Week 35 US wholesale prices: Alaska’s poor pink salmon season puts sellers in driver’s seat; Big jump in 2x Chinese-processed cod

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:40:10 +0000


UCN's week 35 price assessments and market wrap-ups for US wholesale prices for crab, salmon, shrimp, lobster, groundfish, farmed whitefish, scallops, crab and salmon are available on our new platform

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Peru sets sustainable fishing quotas for key Pacific species in 2025

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:15:22 +0000


Peru has announced new sustainable fishing quotas for key Pacific species for the rest of 2025

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Profits slip for Chile’s Camanchaca fishing division in Q2 as global fish oil prices halve

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:13:22 +0000


Profits fell sharply in Q2 2025 thanks to a collapse in global fish oil prices offsetting a surge in jack mackerel catches

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US seafood, restaurant industry groups plead for exemptions from Trump tariffs

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:09:16 +0000


Several industries are pushing for tariff exceptions for certain goods the US doesn't produce, but it's not clear whether a legal justification exists to grant them

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Falklands fishing fleet secures future with new squid biomass agreement

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:08:55 +0000


A new biomass-based deal has kept the Falklands squid fishery open, averting an early shutdown amid falling stock levels

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Ecuadorian shrimp prices inch up to China as exporters test higher levels at Shanghai show

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:02:59 +0000


Every Wednesday, UCN publishes price assessments for Ecuador vannamei shrimp, CFR China, then also in the Chinese wholesale market

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Forensics device to help in US seafood fraud fight as part of Trump agenda

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 16:00:40 +0000


'The new device is proving to be a valuable tool that helps officers examine more shipments in less time, with rapid results that also help clear the way for legal seafood to reach the market counter' -- Bryan Landry, NOAA Fisheries

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Seafood gains first-ever valuation service, shows sector’s rise as investment class

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:43:38 +0000


The practice aims to improve deal-making and investment by offering valuations that reflect the realities of the seafood sector

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Alaska 2025 pink salmon returns fall short of rosy predictions

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:04:45 +0000


'Everybody was expecting more, especially coming off the 2023 year' -- Troy Thynes, Alaska Department of Fish and Game

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Seafood finance specialist Brantley joins Columbia Bank as Alaska market manager

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 15:02:15 +0000


'(It provides) an opportunity to challenge myself, learn new things and use what I have learned from the great bankers and business people I have been blessed to be around' -- Columbia bank senior vice president Jason Brantley

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