Frozen Seafood Brand Scott & Jon’s Expanding Distribution With Walmart

Frozen shrimp entree brand Scott & Jon’s is expanding their distribution agreement with Walmart. 

The retail giant will increase distribution of the frozen seafood brand to almost 4,000 stores, as well as increase the brand’s frozen shelf presence to eight items. In addition, Sam’s Club will begin selling Scott & Jon’s products in all of their 590 U.S. locations. Shrimp lovers can expect to see the products in the frozen aisle no later than January 2023.

The expanded distribution agreement comes as Scott & Jon’s claims the #1 dollar ranking for...

NaturalShrimp Announces Partnership With US Foods

On Wednesday NaturalShrimp announced that they had entered into a partnership with US Foods, South Texas area. The partnership means an exclusive grow out program for their customers in Austin, Houston and San Antonio.

“We are very excited to build this channel-specific program for a leading national distributor,” said Marco van den Berg, VP of Sales and Marketing. “This is in line with our strategy to deliver our quality product to restaurants inside a 300 mile radius, within eight hours from harvest at our production facility in La Coste. There has been...

Plant Based Seafood Co.’s Mind Blown Partners With Atlantic Sea Farms

It’s a partnership made in plant-based seafood heaven. Mind Blown, by The Plant Based Seafood Co., announced this week that they have partnered with Atlantic Sea Farms to use kelp in some of their select products.

Atlantic Sea Farms is the first-to-market regenerative kelp aquaculture company. As part of the partnership, Atlantic Sea Farms kelp will be added to the Mind Blown brand Dusted Shrimp and Mind Blown brand Dusted Scallops. The products, which will now feature an extra umami boost, will be available to...

FDA: 5 Shrimp Entry Lines Refused For Banned Antibiotics in August

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released August refusals and according to the 

data a total of 43 lines have been refused for the month. Of those total seafood entry lines refused, five (11.6%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. 

M/s. Munnangi Sea Foods of India had two entry lines refused for shrimp contaminated with nitrofurans. Falcon Marine Exports Ltd. of India had one entry line refused for shrimp contaminated with nitrofurans and poisonous chloramphenicol...

Aqua Experts Join Forces To Launch New Shrimp Feed: SHR EX

Say hello to SHR EX, a new shrimp feed from leading industry experts Förde Garnelen, Aquafeed Germany, Protix, neomar and Crusta Nova. The five companies sent out a joint press release this week announcing the launch of their new feed, which was exclusively designed to meet the needs of European land-based shrimp farms.

SHR EX was created to improve the growth and survival rate of shrimp and maintain shrimp welfare. The feed uses black soldier fly as the insect protein source. Both Crusta Nova and Förde Garnelen...

Commerce Dept. Releases Final Results of Expedited Sunset Reviews on Shrimp Antidumping Duty Orders

The U.S. Department of Commerce released the finals results of its expedited sunset reviews of the antidumping duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from China, India, Thailand and Vietnam.

The Department found that “revocation of the antidumping duty (AD) orders would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of dumping.”

According to the notice posted in the Federal Register, Commerce found that revocation would lead to the recurrence of dumping and that the “magnitude of the dumping margins...

USDA Purchase of Pacific Northwest Seafood Products Falls $20 Million Short

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) failed to buy the approved $52 million worth of Pacific Northwest seafood products it initially planned on purchasing.

In July 2022, the USDA announced it would buy just over $50 million worth of Pacific pink shrimp, Pacific hake (whiting) and Pacific rockfish.

However, the purchase award description released on September 1 showed that the USDA purchased roughly $31.2 million worth of seafood, about $21 million below the previously announced total...

USITC To Proceed with Antidumping Review for Shrimp from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam

The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) posted a notice in the Federal Register announcing that it will conduct full five-year reviews to determine whether to revoke the antidumping duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam.

The review will “determine whether revocation of the antidumping duty orders on frozen warmwater shrimp from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam would be likely to lead to continuation or recurrence of material injury within a reasonably foreseeable time...

Albertsons Expands Recall of ReadyMeals to Include More Shrimp, Imitation Crab Products

Major U.S. retailer Albertsons Companies has expanded a recall involving its ReadyMeals seafood items due to undeclared allergens.

The expansion will include ‘ReadyMeals Shrimp Cooked with Cocktail Sauce’ and ‘ReadyMeals Snow Crab Legs Imitation Surimi’ that was sold under the following store banners: Safeway and Albertsons located in Oregon and select cities in Washington state (Battle Ground, Camas, Hazel Dell, Kelso, Longview, Vancouver, Walla Walla, Washougal and Woodland).

Thus far, the FDA said there were no reports of injuries or adverse reactions due to consumption...

Guolian Discards Aquaculture, Turns to Instant Dishes Despite Uncertain Future

This July, during an online talk with investors, Guolian said it has given up its aquaculture business. It is not such shocking news, since the company has talked about this plan back in its 2021 report. And it is far from surprising considering great losses in the farming sector, much better performance of the processing one, along with great increase in the sales of instant dishes during recent years.

A review of its reports these past three years shows that over 90% of their revenue come from...

Ecuador’s MPCEIP and the FDA Sign Agreement to Collaborate More Closely on Aquaculture Products

Ecuador’s Vice Ministry of Aquaculture and Fisheries of the Ministry of Production, Foreign Trade, Investments and Fisheries (MPCEIP) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) met last week to sign a confidentiality agreement as the first phase of an important strategic alliance with one of the main markets for Ecuadorian shrimp.

“The purpose of this agreement is to achieve a regulatory association in health matters, so that the Ecuadorian authorities, as well as the United States, can collaborate more closely and be able to offer...

The Winding Glass: Why Has The Shellfish Market Fallen So Hard?

Take a look at these two graphics. U.S. shellfish, including snow crab, lobster tail, king crab, and crabmeat, have all experienced some of their most rapid, and in some cases steepest, market declines in the past eight months.

But shrimp, by far the largest volume shellfish item, has not seen a significant price decline. Urner Barry’s value-added shrimp index has barely moved, even while the volume of U.S. shrimp imports continue to set records.

What factors made shellfish so vulnerable to a rapid correction, but didn’t apply to...

Seafood to Become an Upmarket Product in Russia 

Seafood may soon become an upmarket product in Russia and will be affordable to only select customers in the country, which is mainly due to a significant rise of prices for it, which has been observed in recent months and insufficient supplies to the domestic market.

According to some Russian media reports, so far the growth of prices for most seafood and some fish species in the Russian market has amounted to 40-60% with the biggest growth being observed in the HORECA segment of the market...

NaturalShrimp July Fire at Texas Facility Caused by Electrical Arcing 

The Fire Marshall has confirmed what started the fire that damaged NaturalShrimp’s La Coste, Texas, Water Treatment Plant.

SeafoodNews reported last month that a fire occurred at NaturalShrimp’s production facility on July 3. The Medina County ESD1 Fire/EMS posted on Facebook that they received a report of a commercial fire at NaturalShrimp just after 2 a.m. Engine 8111 from La Coste was the first to arrive on the scene and found fire “coming from both ends of a several hundred feet long building utilized for production...

FDA: 3 Shrimp Entry Lines Refused For Banned Antibiotics in July

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has released July refusals and according to the data a total of 72 seafood entry lines have been refused for the month. Of those total seafood entry lines refused, three (4.1%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics. In addition to three lines of shrimp refused for reasons related to banned antibiotics, an additional entry line of shrimp was refused for the presence of pesticides and there were 10 additional entry lines of shrimp refused for the presence of salmonella...

USDA Purchase Request Live for $52 Million Worth of Pacific Seafood Products

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) invited offers to sell a variety of Pacific seafood products in its latest open purchase request, which went live on its website on August 3.

The solicitation is part of the previously announced $52 million purchase of Pacific Northwest seafood items, which SeafoodNews covered at the end of July.

Lori Steele, the Executive Director of the West Coast Seafood Processors Association (WCSPA) broke down the purchase to SeafoodNews:

- Pacific pink shrimp - $12 million...

China Gets 2 New Species of White Shrimp

Problems like a lack of high-quality broodstock and over-reliance on imports have been haunting China’s white shrimp industry for many years. But during early August, there was a delighting achievement in China’s breeding sector. Guangdong agricultural bureau said its local companies developed two new shrimp species, Haimao No.1 and Hisenor No.3, which are officially acknowledged by the country’s relevant committee, according to Nanfang Daily.

The inventor of Haimao No.1, Haimao Group, acquired America’s Primo Broodstock. They introduced to the domestic market foreign...

Preliminary Warmwater Shrimp Landings for April and May Released by NOAA

April and May may feel like ages ago, but the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Southeast Fisheries Science Center has just released the preliminary shrimp landings data for the Gulf of Mexico for those two months. 

According to the report, in April 3.0 million pounds of shrimp were landed in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic. For the month of May 13.3 million pounds were landed in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic. Looking back at May 2021, NOAA reported only 9.5 million pounds of...

NL Fall Shrimp Price Negotiations Just As Heated as The Summer

The fall shrimp fishery is just as problematic as the summer shrimp fishery. Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) shared this week that fall shrimp price negotiations were “anything but good faith negotiations.” 

“The Association of Seafood Producers (ASP) and the processors asked harvesters to continue taking the below market price of $0.90/lb just to finish the shrimp season,” FFAW wrote in an update to their members. “When harvesters pushed back asking for more details about what processors were willing to continue paying for shrimp...

Cup Noodles Releases New Seafood Flavors, Including Clam Chowder and “Seapoodle”

Just in time for chowder season…Nissin Group, the company behind dorm room staple Cup Noodles, is releasing some new flavors. 

The official Cup Noodles Japan account tweeted earlier this week that they are now offering a Boston-style clam chowder. The new product is described as a “richy” and “creamy” soup with “the umami of seafood.”

And that’s not the only new release. Coming out on September 12 is the “Cup Noodle Super Gattai” series. The series combines two of the eight standard flavors of “Cup Noodles...

Endless Shrimp Promotion Back at Red Lobster

Red Lobster has welcomed the return of its Ultimate Endless Shrimp promotion which kicked off on September 5 and will wrap up on November 6.

Guests can choose a pair of shrimp dishes and once those are cleared off the plate, they can order an additional dish until they are satisfied.

The 2022 iteration of the deal includes the new Parmesan-Bacon Shrimp Scampi and Argentine Red Shrimp and the return of classic Shrimp Linguini Alfredo.

Each Ultimate Endless Shrimp meal is accompanied...

Foreign Shrimp Enjoying Greater Popularity in China

China’s imports of warmwater shrimp rose to a new high record in July. The import volume skyrockets by 121.4% to 0.093 million tons, and the growth rate obviously outruns that of its eatable seafood import which increases by 25.2% to 0.41 million tons, according to statistics from FCCfood.

A further look reveals that the country’s shrimp import from this January to July increased by 37.5% to 0.429 million tons from that of last year, while by 35.8% compared with that of 2019. It is also quicker than the total seafood...

Hendrix Genetics Appoints Lorenzo Juarez to Lead Shrimp Breeding Activities in Ecuador

Hendrix Genetics announced on Friday that they’ve appointed Lorenzo Juarez as General Manager to lead their shrimp breeding activities in Ecuador.

“We are delighted to have Lorenzo on board to take Hendrix Genetic Ecuador to the next stage,” said Dave Danson, Director of Shrimp and Operations at Hendrix Genetics. “Last three years, we have built towards setting up a biosecure closed breeding cycle, and are now at the eve of introducing our new product to the Ecuadorian market. As such, timing of Lorenzo joining us could not...

ASC, Pescanova USA Bringing Certified Seafood to the South Beach Seafood Festival

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council and Pescanova USA will bring certified seafood to one of the biggest seafood celebrations in the U.S. during the 10^th annual South Beach Seafood Festival.

Pescanova will be serving up scampi samples of their responsibly raised, ASC-certified Vannamei Shrimp to VIP attendees. The duo will also co-host a booth that promotes the flavor and benefits of certified seafood, handled with care, through an array of lively Miami-style activations.

There will be plenty of swag available at the booth too...

Louisiana Wildlife Agents Cite Man for Multiple Shrimp Violations

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents cited a Delcambre man for alleged shrimping violations on Aug. 24 in St. Mary Parish.

Jimmie Dupre Jr., 48, was cited for failing to return serviceable trap to the water, trawling inside waters with oversized nets, taking commercial fish without a commercial gear license and vessel license, per a LDWF press release.

Agents, while on patrol in West Cote Blanche Bay, encountered Dupre Jr. operating a shrimp vessel. Agents began an inspection and found that Dupre Jr...

Tru Shrimp Launches Tru Protein Brand of Pet Food, Treat Ingredients

The trū Shrimp Companies is officially making their way into the pet food category. The company announced earlier this week that their trū Protein branded line of pet food and treat ingredients is now available. 

“trū Protein has always been a part of our business plan,” said Michael Ziebell, President and CEO of The trū Shrimp Companies. “It joins our consumer trū Shrimp and medical application trū Chitosan for a complete and sustainable utilization of every single part of our shrimp.”

Branded pet food groups that use...

FFAW President Keith Sullivan Fires Back at Royal Greenland in New Letter

FFAW-Unifor President Keith Sullivan is firing back at Royal Greenland after Simon Harding, a managing director of Royal Greenland’s operations in Newfoundland, sent a six-page letter to provincial politicians stating that it’s time for “everyone to put the gloves down.”

To quickly rehash, in July FFAW accused Royal Greenland of “deliberately acting in poor faith” in the summer shrimp fishery. FFAW claimed that Royal Greenland in Quebec had been buying Northern Shrimp from Quebec harvesters caught in Newfoundland and Labrador waters...

Louisiana Representative Pushing USDA To Purchase Seafood to Assist Fishermen Battling Inflation

U.S. Congressman Garret Graves (LA) has urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to purchase shrimp and crawfish from Louisiana via its food aid programs to help take pressure off of the state’s seafood sector which is face-to-face with a litany of headwinds.

Graves noted that the state’s shrimpers and crawfishers are “struggling to stay afloat amidst record high energy costs, inflation, a crumbling supply chain, workforce shortages, and the disaster recovery process.

“Buying Louisiana seafood is a win-win-win-win for the USDA’s nutrition...

Louisiana Fall Inshore Shrimp Season Opening Dates Announced

On Thursday the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission announced the opening dates for the fall inshore shrimp season. The opening dates are set based on information provided by biologists from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF), as well as input from the Louisiana Shrimp Task Force and public comments.

The season will open at 6 a.m. on August 8 for the Mississippi/Louisiana state line westward to the eastern shore of South Pass of the Mississippi River. From the eastern shore of...

NaturalShrimp Provides Latest on Iowa, Texas Production Sites Following Fire

RAS shrimp farmer NaturalShrimp provided updates on its pair of facilities in Iowa and Texas on August 4.

NaturalShrimp said the retrofit and production of 20% of its Webster City facility in Iowa has confirmed that the Company’s patented treatment technology can adapt to existing aquaculture facilities. The company’s production team will continue to boost production every month until the retrofitted 20% and will begin stocking in an additional 20% completed section this month bringing the total production area to 100,000 square feet or 40%...