West African nations sign anti-IUU pact, combine resources
Benin, Ghana and Togo have pledged to work together to reduce illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing in the Gulf of Guinea
Norway Royal Salmon expects harvests to leap in 2023
NRS -- which is in the process of being merged with SalmoNor, and which may yet be acquired by Mowi -- said some changes in smolt supply could boost its output
Russian pollock catching picks up in week three
Pollock landings as of Jan. 24 in the Far Eastern Basin amounted to 141,000t, up 4% year-on-year
25 NGOs call on Kerry to realign US against IUU fishing
According to US navy secretary Carlos Del Toro, illegal, unregulated and unreported fishing has replaced piracy as the global maritime security threat
Russian Crab launches first in series of new crabbers
The Captain Alexandrov is the first of seven crab harvesting vessels being built for Russian Crab at the Onega shipbuilding plant in Petrozadovsk
Pelagic roe prices to fall in 2022, but room in market for both herring, capelin
Iceland's bumper capelin quota should bring down what have been record prices for herring and capelin roe, but sources feel there is room on the market for both
Watch Aquamaof, Cargill execs give aquaculture outlooks
Shai Silbermann, VP of marketing and sales at Aquamaof, and Helene Ziv-Douki, Cargill's president of aqua nutrition, recently gave opinions on land-based shrimp and salmon farming
China’s CNFC gets subsidy hike, still suffers loss
In 2021, CNFC Overseas Fisheries received a total of CNY 117m in subsidies from its controlling shareholder, China National Agricultural Development Group
Global Seafood Alliance’s BAP-certified facilities number grew 8.6% in 2021
The BAP program continues to grow 18 years after a shrimp farm in Belize became the first BAP-certified facility
Sky-high Chinese tilapia prices to rise further before falling back in summer
The CEO of California-based Lotus Seafood told Undercurrent that Chinese tilapia processors are quoting prices 3-5% higher for post-Chinese New Year departures
