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
View ArticleTonka 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
View ArticleIcicle, 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
View ArticleLouisiana 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
View ArticleNFI: 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
View ArticleLong 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
View ArticleDay 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
View ArticleAlaska 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
View ArticleNew 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
View ArticleCalifornia 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...
View ArticleCanada’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
View ArticleContradictory 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
View ArticleFish 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
View ArticleSanta 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
View ArticleNew 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
View ArticleMSC 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
View ArticleVASEP files claims against US anti-dumping shrimp duties
Vietnam exporters start case via US trade commission to contest duties
View ArticleChile 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
View ArticlePotential 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
View ArticleCongressional 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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