Fish Factor: Alaska crab seasons kick off; ASMI’s ‘fish hacks’; Symphony of Seafood
Undercurrent News is featuring 'Fish Factor', a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch
Bregal quietly netted $20m from Blue Harvest plant sale
As Bregal closes in on sale of three scallop vessels from fleet of 15, it's also emerged the PE firm netted over $20m in 2019 from divesting plant in likely sale and leaseback deal
Filipino city plans $800k seafood processing hub
The 512 square meter project near Davao City will support the processing and value-adding of locally-produced milkfish and tilapia
UK’s Tesco predicts 5% supermarket price inflation by spring
The chairman of Britain's biggest supermarket has warned 'the worst is yet to come' on rising food prices
Strong start to 2022’s Ecuador shrimp prices suggest another growth year
Despite a continuous drop since October, Ecuadorian shrimp ex-farm prices are up by almost $1 per kilogram in January compared to the same month a year before
Whitefish consumer product prices must find ‘new level’
The rising costs for whitefish raw materials such as cod and pollock mean finished product prices will rise considerably in 2022, said the CEO of A. Espersen
Spain’s Profand appoints board of directors, Caladero name disappears
Profand has completed a corporate restructuring after the entry, last September, of the investment arm of Banca March, Corporacion Financiera Alba
China’s 14th five-year plan targets aquaculture, fishing boost
The plan comes as China cracks down on pollution from aquaculture and tightens domestic fisheries management
Editor’s choice: Fisher King initiates sale process; Maruha, CDQs buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Bornstein expands into Alaska processing with lease takeover
The plant in the city of Seward, Alaska, a community of 2,700 people on the Kenai Peninsula, will process salmon, halibut, black cod, cod and pollock, Bornstein Seafoods said
