ANALYSIS: What India's Rising Shrimp Farmgate Prices Look Like Against the Seasonal Range

India's whiteleg 30-count farmgate price (ex-farmgate in Andhra Pradesh) has risen about ₹30 (₹435 to ₹465) since late June and early July, running through early August, against a dataset high of ₹505. The move is real. It is also normal, given the seasonal record.

The first large harvest of the year has wound down, and what is moving through the market now is the tail end of that supply. With demand holding roughly steady, tighter on-the-ground availability is doing...

Ecuador's Shrimp Industry Calls for Trade Retaliation Against Brazil Over Prolonged Import Ban

Ecuador's National Chamber of Aquaculture (CNA) is pressing the government to implement retaliatory trade measures against Brazil, nearly nine months after Brasília suspended imports of Ecuadorian shrimp over sanitary concerns with no resolution in sight.

Brazil banned shrimp imports from Ecuador effective December 9, 2024, citing unsanitary conditions identified during an inspection mission by its Ministry of Agriculture. Since then, the CNA says, market access has not been restored despite ongoing diplomatic engagement, leaving Ecuadorian exporters locked out of what had been a significant regional market...

Back-to-School and Nostalgia Marketing Drive Menu Buzz In Foodservice

Foodservice operators are heading into fall leaning on nostalgia, value and expansion to drive traffic, strengthen loyalty and navigate a competitive operating environment.

Nostalgia continues to prove its staying power as an industry strategy, with operators revisiting familiar flavors, menu items and experiences to reconnect with consumers. Limited-time offers have become a particularly effective vehicle, creating urgency around products that already carry a sense of familiarity.

Taco Bell has brought back four fan-favorite 2016 menu items: the Naked Chicken Chalupa, Meximelt, Beefy...

Supreme Crab & Seafood Adds Mark Laubner for Business Development and Culinary Support

Supreme Crab & Seafood, Inc. has added Mark Laubner to its team, where he will focus on business development and culinary support across the company’s customer channels.

Laubner brings experience from both sides of the foodservice business, with a background spanning food distribution sales, restaurant operations and culinary management. Most recently, he worked in food distribution sales and previously held an area management role with a national foodservice distributor. That experience gave him a strong understanding of customer negotiations, service...

Proximar Sees Stronger Q2 Growth, Targets 3 KG-Plus Harvest Weights from September

Proximar Seafood reported improved biological performance in Q2 and said average harvest weights are expected to reach around 3 kg and above from September, a key step toward better pricing and profitability.

The company harvested 726 tonnes HOG in the quarter, up from 697 tonnes in Q1, while average harvest weight rose to 2.56 kg from 2.25 kg. Proximar said the increase came despite a targeted harvest of smaller fish from May to July aimed at retaining larger fish and lifting harvest weights...

Iceland Seafood International Posts 16.7% Sales Jump in First Half of 2026 as Net Profit Doubles

Iceland Seafood International delivered a strong first half of 2026, with sales rising 16.7% to €273.0 million and net profit doubling to €2.2 million from €1.1 million in the same period last year. Normalized profit before tax climbed 26.1% to €2.9 million, and the company maintained its full-year normalized PBT guidance of €11.5 million to €13.5 million.

Growth was broad-based across all three divisions. The Sales and Distribution division was the standout performer...

Pink Salmon Surge in Sitka and Kodiak Lifts Alaska Season Totals

A late-season surge of pink salmon into Sitka and strong returns in Kodiak have brightened Alaska's salmon harvest picture heading into the final stretch of the season.

The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute's (ASMI) weekly harvest summary through August 22 showed the cumulative salmon catch had exceeded year-to-date 2025 levels — and 2024 levels for pink salmon — though totals remained well behind both the forecast and the prior-year cumulative harvest as the season began to wind down. That picture improved further after the report was distributed...

Court Preliminarily Approves $2.25M Dungeness Crab Settlements

A federal magistrate judge has preliminarily approved $2.25 million in partial settlements in the Dungeness crab price-fixing class action, moving the case toward its first formal payout to class members while litigation continues against the remaining defendants, including Pacific Seafood Group.

US Magistrate Judge Alex G. Tse signed the order on August 24 in the Northern District of California, clearing settlements with Pacific Dream Seafoods, Inc. ($1 million), Caito Fisheries, Inc. and four Caito family members ($1.25 million), and non-party Fisherman's Choice LLC, which agreed...

Gloria Maris Côte d’Opale Becomes First French Seabass and Seabream Farm Certified to ASC Standard

Gloria Maris Côte d’Opale has become the first French seabass and seabream farm to receive the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Seabream and Seabass standard certification, following an audit conducted by a Conformity Assessment Body (CAB) to verify compliance with the standard.

ASC announced the news yesterday, saying the certification increases the availability of farmed seafood in France that meets ASC’s environmental and social requirements.

“ASC congratulates Gloria Maris Côte d’Opale on this remarkable achievement. As a pioneer...

Royal Greenland Swings to First-Half Profit as Revenue Rises 16.5%

Royal Greenland swung to a first-half profit in 2026 as stronger market prices and ongoing operational improvements lifted earnings, while the company continued to invest across its North Atlantic footprint. The seafood group reported profit before tax of DKK 217 million for the first half of 2026, compared with a loss of DKK 11 million year-over-year (YOY). Revenue rose 16.5%, while sales volumes were stable YOY.

“We are pleased with the significant improvement in our first-half results,” CEO Toke Binzer...

Canada Commits $53M to Build Three New Pacific Salmon Hatcheries in British Columbia

The federal government has announced more than $53 million in construction contracts for three new Pacific salmon hatcheries across British Columbia, all developed in partnership with Indigenous nations and aimed at reversing steep declines in Chinook and sockeye populations.

The announcements, made August 25 by Fisheries Minister Joanne Thompson, cover facilities on the upper Fraser River near Hanceville, in Prince George, and on the Kitwanga River in Gitanyow territory — each tied to a separate First Nation and targeting distinct at-risk salmon populations...

Norcod Reports Strong Q2 Biological Performance as Biomass Surges, Company Eyes H2 Inflection Point

Norwegian cod farmer Norcod posted solid operational and biological results for the second quarter of 2026, with biomass at sea climbing 31% during the period and the company now moving into continuous harvesting at higher volumes as it builds toward its 2027 production targets.

Biomass at sea grew from 4,123 tonnes at the start of Q2 to 5,390 tonnes at quarter end, bringing the total first-half increase to 76%, or 2,330 tonnes. Norcod harvested 791 tonnes round weight during the quarter...

Russia Eyes Stable Barents Sea Halibut Catch as Far East Stocks Spur Two-Year Fishing Ban

Russia is targeting a further increase in halibut catches in the Barents Sea in the coming years, aiming to grow supplies to both domestic and export markets — even as a sharp stock collapse in its Far Eastern basin has forced authorities to impose sweeping restrictions.

The quota for Greenland halibut in the Barents Sea is expected to be set at 8,000 tonnes for 2027, pending final recommendations from the joint Norwegian-Russian research working group currently reviewing Barents Sea catch levels...

Canada Pulls Seafood From Counter-Tariff List After Industry Pushback

Canada's Department of Finance has reversed course on one of the more contentious elements of its retaliatory tariff package, removing fish and seafood products from its list of US goods facing counter-tariffs, less than 24 hours after the measures were announced.

The department said it made the adjustment based on feedback from Canadian industries, citing a commitment to continually assess the effectiveness of its counter-tariff measures, with a primary focus on sectors that have themselves been targeted by US tariffs. Seafood, notably, has not been...

Chile Presses for Salmon Tariff Removal as Two-Day US Trade Talks End

High-level trade talks between Chile and the United States concluded in Santiago this week without a final agreement, as both sides described ongoing negotiations over the 12.5% Section 301 tariff that has burdened Chilean exports — including salmon — since late July.

Deputy US Trade Representative Jeffrey Goettman led the US delegation for the two-day visit on August 24-25. Chile's government pressed for the removal of the 12.5% tariff across key export sectors, including salmon, wine, timber, and fruit...

Three Environmental Groups: NOAA is Violating the Endangered Species Act on Gray Whale Protections

Exactly one day after the deadline for NOAA to respond to a petition from Oasis Earth (OE) to list the Eastern North Pacific gray whale population as threatened or endangered, OE and two other conservation groups sent a notice of intent to sue the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration over gray whale protections.

The gray whale population along the North American west coast has dropped by half in just ten years. A year ago, the trio of environmentalists...

Nordic Aqua Partners Reaches Full Capacity at China RAS Farm, Eyes Stage 3 Expansion

Nordic Aqua Partners has reached full run-rate at its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) Atlantic salmon farm in Ningbo, China, bringing annual production capacity to 8,000 metric tons following the completion of Stage 2 of the project.

CEO Ragnar Joensen said the company is now "fully up and running" at that capacity, with operational performance described as solid. Combined with good fish health and welfare, he said the results are supporting improved fish growth, higher harvest weights, and lower production costs...