Fri. Apr 19 2024

Ecuador’s Shrimp Industry Impacted By Power Crisis  


Once Again, Feds Deny Request for Emergency Action on Bering Sea Chinook Salmon Bycatch


2024 Snow Crab Landings Update For NL, Gulf and Maritimes Region As of April 19  


Nordic Aqua Partners Completes First Harvest of Atlantic Salmon At Gaotang, China Facility  


Russian Salmon Sector Booming These Days  


King Oscar and HRH the Crown Prince Haakon of Norway Work to Improve Norwegian Seafood Industry


Researchers Announced Japan’s Coastal Fishing Grounds Moving Northward Since the Late 1800s


Seafoodnews.com Summary Friday, April 19


Thu. Apr 18 2024

VIDEO: Newfoundland Snow Crab and Lobster; Peter Pan Halts Operations


Bringing Offshore Wind Knowledge to Oregon: New Sea Grant Staff Will Facilitate Community Engagement


Farmed Atlantic Salmon Spot Prices Rise in Chile and Norway in March  


NPFMC Issues “Notice of Council Action” on Chum Salmon Bycatch in Bering Sea Pollock Fishery


Puget Sound Tribe to Receive $206K in Federal Salmon Disaster Funding


Asda Issues Recall Of Incorrectly Coded Cooked And Peeled King Prawns  


Australian Rock Lobster Fishers Hope for Trade Relief  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Thursday, April 18


Wed. Apr 17 2024

@FAN Spa Executive Director Explains the Latest Harmful Algal Bloom in Chile  


REPORT: Red Lobster Considering Filing For Chapter 11 Bankruptcy


Fishery Products for Pets Attract Visitors at Japan’s Largest Pet Products and Services Expo


FDA Issues Advisory For Certain Oysters From Republic of Korea  


Building of New Fish Trawlers and Crab Catchers is Seriously Delayed in Russia  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Wednesday, April 17


Tue. Apr 16 2024

ANALYSIS: Live Lobster - Spring Preview  


NL 2024 Lobster Pricing Agreement Released; Find Out What Changed From Last Year  


Peter Pan Halts Operations For Summer And Winter Production Cycles For The “Foreseeable Future”  


American Shrimp Processors Association Calls For Ban on Indian Shrimp Made With Forced Labor  


ANALYSIS: Navigating Shifts in the 2024 Sockeye Season  


4 Of The Biggest Takeaways From The 2022 Fisheries Economics of The U.S. Report


Seafoodnews.com Summary Tuesday, April 16


Mon. Apr 15 2024

FFAW And ASP Come To Agreement To Start 2024 Snow Crab Fishery  


ANALYSIS: Farmed Salmon at Retail Wanes  


Entangled NARW Spotted Off Coast of Rhode Island; 6th UME Documented For 2024


Dunleavy Says Pebble Should Proceed, Files Suit in Alaska Court to Reverse EPA’s Decision


PODCAST: Norway Snow Crab MSC Certified; Seafood Expansion in WIC; and More


California Gov. Newsom Wastes No Time in Requesting Federal Aid for Salmon Fishery  


Russia Increases Sturgeon Catch In Effort To Diversify Its Fish Catch  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Monday, April 15


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Torrential Rain, Massive Flooding Deals Blow to Peruvian Scallop Production

Weeks of torrential rains and flooding in Peru are impacting scallop production in the Northern part of the country. Expectations are for Peruvian scallops supplies to be limited at least short term.According to European seafood analysts at Seafood Intelligence Portal (SIP), the flooding is hurting Peruvian scallop production. Van Herwijnen said many scallops farms in Sechura Bay are closed indefinitely, particularly those that use bottom farming systems. He said operators that use hanging rope systems have relocated production farther out to sea. The expectation is for Peruvian supplies to be tight. Meanwhile, long term damage to Peru’s production and exports remains murky.

In Newfoundland, the return of cod may be signaling a shift in the food cycle that could hurt coldwater shrimp stocks. For the last decade the northern cod stock has been increasing at a rate of about 30 per cent per year. Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s 2016 stock assessment estimated its total biomass at around 300,000 metric tons. Biologists say a shift is occurring back to the traditional order of a capelin-cod dominated food chain.

In other news, booming squid catches and high prices have some squid fishermen in Point Judith concerned. At issue is how the port's economy has become heavily reliant on the squid fishery. Fishermen live in a constant worry about losing their fishing grounds; they worry over changing policy and the uncertainty of finances from one year to the next. A vessel used to be able to jump from one fishery to the next, from cod to fluke to squid to herring. That no longer occurs. This is a similar problem Maine is experiencing with fishermen almost solsolelypendant on lobster.

Meanwhile, Alaska's Board of Fisheries is meeting in Anchorage this week and commissioners are looking into the possibility of opening the fishery even in low abundance years.The Bering Sea Bairdi (or Tanner) crab fishery stayed closed this year, for the first time in four years. State biologists decided there were too few crab to safely harvest. But fishermen are questioning that decision. They say there were plentiful Bairdi when they were fishing for other species.

Finally, in this week's Seafood News Roundup show we recap some of the major stories that we reported from this week's Seafood Expo North America in Boston. It was a busy and upbeat show with lots of traffic at Urner Barry's booth and around the show floor. We appreciate those in the industry who took time out of their schedules to meet with us.

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