-induced surge; Steep climbs on Iceland haddock, Norwegian salmon; Lobster tanks

US customs will make ‘case-by-case’ decisions on tariff exemptions for Alaskan fish coming back from China

Late Easter, tariff-related stockpiling boost US retail seafood sales

US scallop landings rise but dock prices keep diving early in new season

Canadian First Nations lawyer hints at deal with DFO over lobster fishing in Nova Scotia

Mexican government arrests five involved in illegal totoaba fishing

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Norway salmon spot prices stable, expected to drop for holiday weeks

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Recap day 1 from ComFish Alaska

New Jersey sushi restaurant owner seized by ICE after earlier Chinese spy conviction

Cooke seeks recusal of environmental judge over Chile salmon farm suspension

President Donald Trump signing the Modern Fish Act on New Year's Eve.

Trump quietly renews ban on Russian seafood imports

David Carrington Sr dies, founder of Harbor Seafood partner Carrington Foods

California commercial salmon fleet faces third consecutive closure

UCN adds to US wholesale price reporting team with hire from Fastmarkets

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Atlantic haddock, via Kangamiut

Norwegian, Russian CIF China H&G haddock prices drop as US trade war causes processor panic

With the 145% US 'reciprocal tariffs on Chinese goods, buying of frozen Norwegian cod and haddock, as well as Russian haddock, to process for the US market has stopped

South African seafood firm invests $1.5m in Hatch Blue’s innovation fund

South Africa-based seafood and fishing company Oceana says the investment offers access to emerging seafood technologies, international expertise and future partnership opportunities

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aquaculture

Few rally around Alaska governor’s controversial fish farm bill

Fishmeal prices steady prior to bumper Peru quota

Falklands eyes first-ever 50,000t salmon farming facility

prices

US shrimp wholesale prices rocket up amid buying surge in advance of bigger tariffs

Japanese surimi industry braces for another potential Alaska pollock price hike

Tariff-hit Asian packers scramble to make US shipments amid confusion over July 9 deadline

companies

Pacific Seafood closes deal for plant to expand in US Southeast

Canadian research group Onda awarded grant to develop rapid test kits to detect fish disease

Latest US-China tariff escalation expected to push more live lobsters into processing

people

Fathom Seafood adds 3 to executive team

Cox’s Seafood refutes ‘us-versus-them’ attitude of US domestic shrimp sector

Cargill’s 8,000 job cuts don’t spare its seafood business

m&a

Ecuadorian, European shrimp players eye stake in Spanish cooker up for grabs after owners’ Venezuela ouster

Italy’s Bolton reportedly sells another Via Ocean tuna vessel to Latin America

US squid firm Town Dock parts ways with father-son execs after buyout by Peru-backed group

retail

Thistle, Aquamar team up to bring UK value-added seafood to US retail

free read US shrimper sues Walmart in case linked to seafood mislabeling

Skills: Chilean salmon prices to Brazil slip while US market firms

processing

Fathom Seafood, private equity investor work to secure Port of Tacoma site for US plant

Comfish Alaska 2025: Governor to return two to North Pacific council, riles salmon groups

Leroy UK adds ex-Espersen exec amid expansion of Vietnam whitefish re-processing

fishing

Chinese tuna giant Shanghai Kaichuang lifts sales as profits rise at Spanish subsidary Albo

NOAA drops Dungy crab, spot prawn fisheries from West Coast ‘take reduction team’ to protect whales

Newfoundland to spend CAD 3.5m to aid growing lobster industry