Editor’s choice: Fisher King sale kicks off; India, Ecuador top US shrimp import list
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Boston 2022: Fortune seeks to expand fulfillment business beyond Wisconsin; Bakkafrost’s new plane
The Boston seafood show is back after a two-year absence and Undercurrent News has sent a large crew of reporters to cover the event, scheduled for March 13-15
Russian gov’t mulls starting second phase of investment quota scheme
The national fisheries agency Rosrybolovstvo has held meetings with the industry and shipyard owners to determine available capacity for more newbuild projects
Big Prawn shrimp products replace Hilton in some Tesco stores
Big Prawn has started supplying Tesco with six chilled warmwater shrimp products
LatAm body baffled by lack of will to protect giant squid
600 Chinese vessels are 'irregularly' fishing in the South Pacific, according to fishing association CALAMASUR's president
Bangkok skipjack prices tumble as Manta holds firm
Prices for skipjack tuna raw material are tanking for delivery to Bangkok, Thailand, while the level in Manta, Ecuador, is still firming
Russia’s Far East pollock catch up 27%
Russia's pollock season in the country's Far East fisheries got off to a good start with 265,000t caught since the beginning of the year
Japanese demand takes Norway mackerel prices to four-year high
Spot prices for frozen mackerel spiked to their highest levels since at least the start of 2018 in week five of 2022, while herring volumes and prices rebounded
Trade insights: South Korean H&G pollock exports to China jump by 100,000t
Replenishment stocks through South Korea kept Chinese processors from running out of raw material; but how much still sits in the country awaiting onward shipment?
Vietnamese shrimp prices expected to remain firm through Q1
Prices peaked in the final weeks of 2021, and though they have eased slightly in 2022, sources expect levels to now remain firm and gradually rise until the next main harvest