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Quota cuts to push snow crab prices up


A 40 percent reduction in the total allowable catch (TAC) for Alaska opilio crab is likely to send prices higher – and boost demand from foreign buyers – this season. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game set the 2015-2016 TAC at 40.6 million pounds, a significant drop from last…  
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U.K. is now Norwegian salmon’s No. 1 growth market


Increasing demand in retail is driving the growing appetite for Norwegian farmed salmon in the U.K. market, according to new figures released by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC). In the first eight months of this year, the United Kingdom imported 48,779 metric tons (MT) of Norwegian salmon, an increase of…  
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