Indonesian gov’t plans network of ‘aquaculture villages’
The initiative is an effort to rapidly grow Indonesia's production of shrimp, lobster, crab and seaweed in a bid to speed up post-pandemic recovery
Kingfish Co more than doubles harvest volumes, raises prices in positive 2021
The Dutch farmer doubled its sales from €5.0 million to €10.4m in 2021, a year that saw it produce 1,154t of yellowtail kingfish altogether
Masoval falls just shy of 2021 salmon volume target
The Norwegian farmer reported harvests of 4,813t in the fourth quarter of the year, bringing total annual harvest volumes to 16,888t
UN backs Urchinomics as Japanese farm begins full-scale ops
The UN has named Urchinomics as one of only three commercial ventures in the world at this time to be formally endorsed as an 'Ocean Decade action'
Recap UCN’s top seafood scoops from holiday period
Undercurrent News' team was busy producing scoops while readers around the world were on their Christmas and New Year breaks
Editor’s choice: McIntosh talks shrimp; Maruha, CDQs in talks to buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor with Undercurrent News, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Vietnam targets near-50% growth in shrimp export values by 2025
VASEP believes the country can hit $5.6bn in export turnover, growing at 9% annually; a target Fimex's chair thinks is achievable
US mussel grower seeks more acreage to overcome green crab problem
'In essence, we can no longer count on historical patterns for seed recruitment, so we have to look to catch the seed in the water column where the green crab can't reach it ...' -- Alex de Koning
Norway, Chile, Scottish salmon prices all firm up
Norwegian salmon prices are taking a jump, while Chilean are flat or rising going into week two of 2022; Scottish vary depending on size, but are stronger than expected
Alsaker Fjordbruk applies for 100,000t land-based salmon farm
Norwegian salmon farmer has applied for a flexible license to raise up to 100,000t of harvest-size salmon, or to produce as much as half of that as fish to supply for at-sea grow-out
