COVID-19

Walmart has taken the lead in the race to win over American consumers’ online grocery business.

Walmart takes top spot in Americans’ online grocery preference survey

February 7, 2022

A pile of Ecuadorian shrimp.

Ecuador shatters shrimp-export records in 2021

January 28, 2022

With China rushing to get ready for Chinese New Year celebrations on 1 February, anxieties over COVID-19 appear to have dampened seafood prices and shifted trade online.

Prices sag as consumers stay away from markets in run-up to Chinese New Year

January 27, 2022

Datassential Director Kelley Fechner said the seafood industry is facing headwinds as a result of restaurant trends influenced by the COVID-19 crisis.

Restaurant menu shifts punishing seafood sales to foodservice sector

January 26, 2022

Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development will remove quarantine regulations for frozen processed seafood products imported for domestic processing for export purposes.

Vietnam to remove quarantine regulations for imported processed seafood

January 25, 2022

A Canadian semi-truck waits for a ferry.

Trucking industry grappling with Canadian, US COVID-19 vaccine mandates

January 24, 2022

Vietnam’s leading pangasius exporter, Vinh Hoan, saw its net profits in 2021 rise significantly despite the COVID-19 pandemic.

Vinh Hoan, Navico post contrasting 2021 results

January 24, 2022

Restaurant operators face significant challenges – especially finding enough employees – but have pent-up dining demand in their favor, according to B. Hudson Riehle, senior vice president of the National Restaurant Association Research and Knowledge Group.

Restaurants’ headwinds include labor, inflation, but pent-up demand in their favor

January 21, 2022

Norway’s seafood shipments to China rose 29 percent in value and volume in 2021.

Norway’s exports to China edging back to pre-pandemic levels

January 20, 2022