Omicron outbreak in south China upends domestic salmon market
A new wave of a variant of omicron of COVID-19 in China's fourth-largest city Shenzhen led to the closure of dine-in restaurants and a loss of seafood sales
Premium deal for $600m Canadian crab, lobster group ‘still in works’
Canadian food firm Premium Brands Holdings is still in the leading position to close a deal for private equity Champlain Financial Corp.’s lobster and snow crab processing assets
British Columbia premier warns Trudeau against letting farm licenses expire
'Regrettably there is widespread concern in coastal communities that your government is poised to make a decision in coming days that will eliminate many if not all salmon farming licenses' -- British Columbia premier John Horgan
Petition seeks to expand Alaska protection areas for North Pacific right whales
'Along with ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear is the greatest threat to baleen whales, particularly for those with critically low numbers like North Pacific right whales' -- Center for Biological Diversity
Scottish salmon exports continue post-COVID recovery in January
UK government figures show a 95% rise from £19m in January 2021, meaning in the 12 months to January, £632m worth of Scottish salmon was exported
Big US exporter to Ukraine not yet able to answer plea for more seafood
'Currently, Ukraine is in dire need of replenishment of food stocks, in particular in the part of fish products' -- public plea from Ukraine's Ministry of Agrarian Policy and Food
UK chippies face dilemma after 35% tariff on Russian whitefish
UK fish and chip shops will likely absorb the new 35% tariff on imports of Russian whitefish despite misgivings, said Andrew Crook, the head of the UK's National Fish Friers Federation
Ban or no ban, EU-Russian whitefish trade faces world of difficulties
As yet there have been no sanctions for Russian whitefish imports from EU authorities, but the threat and the uncertainty caused by the conflict is having consequences across supply chains
India’s Licious raises another $150m ahead of possible IPO
The nation's first direct-to-consumer brand to become a unicorn has raised an additional $150m from a set of late-stage investors
Qingdao steps up seafood import protocols amid Omicron outbreak
Since March 4, the Chinese port city Qingdao, Shandong province has experienced another outbreak of COVID-19, resulting in tighter protocols for frozen food imports
