Smales sees COVID create ‘new generation’ of chip shop customer
The fish-and-chip shop supplier saw sales rise 16.6% in 2020-21, and volumes sold rise 20.4%, as coronavirus drove changes to the sector
Mowi launches new €25m savings plan as costs creep up
Mowi achieved €45m in annualized savings in 2021, ahead of its €25m target, but is still pushing hard to up productivity
Siam Canadian: No improvement on the horizon for global freight costs
Even if container costs eventually drop, Siam Canadian chief Jim Gulkin believes the lower, four-digit pre-COVID prices are 'a thing of the past'
Editor’s choice: SalMar outbids Mowi for NTS; Beaver Street seeks investor
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Trident names Scherer to head its European operations
Thomas Scherer has been promoted to managing director of Trident Seafoods Europe in addition to his current role as managing director of Pickenpack Seafoods
American Seafoods names Gustafsson as CEO, replacing Durham
Einar Gustafsson's career in the seafood sector includes executive roles at American Pride Seafoods and Atlantic Coast Fisheries
Other Maine lawmakers join push for more details from China lobster deal
'The phase-one deal was opaque and questionably enforceable from the outset' -- senator Angus King and representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden
Big Canadian fishing unions in war of words with new minister
'Recent comments made by minister Murray highlight the minister’s singular focus on ocean conservation and lack of regard for the fishing industry...' -- joint statement by FFAW and UFAWU
NOAA advances plan for 2022 Atlantic sea scallop season with 13% reduction
NOAA has moved much faster than last year to get its new scallop framework proposal published, meaning the rules could be in effect close to when the 2022 season starts
Alaska nets more than half of USDA’s $50m in COVID seafood relief funds
'Not everyone had the ability to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic' -- Alaska senator Dan Sullivan