Leroy invests $19m in upgrading Norway whitefish factory
The plant in Batsfjord employs 130 full-time workers, and the investment will go into modernizing production equipment and improving the building itself
BioMar commissions new algal oil facility in Australia
BioMar Australia has commissioned a new algal oil facility at its factory in northwest Tasmania to produce AlgalPrimeDHA, developed with partner Corbion
Bakkafrost harvests 21,400t of salmon in Q1
Faroese salmon farmer Bakkafrost harvested 21,400 metric tons of fish, up 400t compared to its Q1 2021 harvests
Indonesian shrimp prices rise in West Java, stay flat in West Nusa Tenggara, East Java
Indonesian vannamei shrimp prices in West Java, the country's main farming region, showed an increase in week 13, while prices in West Nusa Tenggara and East Java stayed flat
Ecuador shrimp farmers see prices dive as production costs escalate
Ecuador shrimp farmers worry about their businesses due to high costs driven by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Meanwhile, China is facing its largest COVID outbreak in months
Aquaconnect: Export dependence, credit access biggest bottlenecks for Indian shrimp
'If a US consumer is deciding to pay one cent extra, we get one cent extra; and if they decide to reduce the price by two cents, we are going to get that' - Rajamanohar Somasundaram, CEO of Aquaconnect
Vietnamese shrimp firm expects 11% profit lift in 2022
Fimex Vn's sales volumes were up 32% in the first quarter of the year, with revenue up around 6%
Editor’s choice: Viciunai on the defensive; Canada crab price talks tricky
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
AquaChile took $36m loss on sale of Costa Rican tilapia unit
Chilean salmon powerhouse Empresas AquaChile took a $36.4 million loss when it sold its Rainforest Tilapia unit to Costa Rican seafood processor and exporter Industrias Martec
Nicovita launches $80m Ecuador shrimp feed plant plans
The planned plant, which will be built near Guayaquil, Ecuador, builds on the $35m that the company, owned by Peru's Alicorp, spent on investments in 2021
