Daily recap: US hits nine-year high in snow crab imports; French seafood prices spike
Here's?a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Friday, July 12:
The US is seeing yet another Canadian snow crab blizzard, and it's not even winter.
Prices for seafood at Rungis International Market in France, the world's second-largest wholesale food market, spiked dramatically in 2022 before retreating in 2023, a new analysis of over 250 products by?Undercurrent News?shows.
Export prices for Norwegian whole herring eased again in week 27 (July 1-7) of 2024, while herring fillets and mackerel ticked back up, according to the latest update from the Norwegian Seafood Council.
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The union that represents inshore fish harvesters in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador is promising to keep causing disruptions after crashing a government press conference on Wednesday (July 10) until Canada reverses its decision to allow a commercial northern cod fishery.
Japan's Shizuoka Gas Co. announced late last month that it will launch a trial project to farm Malabar grouper (Epinephelus malabaricus) and sea grapes in a small-scale, closed-circulation land-based aquaculture system.
US imports of fresh and frozen tilapia fillets show a notable decline, potentially marking the worst year in the last 12, said Francisco Murillo, former Regal Springs executive and current CEO of Ghana's Tropo Farm.
Spot prices for farmed Norwegian salmon are creeping back up in week 29 (commencing July 15), while Chilean and Scottish are easing again, sources told Undercurrent.