Processing

After the India’s lockdown in March put the summer shrimp season in jeopardy, researchers estimate that the shrimp industry could face a $1.5 billion loss for 2020-2021. But government safeguards and improved labour retention could keep firms afloat for the winter season.…

The Ecuadorian government has announced that it is stepping up biosecurity measures in shrimp processing plants, as it seeks to regain access to the full Chinese market.

India’s shrimp exports have dropped 23 percent in July from the same period in 2019 on scant supplies.

The COVID-19 pandemic is likely to act as a catalyst for a number of key changes in the global seafood sector, according to Rabobank’s Gorjan Nikolik

Farmed seaweed can play a key role in the shift away from plastic packaging, according to the COO of a new seaweed processing venture.

Two of Scotland’s largest seafood organisations united today to call for urgent discussions with UK Government ministers amid concerns about the impact of post-Brexit immigration plans.

Scotland’s seafood processors are demanding continued tariff-free trade and access to labour in any Brexit deal reached between the UK and the EU.

The US seaweed aquaculture sector is beginning to take off, in the process growing brand new businesses, providing important ecosystem services and allowing fishermen to supplement their income, as Tim Harder explains.

In a move that suggests an increased focus on the farmed whitefish sector, Marel Fish has appointed Diego Lages as its new sales director for Marel Fish.

The Scottish salmon farming industry could generate an additional £23.7 million a year if it used its salmon by-products more judiciously.

An advanced light meter could revolutionise fish processing by improving the utilisation of individual fish and the profitability of fishing and aquaculture companies, according to Nofima.

Around 58 percent of employees at Scottish seafood processing businesses are from the non-UK European Economic Area, a new report has found.

Russian Aquaculture, the country's largest fish farming firm, has acquired an option to purchase a 40 percent equity stake in Tri Ruchya, a primary processing company in the Murmansk region.

Robots are cutting up snow crabs in Canada, a sign of things to come in the seafood processing industry.

Polish fish processor Seko SA posted sales of PLN 42.58 million (10.1 million) in Q1, an increase of 16.5% compared with the same period a year earlier.

Alaska has had two weeks of strong halibut landings, prior to the opening of the main halibut season in Russia, according to this weeks Tradex Foods 3-Minute Market Insight.

Marine Harvest has unveiled plans to be the first global seafood company to install Keep-it, a smart labelling indicator that shows an accurate shelf life, on all its fish products.

PRFoods, which is engaged in fish processing in Finland and Estonia as well as fish farming in Sweden and Finland, has reported a 3.2% sales increase in the first quarter of the year.

Fifteen seafood producers, across eight of the 22 award categories, have made the shortlist for this years Scotland Food & Drink Excellence Awards.

Over a third of the successful entries for this years Seafood Excellence Global awards competition (16 out of the 43 chosen) come from French firms.