Diversified tries calming Boston exhibitors with list of 73 pre-registered buyers
'Wakefern staff will not be attending in any capacity' -- Thomas Domenico, procurement manager
Strong start to 2022’s Ecuador shrimp prices suggest another growth year
Despite a continuous drop since October, Ecuadorian shrimp ex-farm prices are up by almost $1 per kilogram in January compared to the same month a year before
Spain’s Profand appoints board of directors, Caladero name disappears
Profand has completed a corporate restructuring after the entry, last September, of the investment arm of Banca March, Corporacion Financiera Alba
Editor’s choice: Fisher King initiates sale process; Maruha, CDQs buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Bornstein expands into Alaska processing with lease takeover
The plant in the city of Seward, Alaska, a community of 2,700 people on the Kenai Peninsula, will process salmon, halibut, black cod, cod and pollock, Bornstein Seafoods said
US House passes trade competitiveness bill with SIMP expansion provisions
The US House of Representatives has voted, 222-210, to pass HR 4521, the America Competes Act, including a provision that would expand SIMP to cover all species
Another sustainability exec leaves Thai Union, joins XpertSea
Roxanne Nanninga was senior director of sustainability at Thai Union for over four years, working under Darian McBain, who left the company last summer
No parties happy as Scotland surprises fishing sector with cod protections
The Scottish government had made changes to fishing regulations designed to protect cod stocks, and these went down poorly with fishermen; the changes have since been rolled back
Land-based grower tru Shrimp launches initial public offering on Nasdaq
The Minnesota company is making available a combination of 1.5 million shares of common stock and warrants to buy shares
Watch: Ecuador value-added shrimp sales surge set to continue
Ecuadorian shrimp exports to the EU rose by 30% in 2021 while exports to the US grew by 56%, a growth mainly driven by greater sales of value-added shrimp products to both markets