Seafood Watch loses key aquaculture expert Voorhees to Cargill
'It's the accumulation of the little things that makes the big things happen...' -- former Seafood Watch staffer Taylor Voorhees in a farewell note to friends and colleagues
Mowi to close Canada plant due to anti-aquaculture gov’t policies
Mowi said the 'devastating' closure of its value-added processing plant follows the Canadian government's clampdown on salmon farming in the region
Aldi holds firm on fish finger prices with PBO pollock set for record level
'It's a surprise that Aldi didn't put the prices up. These contracts will run to the end of June, so we will see what happens after that, with the high raw material prices being discussed'
Editor’s choice: Boston exhibitor numbers dropping; US snow crab imports up
Tom Seaman, editorial director of Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Mowi’s high Q4 harvest volumes offset by weak margins, Canada losses
The company posted a total harvest of 117,000t for the quarter, some 11% above expectations; yet operational margins were down 10% on analyst predictions
Mowi’s salmon losses in Newfoundland more severe than might’ve been hoped
The new data indicates Mowi lost at least 1.3 million salmon at its NL operations in the last four months of 2021, about 300,000 more than an earlier best-case projection
Four hurricanes in 12 months cost Louisiana fisheries nearly $580m
'The landfall of four major hurricanes in a single state in such a short time frame [12 months and two days] is unprecedented in the northern Gulf of Mexico region' -- damage study
US seafood marketing campaign gets another financial boost
The Eat Seafood America! initiative has secured $2.5 million in support since it was launched by the Seafood Nutrition Partnership in April 2020
Israeli startup Plantish unveils whole-cut salmon alternative
The company reports to have a partnership with celebrity chef Jose Andres and plans to try its luck at select restaurants by the end of the year before entering the retail market
California issues first $5K fine for poaching under new law
A vessel was caught fishing in Swami's State Marine Conservation Area, one of many marine protected areas along California's coast, in December 2020