Starkist confirms new American Samoa GM
Sangdong Kwon is replacing Brett Butler, who could be in talks with US tuna giants Bumble Bee Foods and Tri Marine International, according to media reports
View ArticleMar-Lees downplays exit of former foodservice VP Don Mega
Former US Foods exec brought in to lead foodservice sales for Mar-Lees is no longer with company, as he branches out on his own
View ArticleBeaver Street’s Frisch brothers set sights on $1bn mark
'Our goal is to take that to the next level of being a billion-dollar company,' says new generation of Frisch family running Beaver Street
View ArticleTrident to market pollock roe with Japan’s Takamasa in bid to help rebuild...
Trident Japan to enter into joint venture to market high-quality pollock roe gift packs with Takamasa Co, with production beginning this October.
View ArticleOnline sales with home delivery of lobster in China pushing up price in Boston
Zhangzidao has sold 2,800 Boston lobsters in two days through its home delivery of the live aquatic products
View ArticleSoutheast Alaska sees record dungeness crab season
Total catch this year is pegged at nearly 6.5 million pounds
View ArticleMurkowski urges McDonald’s to reject Greenpeace pressure on pollock
Alaska senator Lisa Murkowski has sent a letter to top exec of McDonald’s, urging him to ignore an anti-fishing campaign from Greenpeace over the Bering Sea canyons
View ArticleMaruha Nichiro subsidiary operator charged for alleged falsification of...
Westward Seafoods' plant employee in Dutch Harbor agreed to plead guilty to a Clean Air Act violation for tampering with machines designed to reduce nitrogen dioxide emissions
View ArticleUS politician using Pacific oyster deaths to push climate change agenda
New York Times reports 'most far-reaching climate change policies in the nation' coming forth from Washington state governor Jay Inslee
View ArticleBP asks US court to hear settlement appeal
Oil giant has asked the US Supreme Court to throw out part of its settlement of claims for damage from its enormous spill in 2010
View ArticleGreenpeace-linked scientist weighs in over Murkowski letter to McDonald’s
Alaska senator Murkowski is asking McDonald’s to stand down on an issue that could impact the long-term availability of Filet-O-Fish, according to Greenpeace-linked scientist
View ArticleWestward apologizes for former employee’s illegal activity
Maruha Nichiro subsidiary says it has fully cooperated with authorities' investigation into former employee Bryan Beigh’s violation of the Clean Air Act
View ArticleAlaska salmon harvest tops 82m fish
Statewide sockeye catch exceeds 2013 total by 10 million fish, as much anticipated Fraser River fishery kicks off in Canada
View ArticleRussia detains 20t of US shrimp from Bornstein Seafoods
More than 20t of frozen, cooked shrimp from US processor Bornstein Seafoods has been detained in the Russian port of St. Petersburg
View ArticleStartup receives $1.5m funding to explore new uses for shrimp shells
Funds will enable research of a chitin-based absorbent material for use in a process to extract uranium from the ocean
View ArticleAlaska’s fisheries at risk due to oceans acidification
Red king crab and tanner crab grow more slowly in more acidic water
View ArticleStrong Q1 for Maruha Nichiro’s international ops offsets softness in Japan
Strong performance from Maruha Nichiro’s plants in Thailand and its North America division see double-digit growth in Q1 operating income, with profits in Japan soft
View ArticleResearchers to prove beneficial effects of fish nutrients in healthy adults
An affiliate of Harvard Medical School in US is carrying out research on the effect of omega-3s and vitamin D in healthy adults
View ArticleAlaska herring fishery re-opening under consideration
Alaska's herring population has stabilized in recent years after being devastated by the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989, and if the fishery re-opens, markets will need to be re-established
View ArticleVerlasso launches into Harmon’s stores in Salt Lake City
Chilean salmon company Aquachile and US science and engineering company Dupont continues to make inroads in US retail segment with premium sustainable brand
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