Jason Huffman

‘The US government has allowed—even supported—funding of foreign shrimp companies that directly compete with our own’ — John Williams, Southern Shrimp Alliance

The change in direction is the result of the “clarity to the markets” brought by the resolution of last year’s battle over antidumping and countervailing duty investigations, says Gary Morrison, head of growth and strategy for UCN’s price reporting agency

‘The FDA has been lackadaisical about seafood inspection for far too long, contributing to a silent public health crisis in America’ — US senator Cindy Hyde-Smith

‘Pricing [on snow crab] has been firm, and sellers are confident even when they raise prices on all sizes and origins. They continue to sell into the rally’ — Gary Morrison, UCN’s price reporting agency

‘On January 20th, as one of my many first Executive Orders, I will sign all necessary documents to charge Mexico and Canada a 25% tariff on ALL products coming into the United States, and its ridiculous open borders’ — Donald Trump on Truth Social

‘We’re back to pre-pandemic prices. This isn’t something that’s just out of the ordinary’ — Roman Tkachenko, Direct Source Seafood

‘The potential tariffs will create a ripple effect across the industry — there will be those who gain and those that will lose’ — Gorjan Nikolik, senior analyst, Rabobank

The article, published in August, was ‘littered with inaccuracies, distortions, and omissions that closely mirror and paraphrase the anti-aquaculture rhetoric of groups like Oceana …’ — Ricardo Garcia Holtz, Chilean Salmon Council

‘All of a sudden it just kind of became one of these things where from one week to the next, it had literally gone up almost a dollar per pound’ — US wholesaler on recent snow crab price jumps

Size 20-30 Atlantic scallops have taken over the docks at the New Bedford, Massachusetts, seafood auction, reveals the latest data reviewed by Undercurrent News