Thu. Mar 28 2024
VIDEO: Shrimp CVD Update; Forced Labor List Request; Call to Ban Indian Shrimp
Aquaculture Stewardship Council Decision To Phase Out of China Comes After Uyghur Labor Report
NL Standing Fish Price Setting Panel To Meet Today To Decide 2024 Snow Crab Price
Mintec's 2024 US Easter Index
Alaska Delegation Secures Icebreaker Based in Juneau As Polar-Class Program Back on Track
NASEM Committee Announces Findings Between Seafood Consumption and Child Growth
Home Chef Partnership With "Bluey" Offers New Way To Introduce Healthy Seafood To Kids
40 Finalists Selected For 2024 Seafood Excellence Global Awards
AQUA Cultured Foods’ New Partnership To Aid In Development, Advancement of Alternative Seafood
Russia Plans to Accelerate Fight Against Salmon Poaching in Years to Come
Seafoodnews.com Summary Thusday, March 28
Wed. Mar 27 2024
DOC Reveals Subsidy Rates in CVD Investigation Into Shrimp From Ecuador, India, Vietnam, Indonesia
The Retail Rundown: Easter Features Breakdown
Graves and Peltola Call on President Biden To Halt Shrimp Imports From India Following Allegations
DFO Announces Rules For NARW Temporary and Season-Long Grid Closures Ahead of 2024 Snow Crab Season
Blue Star Foods Begins Soft-Shell Crab Operations for 2024 Season at South Carolina Facility
Mitsui Investing in Leading Indian Poultry Producer Sneha Farms
Seafoodnews.com Summary Wednesday, March 27
Tue. Mar 26 2024
Francis Scott Key Bridge: Everything You Need To Know About The Collapse And Baltimore Port Impact
Southern Shrimp Alliance To Labor Department: Add Indian Shrimp to Forced/ Child Labor Lists
NFI Shares Seafood Industry Labor Principles Following India Shrimp Labor Abuse Reports
Washington Gov Inslee's Nomination for NPFMC Marks Shift Towards Conservation
Maruha Nichiro Acquires a Stake in Surimi Manufacturing Company Kibun Foods, Inc.
Japan: January Surimi Product Output Fell 17.3% to 37,338 Tons; Household Spending Down 0.9%
Pacific Salmon Commission Selects Projects for Funding in 2024
Hokkaido Scallop Landings Exceed Processing Capacity, Beach Price Well Below Last Year at JPY 100/kg
Seafoodnews.com Summary Tuesday, March 26
Mon. Mar 25 2024
2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab Quota Announced; TAC Up 5.2%
PODCAST: Breaking Down The Indian Shrimp Human Rights And Environmental Abuse Allegations
India Shrimp Update: Committee on Natural Resources Calls For Documents From Whistleblower
ANALYSIS: Mid-Small Blue and Red Crab Meat Under Pressure
ANALYSIS: Fresh Tilapia Facing Supply Challenges
First Organic Salmon Being Harvested in Chile by Cooke Chile
ANALYSIS: 2024 Pacific Halibut Season Outlook
Department of Labor Won Suit and Damages, Now Seeks Workers Who Were Cheated out of Wages
U.S. Interior Department Proposes Second Offshore Wind Sale in Gulf of Mexico
Maruha Nichiro Acquires a Stake in Surimi Manufacturing Company Kibun Foods, Inc.
Seafoodnews.com Summary Monday, March 25
Fri. Mar 22 2024
Sandhya Aqua Exports Responds After India’s CBI Finds Narcotics Disguised As Inactive Dry Yeast
GSA Confirms Investigation Into BAP Violations From Indian Shrimp Producers Is Underway
6 Takeaways From The Indian Shrimp Labor Abuse Allegations By CAL, AP and Outlaw Ocean Project
FFAW, ASP Fail To Agree on Market-Based Pricing Formula For 2024 Snow Crab Season
FSIS Issues Public Health Alert for Ineligible Frozen Siluriformes Products Imported from China
Public Comments Sought on DOJ Order That Trident Update Vessel and Plant Refrigeration Systems
LA Congressman Carter, SBA Come Through for Louisiana’s Crawfish Industry
Seafoodnews.com Summary Friday, March 22
Russian Fish Sector Shows Good Catch Figures This Year
Thu. Mar 21 2024
Seafoodnews.com Summary Thursday, March 21
Seafood Exporters Association of India Says AP Report on Abuses In Shrimp Industry “Flawed”
Poseidon Ocean Systems Secures $20.75 Million in Series B Funding For New Aquaculture Technology
Newfoundland and Labrador Government Files Injunction Against Fish Harvesters
Australis Aquaculture CEO Josh Goldman On Using The Better Fish Brand Knowledge For New Pet Treat
PODCAST: On The Boston Seafood Show Floor At The UK Pavilion
Revo Foods Unveils World’s First Plant-Based Octopus Alternative Amid Octopus Farming Controversy
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VIDEO: Shrimp CVD Update; Forced Labor List Request; Call to Ban Indian Shrimp
Join Seafoodnews Weekly Video co-hosts Amanda Buckle and Lorin Castiglione as they take a look at some of the biggest stories to impact shrimp this week, including a CVD update; a request for Indian shrimp to be added to the forced labor list; and a call to ban Indian shrimp from being imported to the U.S.
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Full Story »Aquaculture Stewardship Council Decision To Phase Out of China Comes After Uyghur Labor Report
In October 2023 the Outlaw Ocean Project published a report revealing that seafood in China being processed by Uyghur forced labor has been entering the U.S. The report was shocking, forcing organizations like the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC), which leads certification programs for responsibly farmed seafood, to reveal that they were “not aware of the extent” of Uyghur forced labor. Now, nearly six months later, ASC has confirmed that it will be phasing out its operations in China.
Full Story »NL Standing Fish Price Setting Panel To Meet Today To Decide 2024 Snow Crab Price
Newfoundland and Labrador’s Standing Fish Price Setting Panel is meeting today to hear final offers from snow crab harvesters and processors.
The Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) confirmed last week that they were unable to come to an agreement with the Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) about a market-based pricing formula. The formula was proposed in the Blackwood Report as a way to allow both parties to come up with a fair price for snow crab...
Full Story »Mintec's 2024 US Easter Index
Mintec’s US Easter Index measures price fluctuations across key food commodities that are typically consumed in the US during the Easter period. The US Easter Index compares the commodities’ prices in March 2024 against March 2023 to determine whether consumers will be hypothetically better or worse off this Easter. The Index is comprised of three sub-indices: the US Easter Protein Index represents a selection of meats, fish and eggs that will typically be eaten as part of a main Easter dinner; the US Easter Chocolate Index compares the main...
Full Story »Alaska Delegation Secures Icebreaker Based in Juneau As Polar-Class Program Back on Track
As part of the $1.2 trillion spending bill passed by Congress and signed by the White House last weekend, $125 million was secured to purchase an icebreaker to be home ported in Alaska’s capital city.
“This is really good news for Alaska. Really good news for America. And certainly good news for Southeast and the Juneau area,” Senator Dan Sullivan said in a press conference last Thursday.
The funding in the 2024 Homeland Security Appropriations Act ...
Photo of the Aiviq courtesy of the USCG.
Full Story »NASEM Committee Announces Findings Between Seafood Consumption and Child Growth
A committee with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) hosted a webinar this week, examining the connection between seafood consumption — particularly in women of a child bearing age, pregnant and breastfeeding women — and child growth and development.
The Committee on the Role of Seafood Consumption in Child Growth and Development looked at finfish, shellfish, mollusks, crustaceans, and marine and freshwater fish. The aim of this research was to better understand the nutritional benefits of seafood consumption weighed against the health risks. The group found that...
Full Story »40 Finalists Selected For 2024 Seafood Excellence Global Awards
Who will win the 2024 Seafood Excellence Global Awards? The awards competition, which takes place at Seafood Expo Global in Barcelona next month, only has two grand prizes. And this year, a whopping 40 entries were named as finalists.
The Seafood Excellence Global Awards were created to feature and recognize the best seafood products at Seafood Expo Global. As mentioned above, only two grand prizes are available —one for Best Retail Product and the second for Best Hotel/Restaurant/Catering (HORECA) Product...
Full Story »Russia Plans to Accelerate Fight Against Salmon Poaching in Years to Come
Russia plans to accelerate its fight with poaching in years to come, according to recent statements made by senior state officials in the field of fisheries and local media reports.
As part of these plans, a particular attention will be paid in the fight against salmon poaching.
According to recent statements, made by the head of Rosrybolovstvo Ilya Shestakov, poaching remains a problem for Russia, but tightening of control measures leads to its reduction.
Ilya Shestakov comments: “Of course...
Full Story »The Retail Rundown: Easter Features Breakdown
A March Easter is approaching—an occurrence not seen since 2016. Circulars are flush with holiday and springtime themes as grocers take full advantage of the upcoming weekend.
Pork feature volume rose through the ranks and earned the top spot of protein feature volume this week with 29% of ad space. Seafood eased to 25%, down from 32% last week. Lent ends tomorrow at sundown, meaning observers can soon indulge in meat on Fridays again.
Beef has 20% of retail activity while chicken features comprise 11% of protein ad volume. Turkey features more...
Full Story »DFO Announces Rules For NARW Temporary and Season-Long Grid Closures Ahead of 2024 Snow Crab Season
The 2024 Canadian snow crab season is set to kick off soon. But before it does, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has released their rules for temporary and season-long grid closures related to North Atlantic right whale (NARW) management.
Management measures were introduced as a way to prevent endangered North Atlantic right whales from deadly ship strikes and gear entanglement. For years the DFO has been announcing temporary and season-long grid closures when the whales are detected...
Full Story »Mitsui Investing in Leading Indian Poultry Producer Sneha Farms
Japan’s Mitsui & Co., Ltd. is investing an undisclosed amount in integrated Indian poultry producer Sneha Farms Pvt. Ltd, one of India's leading companies in terms of production volume.
Sneha is based in Hyderabad, Telangana state. Established in 1982, the company employs approximately 5,500 staff. Its business units include feed manufacturing, broiler production, meat processing and packing, transportation, and retail. Its poultry processing plant has a 12,000 birds/hour capacity. The company also has five hatcheries.
Sneha Farms Private Limited operates six feed mills across the states of Telangana...
Full Story »Southern Shrimp Alliance To Labor Department: Add Indian Shrimp to Forced/ Child Labor Lists
The Southern Shrimp Alliance is using the recent reports regarding labor abuses in India’s shrimp industry to call on the U.S. government to add Indian shrimp the 2024 List of Goods Produced by Child Labor or Forced Labor. They are also requesting that the Department of Labor add Indian shrimp to the List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor.
A 15-page letter crafted by John Williams, Executive Director of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, was submitted electronically to Matthew Fraterman...
Full Story »Washington Gov Inslee's Nomination for NPFMC Marks Shift Towards Conservation
Last Friday Washington’s Governor Jay Inslee broke with tradition and nominated Becca Robbins Gisclair as his primary choice to replace Anne Vanderhoeven to sit on the powerful North Pacific Fisheries Management Council based in Alaska. Vanderhoeven’s term expires on August 10, 2024.
Gisclair is the Senior Director of Arctic Programs for Ocean Conservancy. She has worked for the past twenty years in Alaska with Alaska Tribes and grassroots organizations “to protect a region that is on the frontlines of global climate change,” Inslee said in his ...
Photo Courtesy of Gisclair
Full Story »Japan: January Surimi Product Output Fell 17.3% to 37,338 Tons; Household Spending Down 0.9%
The National Food Supply and Demand Research Center announced that the national production of surimi products in January was 37,338 tons, 17.3% lower than last year. The decrease is the first in 13 months since December of the year before last. It's the first time in four months that it has fallen below 40,000 tons.
According to the Suisan Keizai Shimbun, sales tend to be sluggish at this time of the year after the end of the New Year sales season, but this year...
Full Story »Hokkaido Scallop Landings Exceed Processing Capacity, Beach Price Well Below Last Year at JPY 100/kg
According to Suisan Keizai Shimbun, the scallop fishing season in Funka Bay, Hokkaido, is now in full swing, with 1,000 tons being landed daily in the Iburi and Toshima districts. With the market absence for frozen whole scallops and most of the shellfish being used for boiled adductors, a landing and processing flow has been put in place that prioritizes the processing of raw shellfish. The beach price is around 100 yen/kg ($0.66/kg), significantly lower than the previous year...
Full Story »PODCAST: Breaking Down The Indian Shrimp Human Rights And Environmental Abuse Allegations
The Indian shrimp industry was hit with accusations of human rights and environmental abuses last week from three different reports that were released by Outlaw Ocean Project, The Associated Press and Corporate Accountability Lab. Seafoodnews Podcast co-hosts Amanda Buckle and Lorin Castiglione break down some of the reporting — and backlash —in the latest episode.
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Full Story »ANALYSIS: Mid-Small Blue and Red Crab Meat Under Pressure
Like we discussed earlier this month, the crab meat market in the U.S. has been a tale of two different groupings of size grades: larger grades under upward pricing pressure and smaller grades seeing downward pricing pressure. Because the overall size of crabs has been smaller for the past several months out of the Asian producing countries, we have continued to see a smaller percentage of colossal, jumbo lump, and super lump available to the marketplace. When crabs run smaller...
Full Story »First Organic Salmon Being Harvested in Chile by Cooke Chile
A milestone in Chile’s farmed salmon industry was reached last week with Cooke Chile began harvesting the first of its organic farmed Atlantic salmon.
“This milestone in Chilean salmon farming is a result of keen innovation and strong dedication to providing a sustainable food source,” says Andres Parodi, Regional General Manager for Latin America at Cooke. “This is a true companywide vision and was made possible because of the collaborative efforts and support along the way.”
The company said their organic marine aquaculture production in Chile ...
Photo Courtesy Cooke Chile
Full Story »Home Chef Partnership With "Bluey" Offers New Way To Introduce Healthy Seafood To Kids
For real life?! A new partnership between meal solution company Home Chef and BBC Studios’ Emmy Award-winning animated series “Bluey” is introducing healthy seafood to kids.
“Partnering with ‘Bluey’ is a celebration of the happiness and quality time that defines both ‘Bluey’ and Home Chef,” said Home Chef Brand Director Raquel Brown. “Through this partnership, we aim to turn every meal into a moment of shared delight and make family mealtime truly special.”
“Bluey,” which is available on Disney...
Full Story »AQUA Cultured Foods’ New Partnership To Aid In Development, Advancement of Alternative Seafood
Food technology company AQUA Cultured Foods has announced a new partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks.
Chicago-based AQUA has developed the world’s first whole-cut seafood alternatives through microbial fermentation. This process produces sustainable, fish-free tuna, scallops and more using less resources than traditional aquaculture. And now, Boston-based cell program and biosecurity company Ginkgo will help AQUA optimize that technology in order to elevate the quality of its 100% fish-free seafood products. These products are made from microbes and fibers combined with...
Full Story »DOC Reveals Subsidy Rates in CVD Investigation Into Shrimp From Ecuador, India, Vietnam, Indonesia
India’s shrimp industry is taking another hit this week. But they are not alone. It's been confirmed that India, as well as Ecuador and Vietnam, will be forced to pay preliminary countervailing duties (CVD) on shrimp.
The Department of Commerce (DOC) announced its preliminary affirmative determinations in the CVD investigations of frozen warmwater shrimp from Ecuador, India and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The DOC confirmed a negative determination in the CVD investigation of shrimp from Indonesia.
For the preliminary subsidy rates...
Full Story »Graves and Peltola Call on President Biden To Halt Shrimp Imports From India Following Allegations
Following the reports alleging human rights and environmental abuses in India’s shrimp industry, Louisiana Congressman Garret Graves and Alaska Congresswoman Mary Sattler Peltola are calling on President Joe Biden to “immediately halt shrimp imports into the U.S. from India.”
“Stop the Great Indian Shrimp Invasion,” said Graves. “We have a bill outstanding right now — the Laws Ensuring Safe Shrimp Act — that addresses this exact issue. We are fighting to protect free and fair trade by ensuring that foreign farmed imports aren’t given an unfair advantage...
Full Story »Blue Star Foods Begins Soft-Shell Crab Operations for 2024 Season at South Carolina Facility
Soft-shell crab operations for the 2024 season are officially underway at Blue Star Foods. The sustainable seafood company announced this week that it has started production at its South Carolina facility.
“Our Recirculatory Aquaculture System (RAS) platform in South Carolina encompasses over 100 tanks and utilizes our proprietary Bio-Plan derived from the vast Blue Crab expertise from our team members and extensive research in this crab species,” said John Keeler, Chairman and CEO of...
Full Story »Francis Scott Key Bridge: Everything You Need To Know About The Collapse And Port of Baltimore Impact
Early Tuesday morning a container ship struck the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, damaging the structure and resulting in a partial collapse of the bridge. Cars were on the bridge at the time of the incident and “mass casualties” are feared.
The idea for the bridge came about in the late 1960s when Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, the first crossing of Baltimore’s Harbor, reached its traffic capacity. Construction on the bridge began in 1972, and it later opened to the public in March 1977...
Full Story »NFI Shares Seafood Industry Labor Principles Following India Shrimp Labor Abuse Reports
Late last week, following the multiple reports on human rights and environmental abuse within India’s shrimp industry, the National Fisheries Institute (NFI) Executive Committee of the Board of Directors adopted and shared the “Seafood Industry Labor Principles, A Commitment By NFI Members.”
“There is no place for labor abuse in the seafood supply chain,” the document reads. “Every worker should have freedom of movement and no worker should be coerced to work.”
The Associated Press, Outlaw Ocean Project, and Corporate Accountability Lab...
Full Story »Maruha Nichiro Acquires a Stake in Surimi Manufacturing Company Kibun Foods, Inc.
Japanese seafood company Maruha Nichiro Corporation has announced it has acquired a stake in Kibun Foods, Inc. The company has purchased 2,261,200 shares for 2,820 million yen.
Kibun Foods, Inc. is a manufacturer and seller of surimi seafood products from Japan and Thailand. The company uses surimi — a raw material for fish paste products — to mimic the texture and color of lobster, crab, or shellfish meat.
As one of the largest fishery, aquaculture and food processing companies in the world, Maruha Nichiro will now be...
Full Story »Pacific Salmon Commission Selects Projects for Funding in 2024
Projects relating to salmon management, enhancement and habitat restoration in the Pacific Northwest, Canada and Alaska will get a funding boost totaling more than $9 million thanks to Pacific Salmon Commission funds for 2024. The projects are aligned with the Pacific Salmon Treaty and include projects led by First Nations and Tribes, non-profit organizations, researchers, U.S. states and both U.S. and Canadian federal management agencies, the Commission said in a news release.
The Northern Fund is supporting 40 projects with ...
Full Story »2024 Newfoundland and Labrador Snow Crab Quota Announced; TAC Up 5.2%
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) announced the 2024 snow crab fishery quota and season dates for Newfoundland and Labrador on Monday. Certain areas are set to open on April 6 and the overall quota for the region is up 5.2% from last season.
The Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Newfoundland and Labrador region is set at 57,586 tonnes. To compare, last year the fishery had the TAC set at 54,727 tonnes, which was up 8.4% from 2022.
3LNO holds the largest quota at...
Full Story »India Shrimp Update: Committee on Natural Resources Calls For Documents From Whistleblower
The Outlaw Ocean Project released a report last week exposing human rights abuses at a shrimp processing facility operated by Choice Canning, one of the largest shrimp exporters in India. The report was backed up by a whistleblower named Joshua Farinella, a 45-year-old American who accepted a position as a general manager at Choice Canning’s facility in 2023.
Farinella’s account of events during his time at Choice Canning are pretty concerning, with claims of overcrowding and that workers are being held against their will...
Full Story »ANALYSIS: Fresh Tilapia Facing Supply Challenges
The fresh tilapia market in the United States is currently facing significant challenges due to supply disruptions. Colombia, the leading supplier of fresh tilapia to the U.S. since 2022, has reportedly experienced mortality issues resulting in a sharp decline in production. With Colombia's typical production output compromised, the U.S. market is turning to other regions, notably Costa Rica, Honduras, and Brazil, to fill the void. Additionally, Brazil's effort to get new farms BAP certified rapidly for U.S. exports underscores the urgency and the potential for...
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