Tradex reports Alaska’s Pacific cod, pollock A seasons slow out of gate
Just 9,000 metric tons of pollock has been harvested in Alaska so far, compared to 35,000t by the same point last year and 99,000t by this time in 2020
Sale process underway for $500m Canadian shellfish supplier
The company, which has a turnover of around $500 million and is highly profitable, has tasked Antarctica Advisors with running a sale process, sources told Undercurrent News
Espersen CEO says customers won’t take non-MSC cod, price premium inevitable
Espersen will not take non-MSC certified cod and haddock, which means a price differential is likely in 2022, the company's CEO told Undercurrent News
Russian frozen fish prices firm up in week four
Though spot prices in the Far Eastern, North-Western and Central regions moved down in US dollar terms due to the latest weakness in the Russian currency
Former SalMar chair appointed by Zimbabwe’s Lake Harvest
Atle Eide has been appointed by the Zimbabwe-based tilapia farmer -- recent recipient of a $7m investment -- as the new independent chairman of the board
Sky-high valuations make organic growth more tempting than M&A for Royal Greenland
'The way we do our spreadsheets, we have not been able to match, in any way, some of the prices which have been obtained in the M&A market recently' -- Mikael Thinghuus
UK, Greenland formally begin FTA talks
The UK government said cutting tariffs of up to 20% would benefit UK supermarkets and catering businesses, and ultimately consumers
Norwegian fresh cod, haddock prices approaching pre-COVID levels at year’s start
The average fresh price for both species at the start of 2022 is up as much as NOK 10/kg y-o-y, while frozen prices have been buoyed by the return of China
Editor’s choice: Boston show exhibitors ‘blindsided’; Mowi moves for NTS
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
NFI projections confirm price hikes, tighter supply for world’s whitefish in 2022
Four out of six fish in a group of major whitefish species are expected to see supplies tighten in 2022 with price hikes in the cards for all six