Seafood

Thai-Malaysia seafood spat: KL positive about talks, even as sellers fret about stand-off

Thailand accounted for 80.6 per cent of Malaysia's seabass exports in 2024, according to the Department of Fisheries Malaysia.

Thailand and Malaysia clash over seafood trade curbs

The row began in May when Thailand stepped up testing of Malaysian seabass shipments at a major border crossing.

‘They come with buckets, hammers’: New Zealand’s coastal foragers spark debate on free seafood, race

Signs have been translated into Chinese and Korean languages urging visitors to the beaches to not take shellfish from the rockpools. Photo taken during the protest at Army Bay on Jan 17.

East Coast Seafood Centre to be redeveloped, says NParks; Jumbo, Long Beach to move out in Sept

The Jumbo Seafood outlet at East Coast Seafood Centre, established in 1987, is the restaurant chain's first.

Jumbo Seafood to close flagship East Coast Seafood Centre outlet on Sept 30

The outlet was established in 1987 as the first location of the Jumbo Seafood restaurant chain.

Japan firm begins world’s first sales of fully farmed eels

Japan's farm ministry plans to shift all eels distributed in Japan to those raised from artificially hatched juveniles amid global concern over the sustainability of eel populations.

WWF urges Greece seafood fans to eat non-native species

Greek fishermen are keen to market species that they currently throw overboard because consumers do not know they are perfectly edible, said WWF field fishery manager Michalis Margaritis.

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Shrinking sales: US’ biggest shrimp supplier India, rocked by tariffs, seeks new markets

Shrimp accounts for two-thirds of India’s seafood exports, making the shellfish the backbone of Indian marine trade.

Japanese sushi chain buys tuna for record $4.18 million at New Year auction

Mr Kiyoshi Kimura, President of sushi restaurant chain Sushizanmai's the Tokyo-based operator Kiyomura, displays a 243kg bluefin tuna that fetched 510.3 million yen (S$4.18 million) at his main restaurant in Tokyo on Jan 5, 2026, after the New Year's auction at Toyosu fish market.

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