Processing

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.

Polish fish processor Seko has reported record revenues of more than PLN 152 million (36.5 million) for 2016, up 7% compared with a year earlier, and aims to continue its investments to raise the outp…

UK - To coincide with International Women's Day (8 March), Seafish, the UK industry authority on seafood, and IntraFish Media, have announced they are partnering to launch a survey of the challenges a…

CANADA - 2016 will be recorded as the seventh consecutive year of record top and bottom line results for Clearwater, according to Ian Smith, CEO of Clearwater, after the announcement of the company's …

US - TerraVia, Bunge Limited and BioMar Group have announced the expansion of their distribution agreement for AlgaPrime DHA - a native, whole algae specialty feed ingredient high in omega-3 DHA - mak…

VIET NAM - Prices of raw shrimp have been increasing rapidly in the C?u Long (Mekong) Delta since early February when shrimp processors returned to work soon after T?t (Lunar New Year), according to t…

Croatian fish processors Cromaris and Sardina are investing in upgrading and expanding their facilities, and they were recently allowed to re-launch exports to the Russian market after the countrys au…

CHINA - A permanent fishing ban in all 279 aquatic reserves along the Yangtze River has begun, as China races to revive the flagging ecosystem of its largest river.

IRELAND - Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed T.D. has announced the award of over 1.8 million in grants to 19 seafood enterprises under the European Maritime and Fisheries Fu…

VIET NAM - Thng Thu?n Group started the construction of a high-tech shrimp breeding centre in the southern Tr Vinh Provinces Tr??ng Long Ha Commune on Saturday.

Aquaculture is one of the fastest growing sectors of agriculture in the world today. However, farmers in the United States who wish to capitalize on this momentum face regulatory hurdles when dealing …

US - Alaska crabbers are hauling back pots from the Panhandle to the Bering Sea, and reduced catches are resulting in record prices for their efforts.

VIET NAM - Viet Nam targeted shrimp and catfish as two key seafood export products in 2017, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) on Monday.

UK - The Scottish Fisheries Sustainable Accreditation Group (SFSAG) has entered Rockall haddock, West of Scotland haddock, hake, plaice and whiting into Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment.