Watch: China’s demand for Ecuador’s shrimp set to continue but will exports rise further?
'The fact that Chinese importers continue to come back for more product is a confidence booster for us' -- Gabriel Luna of Ecuador's GLuna Shrimp
Saudi Arabian aquaculture test to start in second quarter
The project will involve planting mangroves and allowing them to act as a natural nursery, avoiding the use of pesticides and antibiotics
Norwegian value-added salmon seeing high US demand
Norwegian farmers are diversifying from what was mainly a fresh fillets business into additional value-added products for US customers
Chilean fisheries export value grows 15% in 2021 thanks to record sales
Chilean fish and seafood exports amounted to around $7.1 billion in 2021, up by 15% y-o-y mainly thanks to record sales of salmon and trout, horse mackerel and mussels
Indonesian shrimp prices rise further in Java, West Nusa Tenggara
Farm-gate prices for vannamei from Indonesia rose further across the country's main farming regions of West, Central and East Java and West Nusa Tenggara in week four
Mercamadrid prices for large, medium bass rise as small stay flat in week four
Prices for large and medium European seabass from Turkey, Greece and Spain, as traded in Spain, rose during week four, while prices for smaller sizes continued stable
China launches world’s largest ‘aquaculture vessel’
There are nevertheless doubts about the actual purpose of the ship which has a gross tonnage of 100,000t, measures 250 meters, and closely resembles a bulk carrier
Indian excitement grows around breakthrough year for black tiger shrimp
As much as 20% of national shrimp production could be black tiger by the year's end, with major packer Royale Marine forming a new 10,000t JV for black tiger production
IFFO names TASA, Pelagia execs as new leadership pairing
TASA's Gonzalo de Romana steps up from vice-president to president, while Pelagia's Egil Magne Haugstad becomes the group's new vice-president
Nordic Aquafarms looks to switch pioneering salmon RAS to kingfish
The group has applied for permission to change Fredrikstad Seafoods into a yellowtail kingfish farm, in line with its other operations in Denmark