The fall -- from 32% in the first half of 2023 -- is down sharply in recent years, with VARPE claiming it was around 60% in 2019 Continue reading
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Russian Fishery CEO predicts ‘sharp’ rise in pollock surimi prices with Bering Sea output down
Savely Karpukhin, CEO of Russian Fishery, told Undercurrent News that Russia's production would be down by around 10% from the levels forecasted at the start of the year Continue reading
Russia’s Inarctica ups H1 sales, but ‘unpredictable’ natural causes hit biomass
After a biomass reassessment, the company reported a net loss of RUB 1.4bn; the decline in salmon volumes was caused by unusually low water temperatures and jellyfish Continue reading
Rabobank: China’s seafood appetite upscales despite slower growth
China's massive seafood market is shifting toward higher-value products like shrimp, wild-caught fish and deep sea species, according to a new Rabobank report Continue reading
India’s Jeelani becomes latest to add VAP shrimp offering with 10,000t factory
The new factory, which Jeelani hopes will be operational by the end of the year, is part of an effort by the firm to compete with Vietnam and Thai processors in the VAP space Continue reading
Russian spring pollock season ends with surimi output up 40%
Landings of pollock in the Sea of Okhotsk after the 100-day fishing season came to 830,000t, up 3.2% y-o-y, but a far greater proportion of that ended up as surimi this year Continue reading
Russia’s pollock, herring catches off to a flyer after 2023 saw increased volumes
By mid-January, Russian Far East landings of pollock amounted to 115,000t, up 9% y-o-y, while landings of Pacific herring hit 36,000t, up nearly 70% Continue reading
Russians see Alaskan pollock ‘monopoly’ the only result of new US trade ban
While the Alaskan sector has largely proclaimed the expanded measure on Russian seafood as a win, the Russian whitefish sector foresees little added impact Continue reading
Russia happy to have hit 85% TAC utilization in 2023
TAC utilization levels, notably for those of pollock, are expected to increase in 2024, according to Rosrybolovstvo Continue reading
US lawmakers push Customs to better enforce anti-Uyghur forced labor law
The letter is just the latest response on Capitol Hill to the Outlaw Ocean Project report published in the New Yorker on Oct. 9 Continue reading
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