Last week, South Korean seafood giant Dongwon said it is injecting millions into a land-based salmon producer.

The man behind CP Foods' rule-breaking US shrimp farm says it is set to 'reinvigorate' Western production.

The Chilean salmon industry is facing a new headache after a strict new coronavirus lockdown regime was announced Monday for the main processing hub of Puerto Montt, which is battling a steep increase in COVID-19 cases.

Atlantic Sapphire is assessing the complete financial impact of an emergency harvest of close to 200,000 land-based salmon.

Mowi's huge salmon processing plant in Duninow, Poland, has confirmed 29 cases of COVID-19 among employees.

The China Fisheries and Seafood Expo, one of the largest seafood trade shows in the world, is being postponed until next year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The massive seafood show was initially set to take place in Qingdao, China, in October.

The number of workers testing positive at the Cooke-Ocean Beauty joint venture OBI Seafoods salmon processing plant in the Kenai Peninsula town of Seward has risen sharply to 143, a local official confirmed.

Global shipping giant Maersk is suing beleaguered Alaska processor Golden Harvest Alaska Seafood for $642,395 (€552,694) over a breach of contract related to shipping services.

In a separate legal case Alaska workers won a settlement against Marubeni-owned North Pacific Seafoods over quarantine actions.

The wider availability of Ecuadorian shrimp is likely to weigh heavily on already low shrimp prices after Chinese demand for the South American nation's products collapsed in the wake of the alleged discovery of traces of COVID-19 among recent shipments, market sources told IntraFish.