Family behind US seafood giant on hunt for investor
One of the largest family owned US seafood companies is out in the market looking for an investor, sources told Undercurrent News
Forever Oceans adds 25-year aquaculture veteran Gordon to serve as COO
Ross Gordon was the president and CEO of Baja Aqua Farms, a tuna rancher in Mexico, for 16 years
SeaPak introduces southern-style jumbo shrimp
The product features nine grams of butterfly shrimp in a pickle brined breading with a sweet mustard barbecue sauce
Thai vannamei shrimp prices pick up in week six
After three weeks of continuous drop, ex-farm prices for 60- and 70-count vannamei shrimp in Thailand rose by THB 2.5 per kilogram
Fish Factor: Alaska’s nascent seaweed sector; Crew internships; Fish board members sought
Undercurrent News is featuring 'Fish Factor', a weekly column featuring the reporting and perspective of Alaska seafood journalist Laine Welch
SalMar makes $1.7bn offer for NTS, Mowi out of running
Shareholders who have pre-accepted the offer, or given their support to it, together own a total of 50.1% of the outstanding shares, SalMar said
Online trading platform moves into new species, drops transaction fees
Norway's JET Seafood also revealed that an investor, the former Regal Springs CEO Achim Eichenlaub, is now also chairman of the board
Vietnam Foods: No reason shrimp biotech can’t boom in other production capitals
VNF is keen to work with companies in Ecuador and other 'shrimp capitals' to roll out its production of astaxanthin and chitosan from heads and shells
Saudi gov’t on staff training spree to back aquaculture ambitions
The country plans to grow to an aquaculture production of 600,000 metric tons of seafood by 2030, having spent $80m on research in the last three years alone
Ghana’s Tropo Farms opens new distribution center
The tilapia farmer said the new distribution hub will enable it to better serve its customers in the capital, Accra