Ecuador diverts Russia-bound shrimp to safer ports
The Ecuadorian shrimp sector plans to divert export containers bound to Russia to other ports until the market can be reached safely
Big US seafood exporter to Ukraine scrambles to find other ports
'This is not our first war' -- Alex Babadzhanov, Sogda
Norway, Scottish salmon prices dip while Chile’s keep rising in week nine
There appears to have been a small price correction in Norway as a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but prices remain historically high as the supply shortage continues
Russian fishing firm warns sanctions ‘would be devastating for both sides’
Business as usual, for now, say sources close to Norebo Holding, Russia's largest quota holder and major exporter of cod, haddock, pollock and pelagic fish
Russia-Ukraine fallout: Japan panel advises law change to revoke Russian MFN trading status
Keep clicking back to this blog for updates on how the evolving crisis is impacting the seafood sector
NGOs raise concern over rapid growth of Antarctic krill industry
In 2020, vessels caught 450,000t of krill, the highest volume in a decade, leading to fears it could very soon reach and push to increase the 650,000t cap
Tunacor subsidiary Namsov opens $20m solar-powered processing plant
Namibia-based Namsov has built the country's first solar-powered horse mackerel processing plant at Walvis Bay
Japanese aquatech, oil firms to begin joint research on blue carbon, circular economy
Japanese aquatech firm Umitron has launched a capital and business alliance with the country's top oil company ENEOS Holdings to do research on blue carbon in aquaculture
Spanish aquaculture on track for full recovery from COVID, storm Gloria in 2022
Spain's marine aquaculture firms continue to be financially impacted by the effects of the pandemic and storm Gloria, but production should fully recover by 2023
Iceland the focus of NRS’ planned $88m capex spend for 2022
NRS expects to phase out its use of triploid salmon, release the first big smolt from its new facility, and open a new Icelandic processing facility this year
