Daily recap: Pescanova sees sales surge; Rodger May regains control of Peter Pan assets

Here's?a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Thursday, Oct. 3:

• Conxemar 2024: Nueva Pescanova sees 2024 sales volume surge

Undercurrent News was reporting live from the Conxemar show in Vigo, Spain -- catch all the latest blog updates here.

• Rodger May regains control of Peter Pan Seafood's assets

A US judge has approved the sale of bankrupt Peter Pan Seafood Co., LLC 's assets – including three Alaska seafood plants – to its former owner Rodger May.

• Alaska officials applaud feds' biological opinion on Southeast chinook harvest

US fisheries regulators have released a long-anticipated?biological opinion?ahead of a court-imposed deadline to allow the troll fleet to harvest chinook salmon in Southeast Alaska.?

• Canadian fisheries officers seize CAD 100k worth of lobster in Nova Scotia

Enforcement officers with Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans seized 13,000 pounds of lobster worth CAD 100,000 ($73,880) on Wednesday (Oct. 2) after executing a search warrant in Shelburne County, in the province of Nova Scotia.

• Production begins at new 20,000t-capacity Latvian salmon plant

Latvia's Port Lite has begun operating its new salmon factory, now fully operational and ready to meet demand across Europe, the firm's European commercial director Dirk Belmans told Undercurrent News.?

• Russian pollock giant wins investment quota-related legal dispute

A Russian court has ruled against the country's fishery agency Rosrybolovstvo in its case against a leading pollock processor relating to investment quota commitments.