US snow crab import volumes 9% ahead of 2020 pace with 63% y-o-y price jump
The US looks to have imported 9% more snow crab in 2021 and paying 78% more for it than in 2020, but that's before counting December
US shrimp imports beat 2020 pace with room to spare
The US imported 807,865 metric tons of shrimp worth $7.2 billion in the first 11 months of 2021, more than the volume and value imported throughout 2020
Indonesian gov’t plans network of ‘aquaculture villages’
The initiative is an effort to rapidly grow Indonesia's production of shrimp, lobster, crab and seaweed in a bid to speed up post-pandemic recovery
Recap UCN’s top seafood scoops from holiday period
Undercurrent News' team was busy producing scoops while readers around the world were on their Christmas and New Year breaks
Editor’s choice: McIntosh talks shrimp; Maruha, CDQs in talks to buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor with Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
China’s Dongxing port set to reopen on Jan. 10
Products requiring cold storage, including fruit and seafood, will be prioritized for unloading
Vietnam targets near-50% growth in shrimp export values by 2025
VASEP believes the country can hit $5.6bn in export turnover, growing at 9% annually; a target Fimex's chair thinks is achievable
Maryland lawmaker pushes amendment to bolster blue crab industry workforce
Over 136,000 guest worker visas have been applied for to handle the period that runs from April 1 to Sept. 30, but only 33,000 are available -- US representative Andy Harris
‘It’s fun for a change’: Washington state crabbers start Dungeness season big
'It's an exciting time to be a shellfish biologist with all these species doing well. It's fun for a change.' -- Daniel Ayres, Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife
US mussel grower seeks more acreage to overcome green crab problem
'In essence, we can no longer count on historical patterns for seed recruitment, so we have to look to catch the seed in the water column where the green crab can't reach it ...' -- Alex de Koning