Daily recap: Goldberg to join Aqua Star; AquaChile opens US plant
Here's a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Friday, March 14.
- Goldberg to join Aqua Star as shrimp, farmed fish buyer
Jeff Goldberg, one of the US seafood industry's best-known and most-traveled executives, will be leading shrimp and farmed fish procurement efforts for Seattle, Washington-based Aqua Star, he announced Friday (March 14) on LinkedIn.
- Chile's largest salmon farmer opens US plant
AquaChile, the largest salmon farmer in Chile, has opened a new US operation in Miami, Florida.
- Lebouthillier out, Thompson in as Canadian fisheries minister in cabinet shakeup
Diane Lebouthillier is out, and Joanne Thompson, a member of Parliament from Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), is in as Canada's fisheries minister following Mark Carney's ascension to become the country's 24th prime minister.
- Price negotiations delayed in world's largest snow crab fishery
Dock price negotiations have been delayed by nearly a week in the Newfoundland and Labrador snow crab fishery, reports Jason Sullivan, a vice president at the Fish Food and Allied Workers, the union representing NL's inshore harvesters.??
- High margins, high investment drive seafood M&A boom
The global seafood industry is undergoing unprecedented merger and acquisition activity fueled by strong fundamentals, increased capital requirements, and growing interest from major institutional investors, according to industry experts.
- Trump tariffs on Canadian salmon promise to boost Chilean, Norwegian prices, too
Just when the Canadian salmon industry had appeared to regain some momentum in the US market, president Donald Trump's pending 25% tariffs threaten to take it away.
- Turkish trout farmers hope to surpass $600m sales milestone supported by Japan coho price rise
Turkish trout producers hope to see last year's high prices replicated for the upcoming harvest season, aided in part by the rise in coho salmon demand and prices, according to market sources.
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