South Korea manages stable seafood output in 2021
The Asian nation's output rose 1.2% thanks to improved production from the aquaculture sector, the government said
UK’s Waterdance sees fuel efficiency gains with new beam trawl gear
Devon, UK-based Waterdance reported an 'an extremely promising' 42% saving in fuel consumption in trials with the 'Sumwing' beam fishing gear
Strong start to 2022’s Ecuador shrimp prices suggest another growth year
Despite a continuous drop since October, Ecuadorian shrimp ex-farm prices are up by almost $1 per kilogram in January compared to the same month a year before
P&P vessel makes huge blue whiting spillage off coast of France
The Margiris, the second-largest super-trawler in the world, spilled more than 100,000 dead blue whiting in the Atlantic after a net ruptured
Loch Duart begins operations with Scotland’s first hybrid feed barge
The new barge is powered by a hybrid system that should reduce the Oldany site's diesel consumption by roughly 60%, Loch Duart claims
China’s 14th five-year plan targets aquaculture, fishing boost
The plan comes as China cracks down on pollution from aquaculture and tightens domestic fisheries management
Editor’s choice: Fisher King initiates sale process; Maruha, CDQs buy Icicle assets
Neil Ramsden, EMEA editor of Undercurrent, brings you a roundup of the main stories from the previous week
Bornstein expands into Alaska processing with lease takeover
The plant in the city of Seward, Alaska, a community of 2,700 people on the Kenai Peninsula, will process salmon, halibut, black cod, cod and pollock, Bornstein Seafoods said
US House passes trade competitiveness bill with SIMP expansion provisions
The US House of Representatives has voted, 222-210, to pass HR 4521, the America Competes Act, including a provision that would expand SIMP to cover all species
Alaska bill would continue, expand seafood production tax credit
Alaska Senate Bill 33 would renew the program again through the end of 2025 and extend it to include the pollock and cod fisheries, two of the largest fisheries in the US state