Hodges: Murkowski, Sullivan ban on Russian seafood would also hit US
'The intent of this bill is good and I personally support the re-opening of the Russian market to US seafood producers, but this is not the way to success' -- Les Hodges
Siam Canadian: No improvement on the horizon for global freight costs
Even if container costs eventually drop, Siam Canadian chief Jim Gulkin believes the lower, four-digit pre-COVID prices are 'a thing of the past'
Trident names Scherer to head its European operations
Thomas Scherer has been promoted to managing director of Trident Seafoods Europe in addition to his current role as managing director of Pickenpack Seafoods
Other Maine lawmakers join push for more details from China lobster deal
'The phase-one deal was opaque and questionably enforceable from the outset' -- senator Angus King and representatives Chellie Pingree and Jared Golden
Big Canadian fishing unions in war of words with new minister
'Recent comments made by minister Murray highlight the minister’s singular focus on ocean conservation and lack of regard for the fishing industry...' -- joint statement by FFAW and UFAWU
NOAA advances plan for 2022 Atlantic sea scallop season with 13% reduction
NOAA has moved much faster than last year to get its new scallop framework proposal published, meaning the rules could be in effect close to when the 2022 season starts
Alaska nets more than half of USDA’s $50m in COVID seafood relief funds
'Not everyone had the ability to work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic' -- Alaska senator Dan Sullivan
Peru’s fishery exports drop in November on lower frozen, cured sales
Peru exported some 44,700 metric tons of fishery products worth $118.2 million in November, down by 37% in volume and 18% in value compared to the same month of 2020
Vietnam expects export turnover to reach $9bn in 2022
The Vietnamese seafood industry expects seafood stocks to grow positively in 2022, with an export turnover forecast to reach $9 billion
Russian frozen fish rail transports double in 2022
In January 2022, the total volume of frozen seafood sent by rail freight from Russia's Far East reached 58,500t, according to railway giant RZD