Southwind says no to Russian seafood processed in China
US processor Southwind Foods will not need to wait for clarity on whether it can continue to buy double frozen fish fillets from China using Russian raw material
NL fishing association leader suggests CAD 10/lb is fair shore price for snow crab
Working in the Canadian snow crab sector's favor this year will be the US ban on Russian seafood imports and also the dramatic cut to quota in Alaska
Premium deal for $600m Canadian crab, lobster group ‘still in works’
Canadian food firm Premium Brands Holdings is still in the leading position to close a deal for private equity Champlain Financial Corp.’s lobster and snow crab processing assets
Petition seeks to expand Alaska protection areas for North Pacific right whales
'Along with ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear is the greatest threat to baleen whales, particularly for those with critically low numbers like North Pacific right whales' -- Center for Biological Diversity
Canadian crabbing rights dispute leaves fishers concerned for livelihood
The Tofino fishery on the west coast of Vancouver Island is the subject of a legal dispute after a government ruling on rights allocations where neither party claims to have been consulted
Fingers crossed for another banner year of Atlantic Canada snow crab
The snow crab fishery is gearing up in hopes of another banner season in 2022, buoyed by expectations of more quota, high prices and less competition from rival nations
Just one winner in Maryland visa ‘lottery’, leaving other crab processors worried
In January, 10 crab plants applied for permission to bring mostly Mexican women across the border to pick the crab meat sold in restaurants and supermarkets
US issues orders to enforce Russian seafood ban, sets March 25 deadline
Imports must arrive by no later than '12:01 a.m. eastern daylight time, March 25, 2022'
Alaska senator believes Biden order will stop Russian seafood processed in China
'So if it goes to China for processing, which a lot of it does, that is still subject to these tariffs and this blockade' -- Alaska senator Dan Sullivan
Clearwater’s resource access is ‘nice’ inflation hedge for Premium
'As a harvester, they benefit from inflation because their harvesting costs tend to be relatively fixed. So that gives us a nice hedge as well with regards to runaway inflation' -- George Paleologue