Hailia Nordic's pulled rainbow trout product inside its packaging — Kuopio, Finland-based Kalavapriikki and Karkkila, Finland-headquartered food-tech company Hailia Nordic have created a new pulled rainbow trout product | Photo courtesy of Hailia Nordic

September 16, 2024

Kalavapriikki, Hailia Nordic team up to launch pulled rainbow trout in S Group stores in Finland

Processing workers at a Reunimer factory in masks and gloves near a production line featuring bags of product — Processing workers at a Reunimer factory | Photo courtesy of Investisseurs & Partenaires (I&P)

September 16, 2024

Hivest Capital acquires majority stake in Réunimer – Pêcherie du Sud

Russian crab fishing vessel Sergey Prikhodko floating on the water soon after its maiden voyage — The recently launched Russian crab fishing vessel Sergey Prikhodko | Photo courtesy of the United Press Service of Rosrybolovstvo

September 16, 2024

More than RUB 200 billion invested in Russia’s Far East through investment-quota scheme, but latest crab auction has no buyers

Water in the Ionian sea, tinted pink and blue by the sun, filled with sea bream and sea bass farming cages, which are round and float on top of the water. In the background, mountains appear blue through the mist. — View of sea bream and sea bass farming cages in the Ionian Sea in Greece | Photo courtesy of Tsuguliev/Shutterstock

September 16, 2024

Survey finds 8 out of 10 European consumers support humane fish-slaughter practices

Luca Micciche (left) among other panelists at the "Deep Dive into China’s Shrimp Production and Global Farming Perspectives" panel at the 2024 Global Shrimp Forum — Luca Micciche (left) among other panelists at the "Deep Dive into China’s Shrimp Production and Global Farming Perspectives" panel at the 2024 Global Shrimp Forum | Photo courtesy of Fuci Guo/LinkedIn

September 16, 2024

Chinese shrimp production growth stagnating, but greenhouse ponds present way forward

Processing & Equipment

Food processing equipment giant Marel has entered an agreement to acquire Sabetha, Kansas, U.S.A-headquartered Wenger Manufacturing.

Marel to acquire Wenger, create new business segment

April 28, 2022

Sole Ukraine exhibitor at Seafood Expo Global vows to rebuild

April 27, 2022

An Alaskan fisherman pulls in a catch from a purse seine net.

Survey identifies top tech needs of US seafood harvesters

April 20, 2022

Madrid, Spain-based Satlink has had its vessel monitoring system authorized by the United Kingdom’s Marine Management Organisation.

Satlink gains approval for sale of tracking system to UK artisanal fishers

April 20, 2022

A new Lineage Logistics facility.

Global Cold Chain Alliance list highlights growth in its largest cold-storage providers

April 18, 2022

Marel technicians installing processing machinery

Marel’s equipment sales to Chinese processors up, belying industry and demographic trends

April 12, 2022

A krill-fishing vessel being designed by Wärtsilä Ship Design Company has been delayed rather than canceled, according to a Shanghai-based design company involved in the construction.

CMI’s Shen Lan 2 krill-vessel build delayed, not canceled

April 12, 2022

An OBI Seafoods processing facility in Alaska

OBI Seafoods joins Pacific Star, newcomer Rogue Wave Processing in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

April 8, 2022

Sharply contrasting salmon run predictions in Alaska are forcing some major moves in the processing sector in advance of the 2022 season.

Changes hitting Alaska’s processing sector in advance of salmon season

April 7, 2022

Novi, Michigan, U.S.A.-based Lineage Logistics has announced it is building a 200,000-square-foot cold storage facility it in Windsor, Colorado, U.S.A. for meat-processing giant JBS.

JBS, Lineage Logistics team up on new cold-storage facility in Colorado

April 7, 2022

Dong Thap, Vietnam-based International Development and Investment Corporation (IDI) is planning to build a third pangasius-processing facility.

Vietnamese pangasius exporter IDI to build third processing plant

April 6, 2022

Pressure is slowly building in the U.S. against polystyrene foams and expanded polystyrene.

Polystyrene bans and phase-outs pushing seafood packagers to seek alternatives

April 1, 2022

Wholesale seafood and meat supplier Beaver Street Fisheries has completed a renovation of its seafood-packaging facility in Jacksonville, Florida, U.S.A.

Beaver Street Fisheries completes renovation of packaging facility in Jacksonville

March 30, 2022

Unibond Seafood International CEO David Jiang said the data and conclusions in the report, “China’s Seafood Imports – Not for Domestic Consumption?” are incorrect.

Unibond CEO challenges conclusions of study on Chinese processing

March 30, 2022

A study of China’s seafood sector suggests Chinese demand for seafood is overstated.

Report: China’s seafood demand overstated, with most imports processed and reexported

March 21, 2022

Officials with a port in the U.S. state of Oregon and representatives from a regional seafood processor trade group have joined forces to seek funding for a wastewater treatment plant.

Oregon port, processors group join forces for wastewater plant

March 16, 2022

Mounting supply-chain difficulties are creating opportunities for U.S. processors to re-shore work.

US firms aim to “re-shore” seafood processing from China

March 16, 2022

Dallas, Texas, U.S.A.-based CQF, which does business as Seafood Analytics, has released its new CQR 3.0 seafood quality monitoring system.

Seafood Analytics launches CQR 3.0 at Seafood Expo North America

March 15, 2022