Gulf seafood demand recovering after oil spill, but supply seen scarcer
Reviving customer confidence in Gulf of Mexico seafood after the BP oil spill is causing demand to outstrip supply, with anecdotal evidence suggests it is more scarce
View ArticleMaine oyster company plans to file application for 24-acre lease
Taunton Bay Oyster Co. is planning to apply for a lease to grow as many as 3.6 million of the shellfish on up to 24 acres in Maine waters
View Article‘Warm blob’ off US West Coast could last through year end
A vast 'warm blob' in the Pacific off the US west coast that has helped disrupt fish patterns could last through the end of this year
View ArticleSalmon, crab top British Columbia seafood exports in 2014
Farmed Atlantic salmon, wild sockeye salmon and crab topped the list of British Columbia seafood exports last year
View ArticleMacknight seeks to prevent Santa Barbara using disputed smoked salmon brands
US legal clash between UK-born Brown brothers intensifies as Macknight seeks injunction on Santa Barbara use of brands, including Cambridge House and Coastal Harbor
View ArticleMar-Lees: FBI determined Numavicius was not involved in illegal activity
New Bedford-based scallop supplier hits back at John Lees’ recent counterclaim, which stated the former CEO had reported Julius Numavicius to FBI
View ArticleIdaho trout company Clear Springs adds two regional sales managers
Clear Springs Foods has tapped Nick Bahr and Jeff Faflik as regional sales managers, the Idaho-based rainbow trout company said
View ArticleMajor Alaska salmon producers decide to rejoin MSC
The group of Alaska salmon producers rejoining includes Trident, Icicle, Kwikpak, Leader Creek, North Pacific, Ocean Beauty, Peter Pan, Triad Fisheries and Yukon Gold
View ArticleMexico halts some fishing in part of Gulf of California to protect endangered...
Mexican government has announced a two-year suspension of commercial fishing at the northern end of the Gulf of California, in order to protect the vaquita, an endangered species of small porpoise
View ArticleUS pollock fleet faces reduced chinook salmon bycatch shutdown level
Alaska pollock harvesting companies are set for a lower cap on chinook salmon by-catch, after a unanimous vote from the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council on Saturday
View ArticleAlaska groundfish sector gears up for access to resource battle with halibut
Letters in protest of potentially drastic halibut bycatch reductions are flowing to regulators as BSAI groundfish companies prepare to battle for access to resource
View ArticleSmall, medium scale aquaculture seen providing big investment opportunity
Potential aquaculture growth to meet an anticipated shortfall in global seafood supply presents a large investing opportunity, WorldFish chief says
View ArticleGAA adds Red Lobster supply chain VP to board of directors
Red Lobster Seafood supply chain vice president Nelson Griffin joins the standards group's board of directors
View ArticleOyster, clam production on the rise in Virginia
Virginia oyster company Sapidus Farms is expecting a harvest of 150,000 this year, up from 100,000 in 2014, as part of a growing shellfish industry in the state
View ArticleConnecticut government, shellfish farmers battling over regulatory changes
The Connecticut shellfish industry and government officials are at odds over how the industry should be regulated
View ArticleAlaska sockeye sales to Europe slow despite price crash
Huge inventories of sockeye salmon, and anticipated plentiful salmon runs this year, have prices dropping – but sales are still slow due to exchange rates
View ArticlePacific sardine collapse leads to fishing closure
Federal fisheries managers have followed through on expectations they would shut down the West Coast's upcoming commercial sardine fishing season
View ArticleWest Coast sardine fishery faces emergency closure
PFMC set to decide Wednesday whether to close the current sardine fishing season after assessment shows the stock may be approaching a state of overfishing
View ArticleIn pictures: Aquagrow’s hatchery and floating finfish cage farm in Malaysia
A behind-the-scenes look at Aquagrow's grouper, snapper and barramundi farm in Malaysia’s Langkawi archipelago on the Andaman Sea.
View ArticleMalaysia’s Aquagrow aims to boost finfish exports with vertical integration
The snapper, barramundi and grouper aquaculture company is hoping to expand exports with the purchase of a former shrimp processing plant in Malaysia
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