Fish Factor: Tanner crab advance prices skyrocket; BOF meeting shuffle; Herring roe forecast
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Chile salmon, trout exports soar to pre-COVID levels after strong 2021
Chilean salmon exports amounted to a total of $5.18 billion in 2021, representing a significant increase of 18.2% compared to 2020, data published by the Chilean Salmon Council shows
DataSalmon: Chilean salmon prices start 2022 at high levels
Spot prices for salmon farmed in Chile rose on the US, Brazilian and Chinese markets in the first week of 2022
Seafood Watch loses key aquaculture expert Voorhees to Cargill
'It's the accumulation of the little things that makes the big things happen...' -- former Seafood Watch staffer Taylor Voorhees in a farewell note to friends and colleagues
Mowi to close Canada plant due to anti-aquaculture gov’t policies
Mowi said the 'devastating' closure of its value-added processing plant follows the Canadian government's clampdown on salmon farming in the region
Shareholders table $1.5bn offer for NRS, SalmoNor parent
A company owned by more than 50% of NTS' shareholders has made an offer of NOK 105 per share for all the outstanding shares
Scottish gov’t launches wild salmon rescue plan; no threat to farming
The government said a key contributory factor in the declining population of wild salmon appears to be climate change, and did not place any blame on aquaculture
Mowi’s high Q4 harvest volumes offset by weak margins, Canada losses
The company posted a total harvest of 117,000t for the quarter, some 11% above expectations; yet operational margins were down 10% on analyst predictions
Mowi’s salmon losses in Newfoundland more severe than might’ve been hoped
The new data indicates Mowi lost at least 1.3 million salmon at its NL operations in the last four months of 2021, about 300,000 more than an earlier best-case projection
Russian frozen fish prices weaken in week two
In the country's Far East, spot prices for pink salmon and Pacific herring were down to RUB 140-160/kg and RUB 45-65/kg, respectively