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Russian Fishery Co to promote new CEO in summer

Olga Naumova will step down as CEO of RFC, having completed a set of objectives, and Savely Karpukhin, previously the firm's director of strategy and commercial affairs, will succeed her

Editor’s choice: Canada snow crab fishery sees bidding war, potential strike looming

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

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Rising exports of crab can’t offset decline in Russian Far East’s sales to China

Espersen forecasts healthy rise in profits for 2024 after best result in 10 years

Editor’s choice: Alaska, Canadian shellfish news dominate headlines

Russia repossesses 1,000t of crab quota from Ukrainian citizen

Indian online delivery platform Licious to build 500 stores

China, US pull up Vietnam shrimp exports again, but prices ease

Vietnamese shrimp. Credit: Seabina Group

Nordic Aqua’s salmon debuts in the Shanghai market at discounted prices

Russian crab tycoon sentenced in absentia over contract killing

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Editor’s choice: Barcelona blog; Wells Fargo puts Peter Pan into receivership

Russian Fishery Company Russian pollock

Russian industry calls for 2025 pollock TAC to be stable instead of lifted

Editor’s choice: Peter Pan, Silver Bay deal saga continues, King Cove future uncertain

Barcelona 2024: Smaller sizes, low coho prices pressure Chilean salmon in US; JP Klausen to process Kiwi H&G in Peru for Europe

Russian seafood rail freight from Far East up 10% in 2024

Human rights group urges Indian gov’t, shrimp sector to probe supply chains

China shrimp greenhouse power restored after farmers commit to ending illegal water use

China’s live crab import from Russia continues to boom in 2024

Russia commences seizure of almost $4bn in crab assets

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H&G Russian pollock prices edge past $1,000/t with China short on stock

End of festival demand, greenhouse controversy see China’s farmed shrimp prices ease

Indian trade body says recent ‘forced labor’ report was ‘shot through with flaws’

Crawfish, also commonly referred to as crayfish. Credit: chinahbzyg/Shutterstock.com

Chinese crayfish season kicks off with low prices

Editor’s choice: Alaska’s Sullivan to lobby in Europe for Russian ban; Black cod prices still in doldrums

Construction begins on $260m shrimp RAS in northern China

Russia all-in on exports to Asia in Q1, crab sales to China up 25%

Russian spring pollock season ends with surimi output up 40%

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Report: Viciunai finds buyer for Russian operations

Russian newspaper Kommersant claims Ocean Group Management is looking to finalize a deal for the Lithuanian surimi firm's plant in Sovetsk

Russia reaches 750,000t pollock catch milestone in March

By March 12, Russia's pollock catch amounted to 750,000t, up 9% y-o-y, while Pacific herring landings came to 122,000t, up 50%

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aquaculture

Chinese tilapia giant enters pangasius supply chain in Hainan

Editor’s choice: Floating processors to shake up Alaska salmon scene; Lively week for Canada snow crab

China, US show promising signs for Vietnam shrimp exporters

prices

Vietnam’s shrimp exports begin 2024 strongly, but tough year predicted

Russia ‘excessively self-sufficient’ in pollock, aims to lift exports

Russia mulls exempting more exports from customs duty

companies

China claims to have rejected 43 Ecuador shrimp shipments in first two months of 2024

US wild-catch sector pushes to add Indian shrimp to child, forced labor product lists

Editor’s choice: Sysco drops Indian supplier amid abuse reports; Cod shortage in spotlight

people

Death of Russian ‘crab king’ cited as defense in $4bn lawsuit

Russian crab asset seizure involves nearly 10,000t of quotas

Belarus’ Santa Bremor switches to Turkish trout, Russian pollock

m&a

India’s Captain Fresh in talks to buy EU salmon processor, US shrimp deal still in works

Inarctica’s sales pass $300m as Russian salmon demand recovers

Russian seafood sector’s debt burden passes $10bn

retail

Sysco stops buying from Indian shrimp supplier after reports allege environmental, labor issues in sector

Editor’s choice: Boston news-fest; Wheat, soy prices will drop further; Ocean Beauty distribution sale collapses

CenSea buyer Captain Fresh has $100m-$200m for more European, North American M&A

processing

Russia pledges five new processing units in Sakhalin by 2027

Boston 2024: Regal Springs asked to ‘nearshore’ Alaska processing; Canada lobster exports to China flip script

Russian pollock sellers can’t talk A season fillet deals until 2023 stock clears at rock-bottom prices

fishing

Russia plans next $4bn investment quota scheme despite shipyards’ losses

Russia’s domestic pollock prices slide as catches mount up

Russia formally accepts WTO fisheries subsidies agreement despite domestic outcry