High Liner able to pass on most cost hikes but more on way
'In terms of the cost and price piece, we've been very pleased at how we have been able to pass on price when necessary to cover our cost increases' -- Paul Jewer, High Liner Foods
Then there were two: PE vies with Premium for $600m crab, lobster supplier
A PE firm looking to get into the seafood sector is competing with Canadian food group Premium Brands as sale process for Champlain's C&E Seafood nears a conclusion
France’s Ocealliance snaps up family-owned Boulogne-based fish trader
The major French distributor has acquired FFG Maree and associated trader J-Trade, together based in the key Channel port of Boulogne-sur-Mer
EJF claims Chinese trawlers granted licenses in Madagascar have history of illegal fishing
A fleet of Chinese vessels which was previously caught fishing illegally in West Africa has been approved for trawling by the Malagasy authorities, it wrote
Editor’s choice: Russia sanctions would ‘devastate both sides’; PE puts US lobster firm up for sale
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Del Taco chain launches shrimp dishes in time for Lent
Del Taco serves more than three million guests weekly at 600 restaurants in six states
Ecuador diverts Russia-bound shrimp to safer ports
The Ecuadorian shrimp sector plans to divert export containers bound to Russia to other ports until the market can be reached safely
NGOs raise concern over rapid growth of Antarctic krill industry
In 2020, vessels caught 450,000t of krill, the highest volume in a decade, leading to fears it could very soon reach and push to increase the 650,000t cap
Possible US ban on Russian seafood still in play after bill’s failed sprint to passage
Massachusetts companies should be 'processing American Alaskan pollock, not the authoritarian pollock of Russia' -- Alaska senator Dan Sullivan
Shrimp Insights: Ecuador carved out top spot for US shell-on imports in 2021
Although it continues to lag behind India in terms of total sales volumes, Ecuador's shrimp exporters supplied 37% of all the US' shell-on shrimp last year