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
Peru fishery exports grew 39% in 2021 as anchovy catches rose
Peru's fishery exports amounted to $3.5bn in 2021, a 39% y-o-y growth that has been 'fundamental for the country's economic recovery, strongly hit by the pandemic', the SNP said
Weak market to keep heavy percentage of Sitka herring in water
'It's gonna be attractive, but by the same token, the markets can only handle so much' -- Aaron Dupuis, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
DataSalmon: Chilean salmon prices spike for China, creep up to US
Spot prices for Chilean farmed jumped on the Chinese market in week two of 2022 while they went on rising for the US and Brazil
Tuna fishing banned in parts of expanded Galapagos Island reserve
In one part of the new reserve, all fishing activity will be banned, while another part will only prohibit longline fishing
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
US state of Louisiana confronts blue crabmeat prices near $70/lb at retail
'It's like the new caviar' -- Louisiana resident Cathey Landry when confronted with a $67.99/lb price for a pound of jumbo lump blue crabmeat
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
Indonesian vannamei prices continue to rise across main areas, drop in Central Java
Prices for HOSO shrimp from Indonesia rose further across the country's main farming regions of West and East Java and West Nusa Tenggara during week three
Mowi’s NTS deal could give company 22% share of global salmon production
If its bid worth $1.5bn for NTS' growing salmon farming operation in Norway and Iceland is accepted, Mowi stands to effectively double its production in the north of Norway
