By Neil Ramsden

Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week 

By Jason Huffman

The US House of Representatives has voted, 222-210, to pass HR 4521, the America Competes Act, including a provision that would expand SIMP to cover all species

Roxanne Nanninga was senior director of sustainability at Thai Union for over four years, working under Darian McBain, who left the company last summer

By Neil Ramsden

Prices for 600g-or-under mackerel from Norway have started the year at or near NOK 18/kg, while frozen herring export prices have been falling since the turn of the year

By Louis Harkell

Consumer confidence in imports showed signs of recovery last year; meanwhile, China's seafood exports rose 15% y-o-y to $21bn, the second-highest level on record

'The situation continues to unfold, and we are deploying best practice measures to counter the heat of summer and other contributing stressors'

Norwegian krill company Aker BioMarine has established an office in Tokyo, Japan, as it looks to expand sales of nutraceutical ingredients in Asia

By Neil Ramsden

'I think foodservice will always be a very strong source of demand; hopefully retail will become stronger, but as an industry, we need to educate consumers to understand that seafood is easy'

By Jason Smith

Undercurrent reporters were on the ground in force at the US National Fisheries Institute's GSMC held recently in the US city of Orlando, Florida

By María Feijóo

Farm-gate prices for vannamei from Indonesia rose further across the country's main farming regions of West, Central and East Java and West Nusa Tenggara in week four