Mercamadrid prices for small, large European seabass increase in week 13
Prices for small and large-sized European seabass from Greece, Turkey and Spain, as traded in Spain, rose during week 13, while prices for medium sizes stayed flat once again
Bream farmer is first in Oman to achieve BAP certification
Blue Waters, an Omani seabream producer in the Gulf of Oman, has become the first in the country to achieve the Best Aquaculture Practices certification
Danish PE eyes upstream buyers as another salmon smoker goes up for sale
Maj Invest aims to have completed its sale of Vega Salmon -- the latest in a succession of salmon smokers to go up for grabs -- by the summer
Hatch launches €50m investment plan for ‘regenerative’ aquaculture
The group boasts venture partners including Kingfish Zeeland chair Hans den Biemen and Delta Blue CEO Jeff Fort, plus advisors like Einar Wathne, Darian McBain, and Magdalena Wallhoff Lamprecht
Despite fishing sector recovery, Peru’s imports remained high in 2021
Peru's fishery imports have grown by around 6% in volume and 3% in value annually from 135,300 metric tons worth $254.6 million in 2017 to 162,300t worth $304.6m in 2021
DataSalmon: Chile salmon price to Brazil finally corrects, US dips again
Prices on the Brazil market, which have been rising since December, have finally taken a downturn, while exports to the US continue to come down from a peak
UK postpones 35% tariff on Russian whitefish imports
The UK government has postponed the introduction of a 35% tariff on imports of whitefish from Russia 'subject to further work on the specific implications for the sector'
DTC darling Wild Alaskan ends holdout, boosts subscription rates 11%
Subscribers will now be required to pay $145 per month to keep receiving 12 packs containing a selected mix of frozen wild-caught salmon, whitefish or shellfish products
New US scallop season to resemble 2014’s with low landings, lots of imports
The US market saw an overall supply of 39,916t of scallops in 2021, 13% more than the 35,380t of scallops it had in 2020, even in spite of reduced domestic landings
Maine’s Belle to head National Aquaculture Association board
Sebastian Belle has served at MAA since 1984 and previously was the Maine Department of Marine Resources' aquaculture coordinator