Daily recap: Live from Utrecht; AquaBounty to sell Canadian operation
Here's?a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Tuesday, Sept. 3:?
Undercurrent News is still live from the Global Shrimp Forum, held Sept. 3-5 in Utrecht, the Netherlands. The latest updates include news from marketing group the Global Shrimp Council and BioMar's belief that farmed shrimp can achieve a lower carbon footprint than salmon one day. Check the blog here.
Land-based salmon farmer AquaBounty Technologies has decided to sell its Rollo Bay farm operation in an effort to increase its cash position. The farm, located on Prince Edward Island in Canada, was purchased by the company in 2016 and further developed into a standard Atlantic salmon broodstock and egg production operation.
Farm-gate prices for vannamei shrimp from India, Vietnam and Indonesia have all stabilized at the start of week 36 (Sept. 2-8),?according to?Undercurrent?News'?data portal.
Ecuador's shrimp exports fell 3% by volume in July from a year earlier as shipments to key buyers China and the US declined, according to data from Ecuador's national chamber of aquaculture, or CNA.
Chinese wholesale salmon prices saw their largest week-on-week increase so far this year in week 36, following significant losses by dealers over the previous two weeks.