China’s largest shrimp firm reduces losses, seals new partnership
Zhanjiang Guolian Aquatic Products, China's largest shrimp company, forecast an annual loss of CNY 5m-CNY 10m due to a floundering aquaculture division
Trade insights: China’s shrimp imports recover by 12% in 2021
China imported 611,000t of frozen warmwater shrimp in 2021, according to Chinese customs data; Ecuador supplied 62%
2021 seafood M&A passes $6.5bn after explosion of outside investment
A remarkable 43% of all buyouts, mergers, investments and capital raises in the seafood sector were led by investment funds and private equity during 2021
Argentina’s hake sales hit record volume, value in November
Argentina's fisheries saw hake exports rising to 14,564t worth $34.8m in November, new record highs as data from the country's ministry of agriculture, livestock and fisheries show
Watch: Thai Union exec explores foray into alternative proteins
For 'Veganuary', UCN spoke with Maarten Geraets, managing director of Thai Union Group's alternative proteins division
Delayed shift of Tesco whitefish from Hilton underway, shrimp comes soon
Shift of part of Tesco's chilled whitefish contract from Hilton to Young's is underway, with Big Prawn and Lyons set to take on portions of warmwater and coldwater shrimp
Trade insights: Ecuador ‘most successful exporter’ of shrimp as sales hit $5bn in 2021
Gorjan Nikolik of Dutch agribank Rabobank told Undercurrent Ecuador owes much of its success to its unique low-intensity, vertically integrated production model
Thai shrimp prices’ upward trend continues in week three
After a drop in the first week of the year, vannamei shrimp prices in Thailand rebounded across all sizes in the following week, a trend that continued also in week three
Indonesian vannamei prices continue to rise across main areas, drop in Central Java
Prices for HOSO shrimp from Indonesia rose further across the country's main farming regions of West and East Java and West Nusa Tenggara during week three
Benchmark strengthens genetics team with two new hires
UK-headquartered aquaculture services firm Benchmark Genetics has announced the hire of Grazyella Yoshida and Hans Ekvall as senior and junior geneticists