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Spotlight on Seafood Markets as Expana Adds Tuna and Lobster Forecasts


ANALYSIS: Ecuador Shatters Export Records as Tariff Uncertainty Drives Historic May Performance  


Trump Announces US Trade Deal With Vietnam, Including 20% Import Tariff  


ANALYSIS: Fresh Chilean Salmon Fillets Soften Ahead of Seasonal Trend  


US House Republicans Back Amendment to Expand H-2B Visa Access for Seasonal Workers


Court Sets Date for NMFS to Decide if West Coast Chinook Salmon Should be on the Endangered List  


Japan's Seafood Imports in May Decreased by 5% YOY in Volume and 3% YOY in Value


Expana Publication Schedule for The Fourth of July Holiday


Russia Expects Fish Catch to Surpass 5 Million Metric Tons in 2025


Scary Good: New LA Pop-up Dining Experience to Debut July 5


Cousins Maine Lobster Expands North Carolina Footprint  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Wednesday, July 2


Wed. Jul 2 2025

Cozy Harbor, a Maine Lobster Staple, Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy


ANALYSIS: Canada's Declining Share in European Live Lobster Market Despite CETA  


Federal Judge Dismisses UCIDA's Claim that NMFS Violated Laws While Managing Cook Inlet Salmon  


Ecuador Establishes New Union Representing Nation’s Fishing and Aquaculture Sector


DOC Announces 2025 Appointments to the Regional Fishery Management Councils


Phillips Foods Opens Sales Office in Japan to Expand Crab Meat Sales  


Rabobank Sees Pressure from Tariffs and Trade Shifts: Shrimp, Salmon Sectors Brace for Impact


New Report Shows 21% of Consumers Chose Delivery over Dine-in in 2024


Russia Struggles to Boost Domestic Deep-Sea Crab Catch


Turning Emissions into Nutrition: Norwegian Project Converts CO₂ into Salmon Feed


Navigating the Trump Tariff Turbulence: A Comprehensive Timeline


Alltech Increases Stake to Become Majority Owner of Alltech Fennoaqua


Conxemar and ABANCA Renew Collaboration Ahead of International Frozen Seafood Fair in Spain


Seafoodnews.com Summary Wednesday, July 2


Tue. Jul 1 2025

Expana and Gluna Shrimp Announce Exclusive Data Partnership Covering Ecuadorian Shrimp Markets


ANALYSIS: Frozen Haddock Market Sees Unprecedented Price Growth  


Bristol Bay Salmon Run Timing And Size Currently Mimics That of Two Years Ago  


Pacific Seafood Going Big on Alaska  


Rodger May, Former Peter Pan Seafoods Chief, Wins Final Court Battle For Assets  


Mowi Appoints Tomasz Trela as New Sales Director Central Europe


Russia Sees Surge in Squid and Seafood Production Amid Rising Domestic Demand


Japan's May Fishery Exports Increased 1% in Volume and 6% in Value  


Japanese Company Becomes World’s First BAP-Certified Oyster Producer


Atlantic Sapphire Showcases Bluehouse Salmon at Summer Fancy Food Show  


Nova Scotia: 22 Seafood Companies Receive $1.75 Million in Climate Change Funding  


Seafoodnews.com Summary Tuesday, July 1


Mon. Jun 30 2025

ANALYSIS: India’s Shrimp Exports Continue Upward Trend Despite Market Shifts  


ANALYSIS: Argentine Red Shrimp Exports Plummet Amid Ongoing Industrial Disruptions  


Trump, Carney Agree to Resume US-Canada Trade Negotiations


High Liner Finalizes Acquisition of Conagra Seafood Brands for $12.6M Less Than Initial Agreement


NOAA Fisheries Opens 15-Day Comment Period on New, Higher Atlantic Herring Catches For 2025-27  


Mori Trust Joins Pure Salmon's Land-Based Aquaculture Project  


New Zealand Contributes NZ$150,000 to WTO Fish Fund


New Zealand Fishermen Fined for Selling Black Market Seafood  


TPWD Aims to Buy Back 115 Commercial Oyster Boat Licenses This Round


Seafoodnews.com Summary Monday, June 30


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Bumble Bee Pleads Guilty to Canned Tuna Price Fixing; Agrees to Pay $25 Million Fine

Bumble Bee Foods has agreed to plead guilty for its role in a conspiracy to fix the prices of shelf-stable tuna fish, such as canned and pouched tuna. As part of the deal, Bumble Bee agreed to pay a $25 million criminal fine. Bumble Bee told a federal court in California that it and some co-conspirators agreed to fix the prices of shelf-stable tuna fish from as early as the first quarter of 2011 through at least as late as the fourth quarter of 2013. The company’s guilty plea is actually just the latest deal the Department of Justice has cut with the company. Two of Bumble Bee's sales executives plead guilty to their involvement in the scheme last December. Neither the executives nor Bumble Bee specifically named any other co-conspirators involved in the scheme.

Fishermen blame cold waters in major lobster fishing areas 33 and 34 in Nova Scotia for sharply lower lobster landings this spring. Ashton Spinney, co-chair of the Lobster Advisory Committee for Lobster Fishing Area 34, says only half as many lobsters, as usual, are being brought ashore this spring. Reports were similar out of LFA 33. Fishermen are noting that landings this spring are down from record harvest figures last season, but that global demand for lobsters remains quite high.

We are sad to report that James “Jim” Beaton an icon in the Alaska fishing industry, passed away on April 22 at the age of 80. Beaton leaves a legacy that is hard to underestimate. He was a founder of the United Fishermen of Alaska, served on the Board of Fish for a decade, shepherded limited entry legislation during a "civil war" that divided the industry, helped pass the state's private, non-profit hatchery legislation, and developed many fisheries. His guiding principles were to protect the resource first and the fishermen second.

In other news, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council approved a proposal that would establish a pilot program allowing Louisiana to manage red-snapper stocks in both state and federal waters off its coast for three years starting in 2019. This vote gives Louisiana the go-ahead to flesh out the plan into an actual amendment that would ultimately need to be approved by the advisory panel.

Finally, we run a report from the 9th China International Shrimp Industry Development Forum in Zhanjiang. Several notable industry representatives from the world's major shrimp producers spoke at the conference about future production trends. Some of the key takeaways were ongoing production increases from Ecuador and India. At the same time, China is expected to emerge as the world's largest shrimp importer by the end of this year.

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