Daily recap: Live from Conxemar; Pacific expands on defense against charges it shorted US shrimpers
Here's a recap of the top daily seafood stories from Monday, Sept. 30:
Undercurrent News is reporting live this week from the Conxemar trade show in Vigo, Spain. The event, running Oct. 1-3, was preceded by a conference on global seafood supply, organized by the Spanish industry association Conxemar and the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization. Catch the updates here.
A First Nation that has a major ownership stake in Clearwater Seafoods is now buying a historic shipyard in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
The Pacific Seafood Group last week issued a second, expanded statement in relation to the lawsuit brought against it by a former employee that alleges the Clackamas, Oregon-based processing giant underpaid shrimpers in the US Gulf of Mexico and cheated them out of millions.
Scientists with the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas have recommended a 22% cut in the landings of northeast Atlantic mackerel for 2025. They also recommended a 2025 quota of 401,794 metric tons for Norwegian spring-spawning herring, a 3% increase from the 2024 advice but 10% lower than the expected combined catches for this year.
Norwegian trout exports have risen 36% in volume year-on-year in the first eight months of 2024 as several salmon producers have diversified their operations into trout farming, according to data from the Norwegian Seafood Council.