Norwegian fresh cod, haddock prices stay ominously firm despite huge volumes
Prices for fresh cod and haddock have held firm or even risen in week 10, despite landings increasing to their highest volume in a year
Russian cod, haddock fishery given nod for MSC recertification
Assurance Services International has said that while CABs are suspended from doing work in Russia, current certificates and reassessment processes would not be affected
UK chippies face dilemma after 35% tariff on Russian whitefish
UK fish and chip shops will likely absorb the new 35% tariff on imports of Russian whitefish despite misgivings, said Andrew Crook, the head of the UK's National Fish Friers Federation
Ban or no ban, EU-Russian whitefish trade faces world of difficulties
As yet there have been no sanctions for Russian whitefish imports from EU authorities, but the threat and the uncertainty caused by the conflict is having consequences across supply chains
Qingdao steps up seafood import protocols amid Omicron outbreak
Since March 4, the Chinese port city Qingdao, Shandong province has experienced another outbreak of COVID-19, resulting in tighter protocols for frozen food imports
EU cod fleet calls on Commission to stand up for fishing rights in Norway
The EU cod fleet represented by Europeche and ENAFA has denounced once again the decision taken by Norway to cut the EU's cod quota in Svalbard
US ban on Russian-origin seafood from China could hit $342m worth of imports
A ban on Russian-caught seafood processed in China would affect an additional $342m worth of US seafood imports on top of $1.2bn worth directly imported from Russia
UK gov’t issues sanctions against Russian whitefish imports
Under the new sanctions, there will be an additional 35% tariff applied to many products imported from Russia, including whitefish
Iceland’s whitefish prices go on rising, annual drop delayed
Typically, fish prices on Iceland's whitefish auctions drop to their lowest level from February to May at the height of the catching season -- that has not been the case this year
American Aquafarms’ sister bids to be first firm raising cod in closed pens
New player Purecod has received a permit to farm Atlantic cod in closed pens with a maximum standing biomass allowance of 3,120t in Roneset, in Storfjorden