Marine Harvest sets NYSE listing date, guides for bumper Q4
Norwegian salmon firm announces New York stock exchange listing on or around Jan. 28, as its fourth quarter earning guidance misses analysts’ forecasts Norwegian salmon firm Marine Harvest announced it...
View ArticleKing’s Seafood adapts menu to local taste with new technology
King’s Seafood said it expected not only to be able to cut its menu management costs, but also to have the ability to be more responsive to local market demandKing’s Seafood Company signed an exclusive...
View ArticleTime to forget ‘take a pass on seabass’ as 70% of global toothfish harvest...
Even with the fishery now an environmental success story, there is still a lingering misperception, writes John Sackton of Seafood.com By John Sackton, Seafood News Chilean seabass and Antarctic...
View ArticleWorker dies at processing plant in Massachusetts
A 35-year old man was killed in a machine accident at Sea Watch International SeafoodA 35-year-old worker from Sea Watch International Seafood died on Jan. 16 as a consequence of an industrial...
View ArticlePacific halibut quota set at 27.515m pounds
International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) sets quota at 27.515m for 2014, down 11.2% from 31m pounds last yearThe US’ International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) has agreed to set the 2014...
View ArticleAlaskan pink salmon surplus heads for emergency food program
The US department of agriculture has announced it would use $20 million in existing funds to purchase Alaska canned pink salmon that would go to Americans in need of food assistance The US department...
View ArticlePrice of Alaskan salmon permits soaring since 2013
The value of Alaska salmon permits are soaring in many fisheries, for instance Bristol Bay, where drift gillnet permits are being offered for $140,000, compared to $90,000 at the same time last year...
View ArticleHawaiian seafood processor gets first FDA warning of 2014
FDA inspectors find serious violations of the seafood HACCP regulation and Current Good Manufacturing Practice regulation for foods, during an inspection of Nobuo T. Hawaii FDA inspectors have found...
View ArticleSix Maine scallop grounds closed
Six areas along the coast of the US state of Maine where scallops had been allowed to be caught on a limited basis were closed to harvesting Saturday, effective immediatelySix areas along the coast of...
View ArticleSources: New York listing puts Marine Harvest in sights of ‘protein giants’
The listing of Marine Harvest shares on the NY stock exchange is less about short-term fundraising than it is securing finances long-term, as well as exposure to US protein giants, say analysts and...
View ArticleUS retail co-operative Wakefern steps up sustainable seafood policy
Wakefern launches sustainable seafood program in partnership with the Marine Stewardship Council and the Global Aquaculture Alliance Wakefern Food Corp. is launching a sustainable seafood program in...
View ArticleSix norovirus cases linked to Texas oysters
FDA issues warning to consumers not to eat oysters from Copano Bay in Aransas County, Texas, harvested between Dec. 26 and Jan. 9.US authorities have warmed consumers not to eat raw or partially cooked...
View ArticleUS fish company tests salmon for Fukushima radiation
Loki Fish has tested radiation levels in its fish, after customers concerned about the safety of eating fish from the Pacific Ocean after the Fukushima nuclear disasterThe fishing company Loki Fish...
View ArticleChinese import rule change to disrupt US salmon business
With Chinese legislation now requiring imported products to be processed at an FDA-approved plant, hundreds of thousands of pounds of salmon sale shave been canceled A change in Chinese import...
View ArticleKey to boosting US seafood consumption is tapping into trends of ‘millennials’
Key to boosting US seafood consumption lies in tapping into the different eating trends of the “millennials”, Americans born from 1980-1994, says exec from NPD GroupThe key to boosting seafood...
View ArticleShellfish servings in US foodservice falling faster than seafood in general
The number of servings of seafood in US foodservice is down by double-digit figures for the years 2008- 2013, with shellfish falling even fasterThe total number of servings of seafood in US restaurants...
View ArticleDarden investor urges delaying Red Lobster split
Starboard Value has asked Darden Restaurants to delay the spinoff of its Red Lobster chain, becoming the second activist investor in as many weeks to criticize Darden’s plans Starboard Value has asked...
View ArticleFirst ‘on-land salmon brand’ targets market growth, expansion
Recirculation aquaculture system farmer Langsand Laks has sights set on upping production from 1,000t to 4,000t, and selling to the US, Scandinavia and the UK Danish on-land salmon farming operation...
View ArticleMichigan wants to compete in national aquaculture sector
The Michigan Aquaculture Association’s meeting will focus on growing the sector to assert the Great Lakes State as a contender in national seafood production The Michigan Aquaculture Association’s...
View ArticleCalifornian firm acquires US’ largest buyer of albacore
Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Co., based in Ilwaco for the past 50-plus years, has been sold to Californian firm Alber Seafoods Jessie’s Ilwaco Fish Co., based in Ilwaco, Washington, for the past 50-plus years,...
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