M&A streak to continue as seafood’s ‘institutionalization’ marches on, advisor believes
'They're buying and they're buying healthy companies and looking for growth and looking for efficiency. And there are a number of attractive players out there' -- Ignacio Klieman
Russian gov’t mulls starting second phase of investment quota scheme
The national fisheries agency Rosrybolovstvo has held meetings with the industry and shipyard owners to determine available capacity for more newbuild projects
Greece’s Philosofish hires former Cromaris commercial director
Greece’s second-largest producer of bass and bream has named Giuseppe Virzi its new commercial director; he was hired from Cromaris, where he held the same job title
Big Prawn shrimp products replace Hilton in some Tesco stores
Big Prawn has started supplying Tesco with six chilled warmwater shrimp products
New Zealand’s Sanford warns of Omicron impacts on supply chain
Q1 saw market demand, and prices, improve as some regions emerged from under COVID-19 lockdowns, but the fishing and aquaculture firm warned of new impacts to come
Statt Torsk happy with farmed cod sales at over NOK 60/kg
Production from its third pilot-scale operation resulted in nearly 300t of cod sold to 'one of the largest Spanish food retailers'
Germany’s Deutsche See launches MSC-certified canned tuna
The German seafood distributor said demand for certified sustainable tuna was on the rise there
US startup Impact Food rolling out new whole-cut tuna substitute
Impact Food generally favors flavor over content, saying that its tuna might not have, say, as much protein as tuna, but it would have a more realistic taste
Champlain closed deal for US lobster supplier as sale process ramped up
Canadian private equity Champlain Financial closed a deal for a US live lobster specialist last year, as the ongoing sale process for its seafood platform ramped up
Celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay to avoid lobster roll controversy at Boston eatery
Ramsay's Kitchen, which opened Jan. 24, is serving both the Maine lobster roll and the Connecticut lobster roll
