Bangkok skipjack prices hit three-year high, Manta also on rise
Prices for skipjack tuna for delivery in January 2022 to Bangkok, Thailand are up over $100/t from December, with the level in Manta, Ecuador also on the rise
Recap UCN’s top seafood scoops from holiday period
Undercurrent News' team was busy producing scoops while readers around the world were on their Christmas and New Year breaks
Russian Fishery aims to drop H&G pollock with PBO prices tipped to hit $4,500/t
Russian Fishery aims to stop H&G pollock production later this year with prices for PBO fillets expected to soar to $4,500/t and surimi demand also strong
Editor’s choice: McIntosh talks shrimp; Maruha, CDQs in talks to buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor with Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
China’s Dongxing port set to reopen on Jan. 10
Products requiring cold storage, including fruit and seafood, will be prioritized for unloading
Vietnam targets near-50% growth in shrimp export values by 2025
VASEP believes the country can hit $5.6bn in export turnover, growing at 9% annually; a target Fimex's chair thinks is achievable
Maryland lawmaker pushes amendment to bolster blue crab industry workforce
Over 136,000 guest worker visas have been applied for to handle the period that runs from April 1 to Sept. 30, but only 33,000 are available -- US representative Andy Harris
‘It’s fun for a change’: Washington state crabbers start Dungeness season big
'It's an exciting time to be a shellfish biologist with all these species doing well. It's fun for a change.' -- Daniel Ayres, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
US mussel grower seeks more acreage to overcome green crab problem
'In essence, we can no longer count on historical patterns for seed recruitment, so we have to look to catch the seed in the water column where the green crab can't reach it ...' -- Alex de Koning
US lobster sales to China overcome trade war, bogus ties to COVID
Chinese demand for US lobsters has 'bounced back with a vengeance' from the damage caused by former president Donald Trump's trade war started in 2018