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
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
Norway’s pelagic exports drop for January, capelin fishing off Iceland remains tough
Exports of herring were down 46% in volume terms for January, with mackerel down 39%, due to lower catches year-on-year
Another sustainability exec leaves Thai Union, joins XpertSea
Roxanne Nanninga was senior director of sustainability at Thai Union for over four years, working under Darian McBain, who left the company last summer
UK ‘women in fisheries’ network launches
'Women work as female fishermen, in fisheries associations, they are fleet managers, policymakers and charity workers', the organization stated
Slow catches, strong demand drive H&G cod prices toward $5,000/t for China
Prices for H&G Atlantic cod are continuing to increase, with fishing slow and demand strong; the current level is the highest the price has been since 2008.
Hofseth Biocare sees record orders at start of Q1 despite deepening losses
Although gross operating revenue grew to NOK 87.6m last year, the firm reported a growing operational loss of NOK 115.9m
Watch: Ecuador value-added shrimp sales surge set to continue
Ecuadorian shrimp exports to the EU rose by 30% in 2021 while exports to the US grew by 56%, a growth mainly driven by greater sales of value-added shrimp products to both markets
American Seafoods brings in exec to advise on fishing, downstream M&A
PE backer of American Seafoods has brought in a seasoned M&A executive to look at both upstream and downstream deals, sources told Undercurrent News
January the ‘best month ever’ for Norwegian frozen cod exports
Cod and saithe were two of the biggest winners in a month which saw Norwegian seafood exports break value records even as wild-caught volumes fell
