Undercurrent News
The world's most widely-read global seafood news publication. Follow us for breaking news, supply & price updates, analysis and live event coverage.
- Maruha Nichiro, the world's largest #seafood company by revenue, has entered a joint development agreement with #Singapore-based UMAMI Bioworks to advance the production of cell-based bluefin #tuna: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/09/m...
- #US frozen #Alaska #pollock fillets have been left off the #EU's latest list of product codes considered for retaliatory tariffs, published on May 8: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/09/f...
- #Seabass prices have outpaced #seabream on the #Europe market, with industry sources citing a significant supply shortage as the driving factor: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/09/e...
- Recap all our coverage from #Seafood Expo Global in #Barcelona, #Spain this week: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/05/s...
- #Norway frozen and trawl-caught #cod prices for delivery to #China are remaining firm in week 19, but supply will be shorter in the coming weeks and months: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/07/c...
- A Royal #Greenland joint venture in its home country has snapped up a company and #fishing vessel to target #cod and #crab along the west coast of Greenland: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/07/r...
- We're reporting live from #Barcelona in #Spain for #Seafood Expo Global! Catch all the latest updates from the event here: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/05/s...
- Squeezed #China #seafood processors have closed far fewer double-frozen #pollock fillet deals with Europe than normal by May: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/07/c...
- Eleven members of the UCN editorial and price reporting team are covering the #Seafood Expo Global in #Barcelona, #Spain. Track all the #news here: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/05/s...
- The owner of one of Europe's largest #shrimp processors is looking for an investor to help drive the next stage of growth, which could involve production in the #MiddleEast and North America: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/05/05/o...
- #Spain 's #seafood sector is sounding the alarm as it faces what industry leaders call "a perfect storm" of external pressures: the imposition of new US tariffs on European imports and a global competition for control of maritime ports and logistics chains: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/25/s...
- Skipjack #tuna prices for delivery in #Bangkok, #Thailand, remain firm for weeks 16 and 17 of 2025, despite the #Songkran holiday: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/23/s...
- #Venezuela’s Grupo Lamar has pledged a rapid recovery following a fire that damaged one of its primary #shrimp processing plants over the weekend: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/23/v...
- DNV -- one of the largest #aquaculture service providers in #Norway -- is broadly optimistic about the new licensing measures proposed in the govt's #salmon farming report: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/23/d...
- #Russia producers have successfully sold pollock roe to #China buyers for the first time during a recent auction in #Busan, South #Korea, marking a historic milestone in their efforts to diversify their markets: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/22/c...
- #India, #Indonesia and #Thailand's #shrimp prices continue to recover after the recent rollback of US tariffs, while values in #Ecuador stayed relatively suppressed: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/22/w...
- #Vietnam #shrimp leader Minh Phu #Seafood plans to construct a new processing plant on the outskirts of Ca Mau to meet rising global demand, including from #Japan: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/18/v...
- While the only price changes on global #octopus markets are for #Indonesia-sourced product, sentiment across all origins is firm, according to the week 16 US wholesale benchmark price assessments: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/18/u...
- The wholesale price of fresh wild bluefin #tuna has surged at #Japan 's #Tokyo Toyosu Market, driven by limited availability for premium-grade fish: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/18/w...
- #Norway #salmon #aquaculture firm SalMar's growth targets remain bullish in the face of both domestic regulatory challenges and international trade uncertainty: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/17/s...
- The demise of #Indonesia #aquaculture tech 'unicorn' eFishery has undeniably dented investor appetite for projects in the sector, but speakers on a #seafood panel at the Blue Food Innovation Summit agreed it was not as dire for the sector as feared: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/17/i...
- The US wholesale #salmon market experienced broad firming during week 16, with prices climbing across fresh fillets and whole fish segments, particularly from #Norway and #Chile: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/17/u...
- Week 16 price quotes on #Norway and #Russia trawl-caught, frozen, headed and gutted #haddock have come down amid panic in the #China processing sector due to the trade war with the US: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/16/n...
- The US Customs and Border Protection has declined to comment to UCN when asked for clarification on whether the July 9 date given in president Trump’s last executive order relates to a shipping or arrival date: #TrumpTariffs #seafood www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/02/t...
- Wholesale prices of imported frozen #shrimp in #China have begun to rise after several weeks of decline, driven by depleting inventory levels in the downstream market: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/16/i...
- #Norway's Leroy #Seafood has just added an executive from A. Espersen to its UK team, which is expanding a model using #Vietnam as a re-processing hub: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/15/l...
- UAE-based Aqua Bridge's planned acquisition of seabass and seabream farmer Avramar’s #aquaculture assets in #Greece remains incomplete, as the company continues to seek the necessary funding to finalize the deal: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/15/u...
- Catch all the latest on the #TrumpTariffs impact for #seafood at our live updates, as the price of #China tilapia has continued to plummet: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/02/t...
- #Peru has set a quota of 3 million metric tons for the first #anchovy fishing season of 2025 in its north-central waters: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/14/p...
- #Ecuador and #Europe #shrimp players are in discussions to acquire a 51% stake in #Spain-based cooker Pescafacil: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/14/e...
- The new #aquaculture report published by the #Norway gov't, if passed as regulation, represents one of the most sweeping changes to the country's #salmon industry ever proposed: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/14/n...
- WATCH: Gabriel Luna, #Ecuador shrimp #aquaculture expert and owner of GLuna Shrimp, spoke with UCN about the current state of the sector and the #TrumpTariffs: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/10/w...
- Prices for #Iceland roe-bearing #capelin have hit a record high for sales to #Japan as supply plummets: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/10/i...
- #Alaska #cod, flatfish, #salmon and #pollock sent to #China for processing and export will not be impacted by the latter's ramp up to 84% additional retaliatory tariffs on the US: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/10/c...
- Wholesale #salmon prices in #China remained largely stable or saw an uptick for certain origins during week 15, offering some relief to importers after weeks of financial strain: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/07/w...
- Catch all the latest #seafood news updates at our live coverage of fallout from the US' #TrumpTariffs: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/02/t...
- UCN has adjusted its week 14 delivered #China price assessments on frozen, H&G #Norway Atlantic #cod and #haddock up to new record levels; #Russia's #pollock prices are also up: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/02/n...
- The Spanish #aquaculture division of #Canada's Cooke has announced the inauguration of a new seabass and bream hatchery in #Mallorca, #Spain: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/02/n...
- #Vietnam exports of #pangasius look to be returning to form in 2025, with sales volumes and values rising in the first two months of the year: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/02/v...
- AD Japan, a #Tokyo-based affiliate of South Korean #aquaculture start-up Aqua Development, plans to begin land-based farming of vannamei #shrimp in Owase, #Mie, #Japan: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/01/s...
- Global #tuna prices for April delivery are showing no signs of easing, and key markets are experiencing continued price increases due to persistent demand and supply challenges: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/01/g...
- The UK's duty-free ATQs are being filled with #Russia -caught fish processed in #China at the expense of the US, according to a report from the office of the United States Trade Representative: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/01/t...
- Farm-gate #shrimp prices moved in different directions across major producing regions in week 14, with #Ecuador seeing a notable price drop from the week prior: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/04/01/w...
- #Iceland's domestic whitefish auction saw prices for ungutted #cod and #haddock undergo a small recovery as weekly volumes fell off in week 13: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/03/31/i...
- #Norway #salmon #aquaculture company Grieg #Seafood has announced that CEO Andreas Kvame will step down after a decade at the helm: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/03/31/g...
- It's been a rocky couple of years at Arnarlax, the SalMar-owned #salmon #aquaculture firm in #Iceland's Westfjords, but it should finally be on track once again to start meeting its sizeable production potential this year: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/03/31/i...
- #Spain's largest #tuna supplier Atunlo is set to enter liquidation following its failure to secure 65% approval from creditors for a debt restructuring plan: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/03/28/s...
- The wholesale price of fresh wild #bluefin #tuna, highly sought after by high-end #sushi restaurants in #Japan and abroad, rose for a second straight week, defying expectations amid an increase in arrivals: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/03/28/w...
- While land-based #salmon #aquaculture comes on leaps and bounds, #Norway's #seafood sector is still waiting for the government to set up a regulatory framework for offshore farming: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/03/28/n...
- #Vietnam farmed #shrimp exports were down month-on-month but up year-on-year in February 2025, while the average export price across all products lifted, driven by strong increases in the US and Asia: www.undercurrentnews.com/2025/03/27/v...
