Scottish salmon producer group blasts rent hikes
Salmon Scotland has urged the Scottish government to block plans to increase rents for salmon farms that will cost the sector 'tens of millions of pounds'
Norway smolt firm seals $2.7m contract with farmer Bolaks
Biofish said it had 'received a significant increase in requests for new deliveries of smolt' since losing, and 'more firm contracts are thus expected to be formalized'
Stolt-Nielsen CEO to step down after more than two decades at helm
Niels G. Stolt-Nielsen, CEO of the group that bears his name, will continue in charge until a successor is named
Vietnamese pangasius firm’s Q4 profits drop 38% on shipping costs
Navico's full-year profits after tax were also down 37% at VND 127.9 billion, or $5.6m, while Q4 also saw construction commence on its collagen and peptide plant
Norway’s Baring soon to start building 24,000t land-based salmon farm
The company is ready to build its recirculating aquaculture system, supplied by Billund, in Farsund, on the southern tip of Norway
Mercamadrid price for small European bass rises as medium, large continue flat
The price for small-sized European seabass from Turkey, Greece and Spain, as traded in Spain, rose further to €5.90/kg in week three
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
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
Washington state issues emergency order to eradicate green crabs
Green crabs are a chronic US problem that has decimated the soft-shell clam industry in the Gulf of Maine and caused a 70% mortality rate on scallop beds in Connecticut
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
