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Taiwan's fish prices surge 30-40% amid low supply and rising Chinese New Year demand »   Dwindling supplies and the increasing purchasing power of China's consumers have driven up the price of fish in Taiwan by an average of 30-40 percent ahead of the Lunar New Year, the Taiwan Provincial Fishermen's Association (TPFA) said Tuesday. Local fish supplies had already become tight as more Taiwanese fishermen sell their catches to Chinese customers, said TPFA chief delegate Lin Chi-chang at a press conference at the Sanchong Fish Market. But rising demand ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, when fish is a staple, has only intensified the fight for supplies in both Taiwan and...
China frozen processor growing sales in canned seafood »   A China-based frozen seafood processor with a German holding company is seeing increased sales of canned products.  Haikui Group introduced canned products in 2007 and they have grown to account for 9 percent of total sales last year, said Chen Zhenkui, CEO. "The company intends to expand its range of canned seafood products in the future to also include new raw materials, including crab, prawns and others," he said. "At present, canned products are manufactured from different fish species only. Due to strong growth in disposable income and fast increasing urbanization rat...
Indonesia doubles 2012 shrimp export goal to 300,000 tons »  Indonesia's Maritime and Fisheries Ministry has set an ambitious target for shrimp exports at 300,000 tons this year doubling last year's estimate of 150,000 tons. The export value is expected to reach US$2 billion, up from US$1.2 billion, fishery product processing and marketing director general Victor P.H. Nikijuluw said. "We are optimistic to reach the target as shrimp will remain the export prima donna in 2012," Victor said yesterday. Total value of fishery exports including shrimp exports was estimated at US$3.2 billion in 2011 as in the first 10 months of that year exports alrea...
Hong Kong businessmen set up shop in Maine, to ship 1 million lbs of lobster to China annually » Peter Yee  and Steven Yip have moved into the old Wildcat Lobster Pound in Tenants Harbor and plan to start shipping product to Asia in the coming months. Company spokesman and manager Denny Smith says the operation should be in full swing by June, when a further 4 to 6 full-time employees will have to be hired. And because of the costs of transporting live lobsters and seafood half-way around the world, Smith says the plan is to ship a lot of them. "We're looking to buy and sell a million pounds of live lobsters a year to be shipped out to overseas Asian markets." Peter Yee and Steven ...
Philippines ranks fourth among Asian fishery exports as seafood demand shifts to markets like China » The Philippines ranks fourth in Asia in fishery product exports in an international fishery trade now shifting to "non-traditional" markets. In the First Congress of the Integrated Services for the Development of Aguaculture (ISDA) held here yesterday, Remedios Ontangco of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) noted that "in international fisheries trade, the positive trend continued in 2010 , but has now changed direction along global financial status." She cited a recent projection made by of international fisheries trade analysts showing that by 2020, the top five fisheries...
Scotland looks to China to boost salmon exports » China becomes Scotland's fifth-largest export destination for salmon China has become Scotland's fifth-largest export destination for salmon since direct exports began in January this year. The total value of salmon exported to the Far East region, which also includes countries such as Japan, Malaysia and Vietnam, increased almost sevenfold, from £3.1 million (€3.6 million/$4.8 million) to more than £20 million (€23.3 million/$31.2 million), between January and September 2011 compared to the same period last year. "Opening the Chinese market has boosted the export value ...
China Sales Growing for Clearwater » China sales for Clearwater Seafoods, Inc., jump 22.6 percent. The Nova Scotia company reports $24.07 million in China sales  in the first three quarters of 2011, compared to $19.63 million over the same span in 2010, says CEO Ian Smith.  Smith, who came to Clearwater 20 months ago after a three-year stint with Campbell Soup Co. in China, hopes to grow the seafood giant's business even more in the region. "The estimates are that imported seafood volumes will triple over the next three years, and that over the next 10 years, per capita consumption of seafood, not just...
China buying more fish from Russian Far East »  Ports in the Russian Far East are shipping more seafood, with China the main destination. From January to October 2011, the ports of Nakhodka and Vladivostok in the Primorye Territory in the Russian Far East increased fish product transshipments to over 1.5 million metric tons, an 18 percent increase on 2010, the Territorial Administration's press service said. In all, stores nationwide have received fish product totaling 584,000 metric tons since the start of the year. Of all export-oriented fish varieties caught by territorial companies, about 60 percent are delivered to China, and ...
Nova Scotia lobster exporters look to China » Lobster exporters have their eyes trained on Europe's slumping economy. With the lucrative southwestern Nova Scotia lobster season now underway, it begs the question: does an appetite remain for the tasty crustaceans in traditional European markets? "Obviously, obviously, obviously, the economic situation in the EU is a concern," said one broker who typically moves about 200 tonnes of lobster in December. "But, to be candid, we've dealt with the economic situation in the U.S. as well over the last year or so. Those are two key markets for Canadian hard-shell lobster in December an...
China: Growing, Driving but Challenging the Global Seafood Market »  China has a snowballing interest in the seafood market and while this is driving the global industry, it is also putting pressure on it, according to industry expert.  Earlier this month, the 16th Fisheries and Seafood Expo in China marked the largest show yet, with over 15,000 visitors and more than 800 exhibitors, highlighting the growing interest in seafood.  Peter Redmayne, president of Sea Fare Expositions, the co-organisers of the event, told FoodNavigator-Asia that China is extremely strong and is driving the seafood industry but there are concerns that the increas...

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