Canada maintains shrimp TAC cuts in face of plant closure fears
Federal Fisheries Minister stands ground on controversial quota reductions that could hurt inshore fishermen, as plants and harvesters face bankruptcies
View ArticleMaruha Nichiro workers sprouting American dreams in Dutch Harbor
How do people from humble beginnings launch their families to new heights? For some, the answer is Alyeska's processing plant in one of Alaska's most remote locations
View ArticleAlaska salmon run tops 73.9m fish as prices hold firm
With 39m sockeye harvested as of Thursday morning, the sockeye harvest exceeds last year's 29.5m harvest by nearly 10m fish, or 32%
View ArticleChina food safety standards still lagging, says NYT
China's attempt to transform its food safety status since the death of six infants in 2008 over a milk contamination scandal has yet to come to fruition
View ArticleWalmart appoints new CEO for US
Walmart on Thursday announced that Greg Foran, 53, has been promoted to chairman and CEO of Walmart in the US
View ArticleNew England’s live lobster prices set to fall to seasonal lows as new shell...
Live American lobster prices out of New England are poised to fall sharply this summer, albeit a bit little later this year compared to recent seasons
View ArticleThai shrimp prices up as packers strive to fill orders, Ecuador rises on...
A lack of shrimp in Thailand for packers to meet orders and Chinese buyers ramping up again from Ecuador causing prices to firm up fast, as well as in other Asian countries
View ArticleSirena, Umami lawsuit dismissed days before trial
Lawsuit brought on by Sirena Norway against Umami for alleged fraud dismissed just days before jury trial, due to start on July 25
View ArticleStarboard slaps Darden with legal complaint to investigate lead-up to Red...
'Darden has practically given away an iconic restaurant brand for little more than the value of its underlying real estate' firm says in court documents.
View ArticleChile coho, trout prices to Japan drop further
Spot prices for Chilean salmon to the US fell by 6 cents, while coho and trout on the Japanese market saw substantial drops on last week
View ArticleNGO petitions US gov for ban on Pacific bluefin tuna fishing
The National Marine Fisheries Service has received a petition from the Center for Biological Diversity, to prohibit fishing for Pacific bluefin tuna
View ArticleJudge lifts 56-year-old consent decree against Maine lobster group
The Maine lobster industry breathed a sigh of relief this Thursday when a federal judge decided to lift a decree prohibiting it in engaging in any activity that could impact the lobster price
View ArticleLouisiana shrimpers reel in 10% higher catch in June
Louisiana shrimpers caught about 10% more pounds of brown shrimp in June than usual, when compared to the past seven years
View ArticleCanada invests $100m in small craft harbors across country
Government of Canada is making a $106 million investment in small craft harbors in Nunavut, Cape Breton, Eastern New Brunswick
View ArticleAlaska pollock processors say PBO production increase may not last
Strong fishing in early B season lures processors to fillet production thanks to high production yields, but the fishing could turn downhill in the second half of the season
View ArticleUSDA asked to rescue Alaska salmon market with second, larger buy
Gov. Sean Parnell has asked the government agency to help protect the canned pink salmon market from an oversupply by making another bulk buy, this time at $37m
View ArticleGreat 2013 results see Omega Protein outperform S&P 500
North America's biggest producer of Omega3 fish oil and meal more than doubled its gross profit on almost-flat revenues, pushing its share price up 45% over the year
View ArticleRussian watchdog seeks ban on Filet-o-Fish, other McDonald’s products
Russia's consumer protection agency has filed a lawsuit in a Moscow court seeking to ban some of McDonald's burgers, including the Filet-o-Fish
View ArticleAlaska oyster farm owner fights to make industry viable
Jim Aguiar, owner of Eagle Shellfish oyster farm in Simpson Bay, fights to make the oyster industry viable in Alaska
View ArticleB.C. salmon processors gear up for big Fraser River sockeye run
Fishing industry in British Columbia, Canada has been building capacity to handle this year’s forecast big sockeye run after being caught off guard by the 2010 record run
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