With $300m Multi X deal, Cargill enters fish farming with ‘CPG mindset’
Cargill's seafood plans are in full swing, Tim Noonan, the managing director of seafood within the ag giant's Protein and Salt division told Undercurrent News
Whale entanglements force halt to almost all California Dungeness harvests
The whales got tangled up in Dungeness fishing gear off San Mateo County and in Monterey Bay
Newfoundland snow crab price negotiations $1.16 apart, widest gap ever
The US ban on Russian seafood means more concern than usual for the final price decision due from NL's Standard Fish Price Setting Panel by no later than April 4
Thai vannamei shrimp prices dive further after slight rise
Ex-farm vannamei shrimp prices in Thailand fell across all main sizes in week 12 after a slight rise during the previous week
Nowaco: Freight rates, bottlenecks causing ‘enormous problems’
Its turnover of €416.6m was a record high but high freight rates, a volatile shipping situation, and ongoing COVID restrictions undercut profits
UK fishing body warns gov’t over fuel price crisis as some fishermen see costs treble
The NFFO has written to the fisheries minister warning that for some vessels, the point at which it becomes uneconomical to go to sea has already passed
14 EU members launch new bottom fishing alliance ‘to fight back conservationists’
Fishing organizations from 14 EU members representing over 7,000 vessels have launched the European Bottom Fishing Alliance in the EU Parliament
Chinese aquafeed giant calls for tax parity with pork, poultry
Tongwei Group, China's largest producer of aquafeed and photovoltaics, has urged the Chinese government to cut taxes for aquaculture companies
Ireland announces €25.6m EU-funded schemes for post-Brexit blue economy
Two new EU-funded schemes are aimed at helping Ireland's coastal communities mitigate the impact of Brexit through the development of new marine industries
Editor’s choice: US crab importers hit by Russian seafood ban; Walmart supplier plans $130m India tilapia project
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week