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Marine Harvest Canada loses 1,000 tons of fish over algae bloom

MHC estimates a loss of up to 1,000 tons of fish due to a harmful plankton bloom in British Columbia

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Tonka Seafoods pitches investors with Alaska shrimp processing venture

Petersburg, Alaska may be seeing the return of shrimp processing to its shores after most of it ended in 2005

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Icicle, Ocean Beauty, Peter Pan, Trident sell $12.8m pink salmon to USDA

US government's commodity buy of more than $12.8m in canned pink salmon from four Seattle-based producers became official Sept. 24

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Louisiana officials still assessing BP oil spill damages

With yellowfin tuna one of the hardest hit areas known so far, officials prepare to implement restoration plans to compensate the public for injuries

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NFI: Activist-led panic against mercury in fish is harming the American diet

In a guest post on Forbes, National Fisheries Institute (NFI) spokesperson Gavin Gibbons draws attention to the EPA's three day forum on mercury in fish next week

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Long John Silver’s on the block, PE tipped as frontrunner

Owners confirmed to Undercurrent News they are in talks to sell the US seafood restaurant chain, in wake of a difficult few years

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Day Boat Seafoods files objection to Atlantic swordfish MSC certification

Day Boat Seafoods has filed an objection to the outcome of an independent assessment of the US North Atlantic swordfish longline fishery

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Alaska B season PBO production up, yet market seen tight

With most of the Alaska B season completed, surimi and pin-bone out fillet production is well ahead of last year’s pace but deepskin fillet production is down

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New England Fishery Management Council to consider emergency restrictions...

The New England Fishery Management Council is set to consider emergency restrictions to the Gulf of Maine's cod fishery

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California governor vetoes seafood mislabeling bill

California governor Jerry Brown killed the seafood mislabeling law on Tuesday, putting an end to a proposed measure to curb mislabeling that was hatched back in February when senator Alex Padilla...

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Canada’s DFO considering new Malpeque Bay mussel leases

Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans is considering whether to allow Prince Edward Island mussel growers to expand in Malpeque Bay

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Contradictory survey data trends leave Alaska crab quotas uncertain

The opening of the 2014-2015 Alaska crab season coming on Oct. 15 is drawing a lot of interest in the upcoming announcement of crab quotas

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Fish 2.0 reels in growing crowd of mainstream investors for next year’s...

Next year's Fish 2.0 at Stanford University will boast a longer and more informed group of investors than last year, says founder Monica Jain

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Santa Monica Seafood relieved over mislabeling bill veto

But purchasing head Logan Kock says one tenant of the bill -- enforcement -- would have been a positive change

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New England cod stock drops to all time low, scientists estimate

August population estimates show measures to stem the tide of the declining cod stock in 2012 were unsuccessful

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MSC rolls out new standard

The Marine Stewardship Council has released a new standard for sustainable fishing, which will take effect April 1 of next year

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VASEP files claims against US anti-dumping shrimp duties

Vietnam exporters start case via US trade commission to contest duties

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Chile salmon prices to US nudge down

Prices to US were down to $4.49/lb in week 39, while coho to Japan stayed stable, and trout trout Japan nudged up a little

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Potential US salmon price rise by 2015 seen tied to seasonal factors, not...

With Atlantic salmon prices to the US failing to budge despite Chile diverting supply to Russia, sources feel any price rise into next year will likely be based a normal uptick in seasonal demand

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Congressional Seafood, NAFCO partner on distribution facility

Sister companies team up with Merritt Properties to construct a new seafood distribution facility in Jessup, Maryland

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