Cliff White has been the executive editor of SeafoodSource since 2016. Previously, he worked as the senior business reporter for the McClatchy-owned Centre Daily Times in State College, Pennsylvania, where he won state and national awards for his coverage of the development of the Marcellus Shale natural gas deposit and the Jerry Sandusky scandal.
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Great Northern Products has been booted out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy, a move that will likely result in the winding up of the company.
The Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.A.-based seafood supplier filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in February 2024, but on 4 September, U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Diane Finkle granted a motion from U.S. Trustee Sandra Nichols asking for the dismissal of the case. Nichols had argued in a 22 August motion the
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Loch Duart prides itself on being one of the last remaining independent, non-multinational Scottish fish-farming companies.
That independence gives the company a freedom that its larger, often publicly traded competitors don’t have, such as the ability to specialize on operating small-scale, low-impact farms and focus on certain products and markets, according to Loch Duart Managing Director Mark Warrington. The company’s salmon are
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Jaw Feng Machinery, a company from Taiwan specializing in vacuum-pack technology, wants a larger profile in the global seafood processing industry.
Founded in 1983, Jaw Feng has sold its thermoforming packaging machines, tray sealers, vacuum-massage tumblers, and its range of vacuum-packaging machinery to companies in more than 100 countries. But, its sales to the global seafood industry represent just 35 percent of its total – a statistic
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Six years ago, The Seafood Company realized it had reached market saturation in its home markets of Singapore and Malaysia.
So, the vertically integrated seafood firm now wants to grab a share of the U.S. market with its unique whole panko soft shell crab product.
“We realized our future growth would only marginally increase if we didn’t do things differently,” The Seafood Company Managing Director Kenneth Chia told
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North Sea Seafood is aiming for a bigger market share in Asia.
The Bergen, Norway-headquartered processor and trader of salmon, trout, and whitefish has grown quickly since it was founded in 2011, primarily selling into continental Europe.
But, North Sea Seafood COO Espen Engevik said the company has charted a path to further development through Asia, as well as North America.
“The last four years has brought massive growth for us, but as
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