Amended boundary at Cooke Nova Scotia salmon farm protects 80% of production
The ruling addresses an aquaculture site that had been operating outside of its earlier boundaries for at least 18 years without penalty
Sale process underway for $500m Canadian shellfish supplier
The company, which has a turnover of around $500 million and is highly profitable, has tasked Antarctica Advisors with running a sale process, sources told Undercurrent News
Espersen CEO says customers won’t take non-MSC cod, price premium inevitable
Espersen will not take non-MSC certified cod and haddock, which means a price differential is likely in 2022, the company's CEO told Undercurrent News
Sky-high valuations make organic growth more tempting than M&A for Royal Greenland
'The way we do our spreadsheets, we have not been able to match, in any way, some of the prices which have been obtained in the M&A market recently' -- Mikael Thinghuus
BluGlacier hires Royal Greenland’s former exec to lead premium brand sales
Chilean salmon distributor BluGlacier -- jointly owned by Blumar and Productos del Mar Ventisqueros -- appointed Chris Sandagato as sales director for its premium brands
Editor’s choice: Boston show exhibitors ‘blindsided’; Mowi moves for NTS
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
New York harvester faces expanded charges from federal sting operation
The charges resulted from Operation One-Way Chandelier, a multi-year, ongoing investigation into fisheries fraud on Long Island
Warming waters lead squid to proliferate in Canada’s Gulf of Saint Lawrence
'Can we eat our squid caught in our own waters, by our own fishermen, processed in our own factories?' -- Sandra Gauthier, the Exploramer Museum
Oregon’s Port of Garibaldi slotted for $62m upgrade
The improvements to the jetty will help harvesters navigate what some call the state of Oregon's most prime fishing grounds
Oregon sets Dungeness catch record, but green crab invasion looms
The poundage total of Metacarcinus magister surpasses the 2020-21 season, but Oregon could be facing a green crab infestation like nearby Washington state