Bangkok skipjack prices hit three-year high, Manta also on rise
Prices for skipjack tuna for delivery in January 2022 to Bangkok, Thailand are up over $100/t from December, with the level in Manta, Ecuador also on the rise
UN backs Urchinomics as Japanese farm begins full-scale ops
The UN has named Urchinomics as one of only three commercial ventures in the world at this time to be formally endorsed as an 'Ocean Decade action'
Recap UCN’s top seafood scoops from holiday period
Undercurrent News' team was busy producing scoops while readers around the world were on their Christmas and New Year breaks
Russian Fishery aims to drop H&G pollock with PBO prices tipped to hit $4,500/t
Russian Fishery aims to stop H&G pollock production later this year with prices for PBO fillets expected to soar to $4,500/t and surimi demand also strong
Editor’s choice: McIntosh talks shrimp; Maruha, CDQs in talks to buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor with Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Captain White’s, longtime DC fish market, relocates to nearby Maryland suburb
In November, the business left its historic location at The Wharf, in Southwest Washington, DC, after nearly 50 years
DTC seafood leader Wild Alaskan adds ASMI marketer George
Monica George joins the Homer, Alaska-based company amidst growth and hiring spurts
Princes sees UK profits jump on lockdown sales boost
Mitsubishi Corp.'s UK subsidiary Princes Group saw pre-tax profits increase to £45.3m, up 52% compared with the previous financial year
Greek importer, processor puts €10m into new facility, NPD
The firm, which imports Norwegian salmon and packs Greek bass and bream in MAP, is opening a new site in Tripoli and is also working to grow its export business
Brexit seafood import checks to hit high-end UK restaurants, small traders
Andrew Kuyk, director-general of the UK Seafood Alliance, said new import checks may hurt smaller UK importers accustomed to the free movement of goods inside the EU