Undercurrent News

Undercurrent News started in 2012, launched by journalists Tom Seaman and Eva Tallaksen. Our goal is to provide high-quality business news and insights specifically for the seafood sector, leveraging the full potential of digital technology. We take pride in our independence, delivering news as we perceive it, free from any corporate influences.

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Newfoundland crab harvesters accuse processors of collusion

1 day ago | undercurrentnews.com | Barb Dean-Simmons

As the world's largest snow crab fishery steams along, with 27,728 metric tons, or 44.4%, of the 62,463t quota remaining to be caught in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), more bad blood is brewing between the harvesters' union and crab processors. [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password.
Alaska pollock sector prevails over attempt to restrict pelagic trawl gear

2 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Jacob Resneck

NEWPORT, Oregon, USA -- The US pollock industry scored a victory on Wednesday (June 4) after critics from competing gear groups unsuccessfully sought to narrow the definition of midwater trawl gear to reduce bottom contact blamed for bycatch of salmon, crab and halibut in Alaska [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password.
Trident, High Liner secure more than $2m in USDA pollock stick contracts

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Amanda Buckle

Trident Seafoods and High Liner Foodshave been awarded contracts worth more than a combined $2 million by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to produce 836,000 pounds of frozen, breaded Alaska pollock sticks [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Alaska's Copper River salmon harvest lags below forecast

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Jacob Resneck

Commercial salmon fishing in the Copper River District continues to perform well below the "excellent" forecast made by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G), sources have informed Undercurrent News [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
US regional council kicks off meeting by revisiting pelagic trawl rules for Alaska pollock fleet

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Jacob Resneck

NEWPORT, Oregon – The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) is taking baby steps this week toward updating midwater trawl regulations amidst complaints that pelagic gear routinely scrapes the seafloor with impunity [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
China's aging population fuels seafood consumption shift, Alibaba says

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Lewis Hu

DALIAN, China -- Chinese technology giant Alibaba Group says China's seafood consumption is seeing a generational shift as older consumers become increasingly important market drivers [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password. Please check your inbox to reset your password securely and easily.
Japanese scallop prices now likely to climb, not drop, as China ban phased out

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

The latter part of the following story, which covers a stakeholder briefing in Hokkaido's scallop industry on May 29, just days before Japan and China agreed to lift the seafood ban, is based on reports from Suisan Keizai, Japan's leading seafood and fisheries newspaper, in collaboration with Undercurrent News [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account.
Japan's fishery, aquaculture production falls to lowest since 1956

3 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Masahiko Takeuchi

Japan's total fishery and aquaculture production fell for the fourth consecutive year in 2024, hitting another record low, according to preliminary data released Friday (May 30) by the country's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Alaska pollock industry seizes on new opportunity of surimi block sales to India

4 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Amanda Buckle

Japan may be the primary destination for surimi, followed by South Korea and France. However, the Alaska pollock industry is setting its sights on making more surimi block sales in India with some help from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password.
Canadian harvester union's lead negotiator moves on

4 days ago | undercurrentnews.com | Barb Dean-Simmons

Raymond Critch is no longer the lead negotiator for the Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW), the union that represents inshore harvesters in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) [...] Sign up for a trial to have access to our articles!Have an account? Log in here:Enter the email address associated with your account. We'll send you instructions to reset your password. We’ve sent a link to to change your password. Please check your inbox to reset your password securely and easily.