Tag: COVID-19
Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global first edition in Barcelona is to date larger than any previous editions of the global event. The world’s largest seafood trade fair will reignite the global seafood industry’s in-person events ...
EU household expenditure on fish increases due to pandemic. ‘The EU fish market’ yearly report is a comprehensive analysis of the EU fisheries and aquaculture industry that is produced by EUMOFA. From 2019 to 2020, ...
Fish landings drop at Lerwick. Activity across several sectors at Lerwick Harbour has shown signs of recovery in the third quarter of this year, contributing to improved traffic figures for the first nine months compared ...
Marel opens demo centre in Shanghai. Marel has launched its Shanghai Progress Point. The launch cements their commitment to the growing Chinese market and signals their intent to work even more closely and efficiently to ...
Solid growth for Thai Union. For the nine months to end-September 2021, Thai Union saw total sales of THB 102.5 billion, an increase of 3.6 percent year-on-year, with net profit 27 percent higher at THB ...
Scottish Government welcomes improvements for langoustine sector. The Scottish Government published its response to the Scottish Nephrops Working Group report, which it commissioned to help the nephrops (langoustine) sector identify and deal with the challenges brought on from ...
Challenging third quarter for Bakkafrost. Bakkafrost Group made a profit for Q3 2021 of DKK 131.3 million (DKK 176.8 million). For the first nine months of 2021, the profit was DKK 967.2 million (DKK 500.5 ...
Norwegian seafood industry did well in first stage of pandemic. The Norwegian seafood industry and the specialised supplier industry did well through the first phase of the pandemic. Total value creation in the seafood industry ...
Russia restores seafood exports to China close to pre-pandemic levels. After a long hiatus, Russia has practically recovered its seafood exports to China, which were halted due to coronavirus restrictions. China represents the largest market ...
Thai Union ranked No 1 on Seafood Stewardship Index for second time. Thai Union Group PCL has been ranked number one on the Seafood Stewardship Index (SSI) for the second consecutive time for its performance ...
Covid drives big demand for crew-change specialists. Crew change specialists are in big demand from shipping companies struggling to get seafarers on or off vessels because of Covid-19 travel restrictions, an industry figure has revealed. Authorities ...
Shipping container sector for seafood will experience challenges in 2022. The shipping container sector in Russia will continue to experience post-pandemic difficulties in 2022, Maersk believes. Long-term planning, including in relation to fish cargo, is ...
DanFish 2021 set to buzz. The last couple of years have been turbulent and uncertain, not least for the fishing industry, but the organisers of DanFish were certain throughout that the 2021 event would go ...
Lack of housing in rural areas a pressing concern, committee told. Covid has exacerbated Scotland’s rural housing crisis, Scotland’s farmed salmon trade body has told the Scottish Parliament. Tavish Scott, the Chief Executive of the ...
Increase in illegal inland fishing activity in Ireland. Over 33,000 patrols undertaken by Inland Fisheries Ireland officers in 2020, as illegal fishing activity rose during Covid-19 last year Patrol drones and surveillance equipment become increasingly ...
Scottish salmon has “huge opportunities around the world” says Liz Truss following SSPO-Mowi Visit. The Secretary of State for International Trade, Liz Truss MP, visited Mowi’s salmon processing facility at Rosyth last week. The Scottish ...
FDF Scotland’s response to Scottish Government programme for Government 2021-22. In response to the Scottish Government’s Programme for Government 2021-22, David Thomson Chief Executive Officer of Food and Drink Federation (FDF) Scotland, said: “We are ...
More than 100 aquaculture companies to participate in Aqua Expo Guayaquil 2021. The National Chamber of Aquaculture of Ecuador (CNA) confirmed that the most important technical and commercial aquaculture event of the region, ‘Aqua Expo ...
Thai Union sees solid second quarter growth. A return to some pre-pandemic activities as a result of increased COVID vaccinations and other measures in the US and European markets, along with effective business diversification, helped ...
Fish processors demand urgent action from PM on labour shortage. The Scottish Seafood Association today demanded urgent action from the Prime Minister on labour shortages within the sector during a face-to-face meeting in Fraserburgh. Chief ...
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