China’s largest shrimp firm reduces losses, seals new partnership
Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products, China's largest shrimp company, forecast an annual loss of CNY 5m-CNY 10m due to a floundering aquaculture division
Trade insights: China’s shrimp imports recover by 12% in 2021
China imported 611,000t of frozen warmwater shrimp in 2021, according to Chinese customs data; Ecuador supplied 62%
2021 seafood M&A passes $6.5bn after explosion of outside investment
A remarkable 43% of all buyouts, mergers, investments and capital raises in the seafood sector were led by investment funds and private equity during 2021
Blue Harvest in talks with two firms to sell three US scallopers
In December, Undercurrent reported Blue Harvest had listed three vessels for sale but was looking to sell two; however, it now seems all three will be sold
Argentina’s hake sales hit record volume, value in November
Argentina's fisheries saw hake exports rising to 14,564t worth $34.8m in November, new record highs as data from the country's ministry of agriculture, livestock and fisheries show
Scottish salmon producer group blasts rent hikes
Salmon Scotland has urged the Scottish government to block plans to increase rents for salmon farms that will cost the sector 'tens of millions of pounds'
Pangasius prices to China, EU lift strongly in December
Export prices to the US market remained steady for the final month of 2021, but they rose on the Chinese, European, and Mexican markets
SVN leads way as listed Icelandic fishing firms’ values soar
Sildarvinnslan, which only listed in May 2021, has seen its share price rise more than 50% in the interim
Norway smolt firm seals $2.7m contract with farmer Bolaks
Biofish said it had 'received a significant increase in requests for new deliveries of smolt' since losing, and 'more firm contracts are thus expected to be formalized'
EU to be more dependent on cod imports than ever in 2022, processing body says
EU cod consumption is through the roof, yet the bloc's landings are at an all-time low, according to the fish processors' representative body
