Fish Factor: Laine Welch signs off in final column
Undercurrent News is featuring 'Fish Factor', a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch
Editor’s choice: Viciunai on the defensive; Canada crab price talks tricky
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
AquaChile took $36m loss on sale of Costa Rican tilapia unit
Chilean salmon powerhouse Empresas AquaChile took a $36.4 million loss when it sold its Rainforest Tilapia unit to Costa Rican seafood processor and exporter Industrias Martec
New Riverence, Clean Label partnership takes ready meals coast to coast
'We were able to take their trout and create ready-to-eat meals that have zero chemicals and an extended shelf life of 35 days refrigerated' -- Marwan Moheyeldien, Clean Label's CEO
Pacific, others to benefit from Princess Cruise Lines’ ‘Wild Alaska Seafood’ program
Princess Cruise Lines announced its 'Wild for Alaska Seafood' program on Thursday, saying it will offer 30 'distinctive' Alaska seafood dishes with featured items every night
Alaska, Maine, Maryland legislators celebrate visa expansion for seafood sectors
'Today’s supplemental H-2B visa release announcement from DHS is of critical importance to the Alaska seafood industry' -- senator Lisa Murkowski
Atlantic Sapphire lands $25m credit facility
The credit facility, which has been tied to the company's phase two construction efforts, is to be repaid in three months
Former Russian crab importer: Latest pivot not a short-term move
'I just had a sense that this was going to get messy. We had contracts out there for multiple loads and we simply started canceling them all' -- Stuart Kozloff, International Seafood Ventures
Fishin’ founder’s new Ren plant follows Beaver Street into Walmart skin-packs
Both Ren and Beaver Street are moving into regions previously exclusively supplied by Norway's Mowi from its plants in Miami, Florida, and Dallas, Texas
Norway salmon prices push NOK 100/kg, with Scottish, Chilean still high
Spot prices for Norwegian farmed salmon are pushing the NOK 100/kg level once more, while Scottish are either flat or up, and the dip in Chilean prices could flatten or even rebound