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Alaska’s Sitka herring roe fishery exceeds 6,000t mark

Only two processors -- Silver Bay Seafoods and Icy Strait Seafoods -- are processing herring in Sitka this year, compared to five processors last season

Canada’s Ocean Choice takes majority ownership in troubled crab plant

The company has partnered with a Prince Edward Island carb harvester for a joint venture to take over operations at a small Newfoundland factory

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Norway mackerel export price eases again, herring, fillets stable

Canada’s BC roe herring fishery sees 24% catch increase amid short Hokkaido harvest

Norwegian mackerel prices to EU push higher, herring prices stay low

Russia revises 2025 TACs up, plans for increased 2026 catches

Norway mackerel export prices stable, whole herring, fillets diverge

South Korea’s seafood output drops 2%, with tuna growth offsetting coastal declines

Norway pelagic export prices stable as mackerel sets yet another record in February

Russian landings of Pacific herring remain higher y-o-y

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Maine negotiates Sea Grant reprieve, restores funding from Trump administration

NASF 2025: High Liner woos young North Americans to replace red meat, poultry with seafood

Canadian fishermen disappointed herring moratorium will continue to 2026

Japan’s Nichimo opens Hokkaido surimi block plant with 5,000t capacity

Norway herring, mackerel export prices on upward slope

ISI hails ‘turnaround year,’ confirms deal for Argentine cold store

Cod from Iceland Seafood International (ISI). Credit: ISI

Silver Bay Seafoods to continue Sitka roe herring ops despite weak demand

Canada raises Pacific herring harvest rate to 6,994t despite stock collapse concerns

Norway mackerel export prices dip in week 6, herring continue slide

Herring sushi. Credit: Marianne Aronsen/ Sjomatradet (2016)

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Newfoundland still plans US trade office despite Trump tariff threat

Nowaco seals exclusivity deal for Irish pelagics

Japan’s major ports see 6% drop in 2024 landings, lowest on record

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Scottish fleet kicks off Atlanto-Scandian herring season in northern Norway

Norway mackerel export prices see sharp upturn, herring slide

Russian landings of Pacific herring strengthen y-o-y in January

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Canada not out of woods: $314m feed trade at risk from tariff threat

Alaska slashes 2025 Sitka roe herring quota amid weak Japanese demand

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Norway herring fillet export prices dive, mackerel dip again

Herring fillet export prices saw some volatility throughout December, and January had then seen them back at a high

free read Norway, Faroes agree to cut shares in Norwegian spring-spawning herring quota

Under the terms of such agreement, Norway will receive a share of 64.18%, while the Faroe Islands will have a share of 10% of the total herring quota for 2025, set at 257,871t

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aquaculture

Pelagia to open new mackerel filleting factory in 2025 as part of value drive

ICES recommends cutting North Sea herring landings 22% in 2025

Official data shows Americans are eating less canned seafood, TikTok says otherwise

prices

Norway mackerel export prices start 2025 high after booming year

Norway herring export prices take step down, mackerel remain stable

Norway herring prices firm after record month, mackerel steady too

companies

German dairy giant’s canned fish consolidation play still in competition review

Canadian snow crab harvesters demand info from dockside monitoring agency

Canadian shrimp harvester, processor co-op buys out partner in CAD 100m deal

people

free read Pelagics action group pushes FIP deadline back to 2026

HR exec Grant returns to Silver Bay from Peter Pan

m&a

Canned fish consolidation: Muller’s Lisner closes deal for Graal

Austevoll subsidiary sells pair of pelagic trawlers in $177m deal

Herring collapse on the horizon without urgent action, says industry group

retail

Japanese industry mulls Hokkaido chum market position with sockeye, coho prices set high

Herring quota cuts threaten Canadian cannery future

Alaska creates committee to revitalize herring sales

processing

Strong biomass, weak interest again for Alaska’s Togiak sac roe herring fishery

Japan’s Toyosu Market dried herring roe auction price soared 57% to $612/kg amid supply crunch

Canada’s frozen herring roe output sees sharp falls to estimated 600t

fishing

EU introduces 8 new duty-free quotas for Icelandic seafood

Canadian conservation group raises concerns about herring stock data

Scotland’s Peterhead port breaks fish landings record, surpasses last year’s total