BX-TRADE-CRS · Catch rebounds, fish signals in focus · Oct 19, 2026

Frozen seafood Across three oceans.

Baixian Trade is the global trading arm of Baixian Group. We supply Illex squid (Illex argentinus), giant squid (Dosidicus gigas) and Pacific saury (Cololabis saira), with sourcing across the Pacific and South Atlantic and processing in Kaohsiung and Fuzhou. Our trade team serves buyers in 46 markets.

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Catch rebounds, fish signals in focus
Pacific Saury Weekly · WK20 2026 · Oct 19, 2026
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Exhibition · CFSE 2026

Meet Baixian at CFSE 2026 in Qingdao

Join our trade team at booth B8-1103 to discuss seafood sourcing and new opportunities for cooperation.

October 28⁠–⁠30, 2026 Qingdao, Shandong, China Booth B8-1103

Exterior design rendering of Baixian’s red-and-white exhibition booth, with branded overhead signs and a welcome counter.
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Scale & Capability

A trade team built for depth,
not just reach.

Six decades of operations across the Pacific, the SW Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean. Forty-six markets. A research division publishing weekly. Numbers speak — but only when they are backed by accountability.
Annual throughput
50,000MT
Combined trade volume across cephalopods, Pacific saury, and Pacific pelagic species.
Markets served
46markets
Active commercial relationships across the EU, East Asia, Latin America, North America, the Middle East, EAEU/CIS, and Oceania.
Track record
61years
Continuous operations since 1965 across three generations of independent ownership; SW Atlantic since 1980.
Contract vessels
30+annually
Across Taiwan origin and mainland China origin fleets.
From senior leadership

"Most traders sit between fishery and buyer with little visibility into either. Our model is the inverse."

Approach

Vertically integrated.
Research-led.

Most seafood traders sit between fishery and buyer with limited visibility in either direction. Baixian Trade is built differently. Through Baixian Group, we operate processing, cold storage, and trade execution as owned assets, with origin sourcing through a 30+ vessel contract network across Taiwan and mainland China and shore-processing partnerships in Peru and Chile.

That structure is what lets us speak to a Spanish foodservice buyer about Patagonian cohort dynamics, or a Japanese trading house about NPFC quota policy, with primary operational data — not industry rumor.

01 / Sourcing

Contract-vessel network

Taiwan origin and mainland China origin operations, with shore-processing in Peru and Chile.

02 / Processing

HACCP-certified plants

BXTW-FAC-1 in Kaohsiung Qianzhen and BXGC-FAC-3 in Fuzhou Mawei. EU-listed both.

03 / Research

In-house research division

Dedicated commodity research team publishing weekly market notes and monthly forecasts on the species we trade.

04 / Execution

Multi-origin delivery

Loading from Taiwan, mainland China, and partner ports across three oceans. FOB / CFR / CIF / DDP, with trilateral trades supported.

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Pacific Saury Weekly · WK20 2026

Catch rebounds, fish signals in focus

A five-day research outlook for October 20⁠–⁠24 pairs modeled conditions with the Taiwan fleet’s last observed cells. Encounter probabilities around the fleet remain unvalidated.

BX-TRADE-CRS · 19 Oct 2026 ·14 min read Read note →
Pacific Saury
Weekly
№19

Catch drops 54%: Where are the saury?

October samples confirm saury west of Taiwan’s observed fleet grounds. The season base case falls 17.0% to 21,819.3 MT; commercial fish encounter forecasts at those grounds still await validation.

BX-TRADE-CRS · 14 Oct 2026
Pacific Saury Season
Forecast
№1

2026 Pacific Saury Catch Trajectory and Season Outlook

How the Taiwan-origin season has developed, what the remaining path requires, and the assumptions and measured evidence behind the season outlook.

BX-TRADE-CRS · 06 Oct 2026
Pacific Saury
Weekly
№18

Weekly catch rebounds as the season outlook softens

This week’s catch, the season outlook and the conditions to watch before the fleet’s assumed end-of-October return.

BX-TRADE-CRS · 06 Oct 2026
Illex Argentinus
Weekly
№17

Base case advances to 40,187 MT on a third consecutive upward revision, even as accelerating maturation tightens the residual harvest window

Cumulative catch reaches 39,108 MT with the WK17 print at 2,463 MT — a third consecutive week above the persistent-tail threshold. The ensemble base case is revised up to 40,187 MT; expected value 40,423 MT, +5.4% versus WK16.

BX-TRADE-CRS · 04 May 2026
Global Reach

Forty-six markets,
one accountable counterparty.

Across forty-six markets, the same team handles the quote, the contract, and the post-shipment review — in your language and your time zone. Buyers speak with the analyst who set the spec and tracks the regulator, not a routed call to a generic export trader.

Active markets 46markets
Languages covered 8at launch
Regulatory bodies tracked 8+authorities
Time-zone coverage 24/7analysts
Group facilities 3own plants
Sourcing partners 200origin plants

Explore our markets

46 markets7 regions
All regions
Vietnam Uruguay United States United Kingdom United Arab Emirates Ukraine Thailand Taiwan Spain South Korea South Africa Singapore Senegal Russia Portugal Philippines Peru Norway New Zealand Netherlands Morocco Mexico Mauritania Malaysia Lithuania Latvia Kazakhstan Japan Italy Indonesia Iceland Greece Germany France Egypt Ecuador Mainland China Hong Kong Chile Canada Bulgaria Brazil Belgium Belarus Australia Australia Argentina Hong KongSingapore
Markets shown46

Europe15

Asia11

Latin America7

North America2

Middle East & Africa6

EAEU3

Oceania2

Active markets All regions

Select a region or a market to explore our coverage.

Regional expertise
Origin geography Seven FAO statistical areas · three oceans
FAO 41
SW Atlantic Falkland Plateau · Patagonian Shelf — Illex argentinus primary · heritage origin since 1980
FAO 51
W Indian Cephalopod and demersal opportunistic flows
FAO 57
E Indian Cephalopod and demersal opportunistic flows
FAO 61
NW Pacific Cololabis saira, Scomber spp. — Pacific saury & mackerel
FAO 67
NE Pacific Selected partner-vessel sourcing
FAO 71
W Central Pacific High-seas grounds — Sthenoteuthis oualaniensis, finfish
FAO 87
SE Pacific Peru · Chile EEZs — Dosidicus gigas primary
Compliance & Traceability

Traceable from
vessel to vessel.

Every container we move is backed by a paper trail running vessel-by-vessel through to port-of-discharge. Vessel monitoring on 100% of contract fleet partners and EU IUU catch certification on every consignment.

VMS Coverage Continuous fleet tracking All contract vessels monitored continuously by their flag-state authority.
100%
IUU Certificates Per-consignment validation Reg. (EC) 1005/2008 catch certificates issued and validated for every export.
100%
Traceability Shipment documentation Vessel and catch records link each consignment to its origin.
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Engage Our Trade Team

Three ways to start.

Whether you are sourcing for a Mediterranean foodservice chain, a Korean retailer, or a Latin American distributor — our analysts respond in your language and quote within 48 hours.