Trade insights: China’s shrimp imports recover by 12% in 2021
China imported 611,000t of frozen warmwater shrimp in 2021, according to Chinese customs data; Ecuador supplied 62%
2021 seafood M&A passes $6.5bn after explosion of outside investment
A remarkable 43% of all buyouts, mergers, investments and capital raises in the seafood sector were led by investment funds and private equity during 2021
Argentina’s hake sales hit record volume, value in November
Argentina's fisheries saw hake exports rising to 14,564t worth $34.8m in November, new record highs as data from the country's ministry of agriculture, livestock and fisheries show
Pangasius prices to China, EU lift strongly in December
Export prices to the US market remained steady for the final month of 2021, but they rose on the Chinese, European, and Mexican markets
Trade insights: Ecuador ‘most successful exporter’ of shrimp as sales hit $5bn in 2021
Gorjan Nikolik of Dutch agribank Rabobank told Undercurrent Ecuador owes much of its success to its unique low-intensity, vertically integrated production model
Peru fishery exports grew 39% in 2021 as anchovy catches rose
Peru's fishery exports amounted to $3.5bn in 2021, a 39% y-o-y growth that has been 'fundamental for the country's economic recovery, strongly hit by the pandemic', the SNP said
DataSalmon: Chilean salmon prices spike for China, creep up to US
Spot prices for Chilean farmed jumped on the Chinese market in week two of 2022 while they went on rising for the US and Brazil
Growing number of ‘blindsided’ Boston show exhibitors beg for refund or rollover
'If they were looking to do the right thing and protect us, they would let us out, but they are bound and determined to have their show' -- one of the Boston show's exhibitors
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