Procedural move in US Congress sets up SIMP expansion showdown with Russia twist
'If you truly want to get to the Russian seafood, you need to have traceability requirements' -- Beth Lowell, Oceana
US reinstates tariff exclusions for haddock, sole, crabmeat imported from China
The tariff exclusion extensions will continue through Dec. 31, 2022, and be backwards-dated to apply as of Oct. 12, 2021
Walmart supplier Fishin’ Company plans $130m India tilapia project
According to Undercurrent News sources familiar with Fishin', the project will offer vertically integrated supply for the likes of Walmart, in the North American market
Western buyers increasingly ask Chinese processors to avoid Russian fish
Though requests have not reached a critical mass, Chinese processors worry it forewarns widening western sanctions and boycotts
Norway fresh salmon export volume rises further as price dips again in week 11
Weekly export prices for Norway's fresh salmon fell further to NOK 78.29/kg while the export volume followed the contrary trend and rose to 17,314t in week 11
Norwegian fresh cod, haddock prices drop amid peak catches, but frozen still rising
Whitefish catch volumes were considerable in week 11, resulting in a drop in prices out of Norway for the week, but still at an unseasonably high level
Prices for large, medium European bream fall further, small remain stable
Prices for large and medium seabream from Turkey, Greece and Spain, as traded in Spain, fell once again while prices for smaller sizes continued flat in week 11
Japan’s Maruha invests in US frozen food maker Happi Foodi
Maruha Nichiro announced in a press release that it has invested in Happi Foodi, a frozen food supplier based in the US state of New Jersey
Alaska closes some Dungeness fisheries to aid subsistence harvesters
'They just wanted to push the commercial operators out just a short ways' -- Kurt Whitehead, state fish and game advisory committee member
US funds lobster ‘ghost gear’ cleanup of Long Island Sound
Ghost gear might account for up to 70%, by weight, of the ocean's macro-plastics