Canadian salmon farm gets organic certification
The North American farm-raised salmon producer is the first to earn the Canadian Organic Aquaculture StandardCanadian salmon producer Creative Salmon has achieved the Organic Aquaculture Standard,...
View ArticleUS market acclimatizing to record high scallops prices
Sales remain steady despite prices, but pressure on supplies may continue through 2014 as it looks increasingly likely the quota will be further reduced US scallop sales remain steady in the run-up to...
View ArticleSea lice here to stay, Ewos cautions top Chilean salmon companies
In a Cermaq-hosted session that brought together Multiexport and Aquachile, all three CEOs showed willingness for union to fight against urgent sanitary threats over fish farming industry in Chile...
View ArticleCanadian politician: Lobster players should consider potato negotiating model
Fisheries and aquaculture minister Ron MacKinley considers the negotiating model used by processing potato growers as one that could work for lobster industry Canadian fisheries and aquaculture...
View ArticleStrong sockeye return forecast for Alaska’s Cook Inlet
Upper Cook Inlet in Alaska could see another strong year for sockeye salmon returns if the 2014 forecast for 6.1 million fish comes to fruitionUpper Cook Inlet in Alaska could see another strong year...
View ArticleFlorida sea cucumbers could be next on protection list
The opening of a Florida seafood processing facility has spurred state fishery managers to move toward limiting harvests of the Florida sea cucumberThe opening of a Lower Keys seafood processing...
View ArticleFormer Sysco executive returns to roots at Albion
Don Sollows has joined Canadian seafood company Albion Fisheries in the role of chief sustainability officerDon Sollows, former executive at the US-based foodservice distributor Sysco, has joined...
View ArticleMar-Lees CEO Shahin awaits trial in sexual harassment lawsuit
Shahin’s ‘supposed sexual appeal was a near daily topic of conversation’, it is alleged in sexual harassment lawsuit from two former employees of company sold to Mar-Lees, TAF Two former employees of...
View ArticleHigh Liner Foods introduces new ‘ultimate salmon burger’
High Liner Foods is attempting to boot the traditional burger from its top slot with the introduction of its new rendition on the American favorite, released TuesdayHigh Liner Foods is attempting to...
View ArticleAgrimarine inches closer to finalizing purchase of Canada trout farmer
Company plans to make newly acquired farm the company’s flagship production site as it closes its Campbell River research and demonstration site, yet says transaction not yet finalAgriMarine Holdings’...
View ArticleMarine Harvest, WWF demand GM salmon is labeled, if approved
World’s largest salmon farmer says it does not support introduction of GM salmon, and argues that if approved, it must be labeled as GMMarine Harvest does not support the launch of genetically modified...
View ArticleFamily-owned US trout farm turns to Kickstarter for funds
North Carolina’s Sunburst Trout Farms is hoping to raise at least $16,000 through crowdsourcing, to put towards recirculation tanks on its new site Family-owned Sunburst Trout Farms is hoping to raise...
View ArticleFrozen Chilean Atlantic salmon prices inch to ISA-crisis levels
An especially tight US Atlantic frozen salmon supply is sending prices skyward, and one buyer predicts there are higher prices to comeAn especially tight US Atlantic frozen salmon supply is sending...
View ArticleYihe calls for rehiring of China factory manager fired by receiver Wong
George Li to be rehired by Yihe receiver James Wong, as talks underway for settlementYihe Corporation is to re-employ George Li, after receiver James Wong originally fired him. According to a filing...
View ArticleEcuador shrimp prices sliding still
As of Wednesday, farm gate shrimp prices in Ecuador were continuing to slide from starting prices for the most recent harvest, which happened last weekendAs of Wednesday, farm gate shrimp prices in...
View ArticleFirstSource adds international seafood distribution event for 2014
US specialty events organizer adds another seafood event to its list, ideal for international firms looking to get into the US market US event management firm Highliner Events has added a seafood...
View ArticleLong term data revealed: Halibut stock level relatively normal
A century’s worth of data gives a far more rosy picture of the stock status than the boom and bust years of the last three decades have led many to believe The International Pacific Halibut Commission...
View ArticlePricing puts Dungeness crab fishing on hold
Commercial fishing season in Northern California is on hold indefinitely, as fishermen and wholesale buyers continue to haggle over prices The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season in Northern...
View ArticleChile salmon prices to US drop for first time in five weeks
Coho prices increased to JPY 630/kilo, and Chile’s Atlantic salmon prices to Brazil went up slightly to $6.61/kiloChilean Atlantic salmon fillets to the US decreased slightly after five consecutive...
View ArticleSea Hag was answer to ‘why are there no lobster processors in Maine?’
St. George, Maine-based company was founded by 24-year-old Kyle Murdoch, recent winner of Hitachi Foundation’s Yoshiyama Young Entrepreneur’s Program St. George, Maine-based lobster processor Sea Hag...
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