Tesco becomes first UK retailer to stock MSC, purse-seine tuna
Beginning at the start of 2022, retailer Tesco started buying MSC-certified canned tuna from suppliers that were not exclusively pole-and-line for the first time
‘Alternative’ seafood investments hit $175m in 2021 as cell-cultivated interest grew
Investment in plant-based, cell-cultivated and fermented seafood alternatives has reached $313m since 2013
UK gov’t issues sanctions against Russian whitefish imports
Under the new sanctions, there will be an additional 35% tariff applied to many products imported from Russia, including whitefish
Iceland’s whitefish prices go on rising, annual drop delayed
Typically, fish prices on Iceland's whitefish auctions drop to their lowest level from February to May at the height of the catching season -- that has not been the case this year
American Aquafarms’ sister bids to be first firm raising cod in closed pens
New player Purecod has received a permit to farm Atlantic cod in closed pens with a maximum standing biomass allowance of 3,120t in Roneset, in Storfjorden
Shrimp farm-gate prices in China bouyed by festivals, low supply
Shrimp farm-gate prices across China have risen steadily since mid-February through into March, amid low seasonal supply and higher demand
Thai vannamei shrimp prices continue to drop in week 10
Ex-farm vannamei shrimp prices in Thailand kept on falling across all main sizes in week 10 as shown in data from the Talay Thai wholesale shrimp market
Pelagics sector sees markets shift, but volumes diverted from Ukraine being absorbed
Ukraine and its neighbors are key markets for capelin and quite important for herring too, but sources say that for now, sales are being diverted without any impact on pricing
With Sedacca at the helm, Sterling Caviar plans series of US aquaculture acquisitions
Sterling Caviar is looking at a series of acquisitions and is exploring the purchase of US striped bass, tilapia, black bass and catfish farmers, among other possibilities
Trident ‘reads’ US executive order as stopping Russian fish processed in China
Does Joe Biden's executive order banning Russian seafood cover double-frozen fillets from China? 'That's the way we are reading it,' Trident CEO Joe Bundrant told Undercurrent News