Seafood entrepreneur: Orca Bay CEO’s humble beginnings in the plant
Orca Bay Seafoods and its CEO Ryan Mackey are no strangers to small beginnings, and the executive says humility is one of the biggest lessons he’s learned in more than two decades in the seafood industry
View ArticleUS canned salmon exports to UK rise overall, but sockeye still lags
A jump in canned salmon to UK has been a big contributor to roughly 18% rise in US exports of the packaged seafood this year through June, even though canned sockeye exports to the European nation...
View ArticleAlaska seafood producers call for ban on Russian seafood imports
Companies including Trident, Ocean Beauty, Unisea ask US government to stop Russian seafood imports in retaliation for Russia's ban on exports from the US
View ArticleAlaska salmon season winds down with over 140m fish harvested
Season showing preliminary total harvest of 143.4m fish as of Aug. 25, beating the forecast of 132.6m, as sockeye numbers were up
View ArticleAlaska salmon harvest reaches 146m fish
State's commercial catch continues to climb through August and September
View ArticleUS wild salmon exports jump 32% in July
Influx of pink salmon shipped abroad boosts the numbers with a 302% rise, with Thailand emerging as a target market
View ArticleSources: China processor Longyuan exposed over mutual guarantee with Yilufa
China whitefish and salmon processor Qingdao Longyuan’s mutual guarantee with troubled processor Yilufa also puts it in difficulty, say sources in China and Europe
View ArticleImpact from warming ‘blob’ unclear for salmon, scientist says
The impact from a warming effect in the Northern Pacific remains unclear as scientists work to understand the mysterious phenomenon
View ArticleBrazil continues to grow as a direct market for Alaskan fish
South America's biggest economy is becoming a small but growing direct market for Alaska fish including salmon, cod and pollock
View ArticleWorld Food Moscow: Lack of financing puts Russian importers under pressure;...
Undercurrent News will be reporting all week from the World Food Moscow show in the Russian capital, where the impact of the food ban will be the center of all discussion
View ArticleRussia aims at massive increase in home market use of its fish
Russia aims to have only 20% of its fish consumption coming from imports by 2020, compared to 53% at the current level, speaker told Humber Seafood Summit
View ArticleYihe shifts from commodity pinks focus with two-brand product launch
With 'most aggressive product expansion' ever, founder Steve Chen expects overall business to expand and a major shift in focus from pinks to chums
View ArticleSmall Alaska chum harvest sends processors scrambling; prices unsettled
Processors are scrambling to fill orders as a lower-than-expected 2014 Alaska commercial chum salmon harvest creates price uncertainty
View ArticleUK importer keeping close eye on Russia ban impact on whitefish, salmon supplies
Processor, which relies on Russia for nearly half of its raw material of whitefish and salmon from the Far East, is keeping eye on events, amid fears some exports will be cut
View ArticleShort Alaskan run has buyers puzzled over chum salmon prices
North American buyers are puzzling over chum salmon prices, as slim Alaskan harvest leads to short supplies of a fish considered the economic substitute, says Tradex Foods
View ArticleRussian Sea Catching: ‘Too early’ to say new China sale process doesn’t work
Although Russia’s largest pollock quota holder is ‘concerned’ about the time needed to meet new export requirements to China, it’s 'too early' to say the process doesn’t work
View ArticleNo salmon shortage in Russia, just 25% higher prices
The ban on the imports of salmon from Norway to Russia has not resulted in its shortage in Russian supermarkets, because the majority of imported products are now supplied to Russia from Belarus
View ArticleSalmon surpasses tuna for first time to become second most consumed fish in...
Last year's record salmon landings in Alaska, combined with huge production of pink salmon, have made salmon into second most consumed seafood in the US, after shrimp
View ArticleChina salmon, whitefish processor plans plant close to North Korea, Russia...
A Chinese salmon and whitefish processor is building a factory close to North Korea and Russia, to take advantage of lower costs and cheap transport for raw material
View ArticleDongwon buys stake in Silver Bay Seafoods
Dongwon F&B announced it has acquired a stake in Alaska's Silver Bay Seafoods
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