Brazil seafood restaurant chain gets first foothold in US
Shrimp and seafood chain Vivenda do Camarao has expanded into the US, opening two of eight planned stores with US partnerThe Brazilian seafood restaurant chain Vivenda do Camarao, or Shrimp House in...
View ArticlePacific Seafood partners with Canadian firm on groundfish plant
A division of US giant Pacific Seafood is partnering with a Canadian company on a new plant for processing groundfishUcluelet Harbour Seafoods, a subsidiary of US giant Pacific Seafood, has partnered...
View ArticleStarkist CEO hits back at Bumble Bee ‘buy American’ comments
Starkist exec blasts Bumble Bee Foods CEO, in ongoing spat over ‘Made in America’ tuna Frank Pogue, vice president of marketing and corporate affairs for Starkist, hit back at comments from Bumble Bee...
View ArticleBinghamton University earns MSC stamp
Partnet sodexo adds another entity to its long list of MSC certified facililitiesBinghamton University, with its dining services partner Sodexo, has attained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of...
View ArticleHaddock price drop starts as small cod H&G holds steady
Much anticipated slide in haddock prices seems to have started, with H&G and fillets down, as prices for 1-2kg cod H&G holds firm and larger cod dropThe much-anticipated slide in haddock prices...
View ArticleASMI unveils 14 more companies with RFM certification
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has announced 14 more companies have met the requirements of RFM certification The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute has announced 14 more companies have met the...
View ArticleCanadian smoked salmon recalled in US stores over listeria
Lochiel Enterprises Limited of Sherbrooke, Nova Scotia, is recalling 56 lbs. of smoked salmon products from US stores because of potential Listeria contamination Lochiel Enterprises Limited of...
View ArticleAlaska’s Murkowski rejects federal interference on new mine posing risk to...
Senator Lisa Murkowski, in a briefing with reporters this week, said the state of Alaska should make a decision independently from the federal authoritiesSenator Lisa Murkowski, in a briefing with...
View ArticleCanadian authorities organize summit to discuss lobster industry
Fisheries ministers from the Maritime provinces in Canada are moving forward to address issues facing the lobster industry at the Lobster Value Recovery SummitCanadian authorities will organize a...
View ArticleCoho prices to Japan go up for two consecutive weeks
Chilean coho prices to Japan increased to JPY 750/kilo, while Chilean Atlantic salmon fillets exported to the US also went up to $4.99/lbChilean coho prices to Japan had a considerable increase in the...
View ArticleNOAA report: Tough economic times for Northeast groundfish in 2012
Landings drop 24%, revenues 23%, as more than half of the already meager quota gets left in the waterA US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Fisheries report released on Thursday...
View ArticleCause of Sealord’s first loss in 20 years goes beyond Argentina, says co-owner
Owner of 50% of Sealord cites losses in JV with Mazzetta in US; poor performance of parts of fishing business; and currency rates as contributing reasons for first annual loss in 20 yearsAotearoa...
View ArticleSen. Cantwell, chef Tom Douglas, rally against Pebble Mine with 250 Seattlites
Yet Alaska Governor Sean Parnell has come out in opposition to the EPA’s latest report against the mine, calling it ‘little more than a pretext for an EPA veto of the state’s permitting...
View ArticleWashington representatives focus on ocean acidification to spark action on...
Oceans absorb ever more CO2 from cars and power plants, which is threatening to transform the marine worldWashington state representatives are having a tough time getting US congress to give ocean...
View ArticleMaine region announces scallop conservation measures
Department of marine resources commissioner announced short-term management measures for the Cobscook Bay area that will allow fishermen to continue harvesting three days a week Department of marine...
View ArticleAlaska pollock firms anxious on roe recovery with A season to be fully...
Pollock fishing in Alaska’s Bering Sea for the 2014 A season opened at noon on Jan. 20, with expectation operations will be fully underway from early next monthBy Masa Takeuchi, Minato Tsukiji Pollock...
View ArticlePacific cod roe prices soar
Alaska’s Pacific cod roe price for the ongoing season has been roughly settled at higher than the previous year, thanks to steady demand in the EU marketBy Masahiko Takeuchi, Minato Tsukiji Alaska’s...
View ArticleSeafood among US hottest food trends for 2014
Compared with five years ago, items that have remained top 20 food trends include locally grown produce and sustainable seafoodA recent National Restaurant Association survey of nearly 1,300 chefs and...
View ArticleWalmart expands acceptable certifications beyond MSC, includes Alaska salmon
Retail giant pledges to accept suppliers that abide by the Sustainability Consortium’s guidelines, which it says include Alaska salmonAfter wobbling back and forth on whether to officially accept,...
View ArticleUS senators ask Obama to fight seafood fraud
Although the US imports more than 90% of seafood consumed domestically, foreign seafood is almost never inspected for fraud or legality, said US senatorsUS senators Edward Markey and Roger Wicker are...
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