Watch: Ecuador’s Gabriel Luna on 2021 shrimp stats, prospects for 2022
The owner of GLuna Shrimp spoke about Ecuador's shrimp sector highlights in 2021 and gave his thoughts on future market trends in a 46-minute interview
Sector foresees Chilean salmon exports to China staying low in 2022
Even though 2021 has been a much better year for the Chilean salmon trade than 2020 was, exports to China fell significantly year-on-year and are expected to remain low in 2022
Fish Factor: Alaska fishing’s economic impact; Bycatch task force progress; Lease opposition
Undercurrent News is featuring 'Fish Factor', a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch
Editor’s choice: Live from GSMC; As Chinese pull out of Boston, Cooke supports show
Tom Seaman, editorial director of Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Freight rates eat into Minh Phu’s profits in Q4
The Vietnamese shrimp company saw revenues lift 7.6%, but the spiking costs of shipping meant profit after tax fell by almost 11%
Chinese seafood restaurant chain files for $200m IPO in Hong Kong
Founded in 2009, Qixintian is one of the largest seafood restaurant chains in China
Vietnam vannamei prices drop again, black tiger rise in week three
Ex-farm prices for head-on, shell-on vannamei shrimp in Vietnam fell again across all sizes during the second week of the year, while prices for black tiger shrimp rose
Korea fines shipping companies $81m for rate collusion
Most of the major liner operators and a number of regional carriers were among those fined, including HMM, SM Line, Korea Marine Transport, Maersk, and Evergreen
Vietnam province commissions new shrimp farm area
The Vietnamese province of Binh Dinh, eastern Vietnam, has secured 375 hectares for a 'high-tech agriculture and shrimp project', according to VASEP
Diversified reiterates Boston show plan, calls unspecified media reports ‘inaccurate’
'There has been speculation in certain trade media lately as to whether or not Seafood Expo North America will take place, who will be there and whether or not you should go'