Government moves to protect Georges Bank

2008 HT Media Ltd.] By Ambresh Ranjam - October 7, 2008 - WASHINGTON, Sen. John Kerry, D-Massachusetts, has introduced the Georges Bank Preservation Act (S. 3576), legislation that would 'prohibi...

Bluefin May be Savable!

Press News Limited Scientists have discovered more about the migratory patterns of bluefin tuna species and say the revelations could help prevent the disappearance of the heavily harvested giants of...

Seafood News - John Sackton Alaska crab harvesters, organized through ICE (Inter-cooperative Exchange) have proposed an opening fishing price for bristol bay red king crab of $5.15. This represents a...

King Crab Hatchery helps bring species back

The Deadliest Catch it's not, but the results of a research project in Seward might be just as intriguing to skippers of the rugged Bering Sea crab fleet as the next installment of the adrenalin-...

Russian Pollack makes comeback

TINRO's (Pacific Scientific Fisheries & Oceanographic Research Institute) latest survey of the state of fish stocks in the Sea of Okhotsk returned with good news - not only are they healthy, ...

Leathernecks return to California!

MOSS LANDING, Calif. -- Endangered leatherback sea turtles have been spotted again off the central California coast after a two-year hiatus, drawn by jellyfish swarming the area. Scientists with th...

New Zealand knows Sustainability

The Do Sept. 29, 2008 - MASAYUKI KOMATSU isn't exactly renowned for seeing eye-to-eye with New Zealand. He's the man who once called minke whales 'the cockroaches of the sea'. A...

Is Sustainable Worth the Cost?

Despite the perception that retailers in the UK are leading the way in purchasing sustainable seafood, a recent Yougov / Waitrose study found that at the consumer level, things were not changing that ...

Eat Fish - Get Smart

The world's biggest experiment to see if food supplements can boost exam results has concluded that fish oil capsules do make a difference. The results have been revealed two years after Durha...

Warm Water Tails

The State's $300 million western rock lobster fishery is on the verge of crisis with official monitoring revealing there are almost no baby lobsters in prime fishing locations. Department of F...

An interesting solution to over-fishing

A study published in the September 19 issue of Science shows that an innovative yet contentious fisheries management strategy called "catch shares" can reverse fisheries collapse. Where trad...

Deep Sea FIshing Guidelines Established

Two years of negotiations have resulted in the adoption of new international guidelines to limit the impact of fishing on fragile deep sea fish species and habitats, the United Nations Food and Agricu...

Gulf a Disaster!

Commerce Secretary M. Carlos Gutierrez today announced a formal determination of a fishery resource disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, due to the devastation following Hurricanes Gustav and Ike. The e...

Pastuerized Crabmeat Update!

INDONESIA PRICES: It appears prices have stabilized in Indonesia for the time being. Everyone keeps talking about the prices coming down but there haven’t been any indications of that yet…even tho...

How a bi-catch quota can hurt!

U.S. West Coast Pacific whiting fishery closed as rockfish by-catch quota was attained; more than 100,000 tons of whiting quota was left uncaught The Pacific whiting fishery in the U.S. west coast ...

Eating Seafood Makes Smarter Babies

Ð A study just released in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition finds moms who eat more fish, as well as moms who breastfeed the longest, have babies with better physical and mental development...

Eat Seafood to help with Global Warming

Cutting back on red meat will curb global warming, a Nobel Prize-winning United Nations climate expert says. Even having one meat-free day a week will help cut greenhouse-gas emissions and other en...

Pollack looks to secure Sustainability Rating

Seafoodnews.com The Russian pollock fishery, historically larger than the Alaskan fishery, has entered into the Marine Stewardship Council certification process. During the recent fisheries congr...

Are you seafood savvy?

www.nmfs.nooaa.gov/fishwatch Fish watch is a National Marine Fisheries watch site where sustainability is the big news. Fish tries to give an honest, unbiased report on fisheries and species, with...

Cod and Haddock looking Strong

A pivotal scientific study of groundfish stocks off New England, introduced and discussed publicly for the first time yesterday, shattered some assumptions about the winners and losers in the quarter...

Penalty for Species Substitution

A state investigation into fake grouper showing up in Tampa Bay area restaurants has ended in a settlement with the giant food-service company Sysco Corp., which supplied many of the restaurants servi...

market News - due from Gulf

Fresh Fish and Shellfish: Due to inclement weather in the Gulf of Mexico, fishing efforts have been affected. Many domestic items that typically are landed in the Gulf were unavailable. The domestic...

Food Scraps Become Bio-Fuel

Turning everyday waste into gasoline may seem like a distant dream, but thanks to researchers with the Texas Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) and Byogy Renewables Inc., it could become a reality...

Senate calls for review of Government oversight

In response to recent complaints by local fishermen questioning the veracity of the Northeast Fisheries Science Centers (NFSC) stock assessment data, Ranking Member of the Senate Subcommittee on Ocean...

Governments run out of money to enforce protection

State officials abruptly shelved plans Tuesday for a mandatory tagging system intended to better conserve blue crabs harvested from the Chesapeake Bay, citing a lack of money. About $300,000 is nee...

Good News Hooks save Turtles

Alternative fishing technology has been shown to save turtles while not affecting fish catches, according to a report released by WWF and the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC). The r...

Alaska - where Metal meets Fish

Salmon and gold mining. Both are, inarguably, very Alaskan. But today, Alaskans will vote on a ballot measure that is being framed as a choice between the two industries and portrayed by both sides...

Apples to Apples - Species Substitution a real issue

Many New York sushi restaurants and seafood markets are playing a game of bait and switch, say two high school students turned high-tech sleuths. In a tale of teenagers, sushi and science, two stud...

Eating fish reduces risk of Colon Cancer

Casting a wide net in the effort to prevent cancer, scientists have found that eating fish-and the omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil---may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. Lead author Megan N...

New Foundland prawns MSC Certified

The Northern prawn or coldwater shrimp fishery in Newfoundland has been certified by the Marine Stewardship council. It is the largest shrimp fishery to be certified, and the first Canadian fishery...

Striped Bass not overfished!

The Atlantic States Striped Bass management board has approved new estimates for the reference points that determine whether the Atlantic striped bass stock is over fished. Under current law, if a sto...

Scallops show Chesapeake still bountiful

Virginia's scallop industry took an overworked fishery and turned it into the state's most valuable one. As Virginia's seafood industries built on the Chesapeake Bay struggle, the st...

Fishing responsible for state's creation - Alaska!

Alaska celebrates its 50th anniversary as a US state next year. Many don't know that fisheries spawned the push to statehood - ' One of the main reasons the territory was purchased from t...

Gainning Customers a challenge for restaurantuers

More than one-third of consumers (35 percent) said they are eating or buying dinners out less frequently than one year ago, reports foodservice consultants Technomic. Money issues dominated the reason...

Cobia - a few facts

Cobia is the only species in the family Rachycentridae. Remoras (Family Echeneidae) are their closest relative. The scientific name for cobia is Rachycentron canadum, which is derived from two Greek w...

Alaska is a Sustainable Fishery leader

More than 100 people attended the forum, hosted by Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI). The majority represented companies that are big customers for Alaska seafood in the U.S., Europe and Asia,...

Cold temperatures in Alaska blamed for Salmon shortages

Theories abound as to why so many of Alaska's salmon returns have been weak this year, but many blame it on cooler water and weather. 'That transition from fresh water to the marine envir...

Tilapia gains in popularity

Tilapia is quickly rising up the chart, fueled by consumer demand for healthful, mild whitefish. The farmed fish held on to the No. 5 spot this year at 1.142 pounds per capita (one notch ahead of catf...

Seafood Consumption on decline??

U.S. seafood consumption declined in 2007 for the first time in three years. According to NOAA, the average American ate 16.3 pounds of fish and shellfish in 2007. This is the same level as in 2003, a...

Texas Shrimp Season Opens today!

About 200 shrimp boats left Brownsville and Port Isabel on Monday for their bread and butter Texas shrimp season. Most of the boats had been fishing in Louisiana during the recent opening their. Th...

The dollar losses again

The U.S. dollar has given up most of its recent gains, with Bloombergs US currency index falling back to its level of last April. The dollar hit a record low against the Euro toay, trading over €...

Sustainability an issue here to stay

ustainability is rapidly becoming the most significant social and economic movement of our time. It will permeate every aspect of consumers' lifestyles, business infrastructures, and other societ...

Fisherman using trash to fuel the !

Scituate--Abandoned nets, traps and and ropes are not Frank Mirarchi's preferred catch. But for the better part of a decade, the commercial fisherman from Scituate has pulled the debris out of t...

Omega 3's fed to infants may help with Asthma!

Mothers who take fish oil supplements during the last trimester of their pregnancy could be reducing the risk of their child going on to develop asthma, claims a study published today in the American ...

Barton Seaver Leaves Hook

Barton Seaver has reportedly left his post as chef at Hook, a Washington, D.C., restaurant focused on sustainable seafood. According to the Washington Post, Seaver's lawyer and Hook's o...

Eat fish be healthy

Girls who eat more omega-3 fatty acids outsmart those who eat higher amounts of omega-6 fatty acids, according to new research. As a result of this and other studies, government dietary recommendati...

Sustaining the shrimp supply

Forty years ago, shrimp were a luxury item, an expensive delicacy reserved for a fancy dinner party or an anniversary dinner. But as demand rose and aquaculture techniques were perfected, it became po...

Everyone likes Green - especially fisherman

Several local fishermen have recently gone green with their existing vessels and have already pocketed the green that otherwise would have been combusted by fuel prices surpassing $4 a gallon. Mart...

More Positive News for Fish Eaters!

Eating oily fish and other foods containing omega-3 fatty acids may reduce the risk of age-related eye disease, research suggests. Scientists combined the results of nine studies looking at the ef...

Can Monkeys Fish?

Long-tailed macaque monkeys have a reputation for knowing how to find food - whether it be grabbing fruit from jungle trees or snatching a banana from a startled tourist. Now, researchers say they ...

Coho Salmon a good Seller

Underrated and overlooked, coho, or silver, salmon often takes a backseat to king salmon, which steals the spotlight when the coveted Copper River salmon harvest initiates Alaska's summer salmon f...

Truckers Strike in Chile Ends - only slight interuption in supply

The truckers strike that had paralyzed salmon shipments from Chile ended early this morning. Rodrigo Infante, the general manager of SalmonChile, said that the entire supply chain of salmon produc...

Farm raised Salmon has less Mercury

A new study published inEnvironmental Toxicology and Chemistry finds that although mercury levels in both wild and farmed salmon from British Columbia are substantially below human health consumption ...

Louisiana Fisherman finally seeing disaster relief

Chris Kirkham, West Bank bureau - The state is unfurling a $27 million federal relief program for the commercial fishing industry in the New Orleans area this week, in what will be the first direct ai...

Acid in Pacific Waters hurts Sea Life

A panel of U.S. marine scientists are warning that the Pacific Coast's increasing acidity could disrupt food chains and threaten the shellfish industry. The increasingly corrosive water threate...

Alaska Moves to Protect its resources

Congress passed Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Senator Lisa Murkowski's (R-Alaska) joint resolution (S.J. Res 17) directing the United States to negotiate an international agreement for managi...

Copper River through the Roof!

Copper River salmon nets high prices for fishermen and at seafood counters. Just like last year, wild weather kept salmon landings low and prices high for the first opener at Copper River. The fisher...

Salmon on the rise

Producers of Chilean coho, imported in the largest quantities to Japan, are now moving to raise their prices as fuel and personnel costs have been on a rise in that country. Similarly, the prices o...

Grouper and Snappper fighting government hook regulations

Slow down on the rush to require circle hooks in the Atlantic Ocean's snapper-grouper fishery, both commercial and recreational fishermen will tell federal managers. Members of the recreationa...

Making Sense of Sustainable Accreditation

John Sackton Seafood News.com with material from Business Wire] (Washington, D.C. may 9, 2008 - Ð More than a dozen Canadian and U.S. organizations today released steps companies can take to develop ...

Squid Wars

May 7, 2008 - A headache for squid importers in Boston is about to get a whole lot worse for the seafood industry. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has said, in a letter to importers, The Service...

Tuna Farming in Chile

Aqua.cl] Translated by Angel Rubio Canas - May 6, 2008 - Daniel Catalan, general manager of AquaNegocios Ltda., together with the Development Corporation of the University of Arturo Prat of Iquique, a...

Diesel Hurts

(CNNMoney.com) -- Rising diesel prices have slammed the trucking industry and hurt independent truck drivers, and Congress is looking for solutions. Members of the House Committee on Transportation...

Squid another example of Government oversight

Squid problems continue as NMFS asks Congress not to ignore fact that squid are considered shellfish SEAFOOD.COM NEWS by John Sackton - May 5, 2008 - Northeast squid importers have been hit ...

Interesting use of Salmon

May 2, 2008 - OSLO, Norway, A Norwegian food manufacturer said it will invest about $8 million to make a tasty hot dog from salmon meat. Mega fish-farming giant Gustav Witzoe said it believes putti...

Increasing Labor Costs in Chile

Salmon farming in Chile is shifting to Atlantic salmon from coho; but producers are faced with a burst of problems such as fish disease and rising wages According to the Chile Salmon Farming Assoc...

Congress tries to control oversight of ocean management

Congresional Quarterly By Avery Palmer, CQ Staff April 28, 2008 - A bill that would set national policy for protecting and restoring ocean ecosystems was approved April 23 by a House subcommittee. (se...

The effects of fuel - a closer look

April 28, 2008 - MOREHEAD CITY -- In one night of working the water, a commercial fisherman can burn hundreds of dollars on fuel alone. "A (shrimp) trawler can burn 100 gallons a night. At $3.75 a g...

Greenpeace harrasses illegal Pacific Tuna harvetsers

SYDNEY, Ship-borne activists said they had targeted fishing boats from South Korea, Taiwan and the United States in high-seas protests against the plundering of tuna in the Pacific, reports AFP. In...

Continuous USDA Inspection could be coming!

SEAFOOD.COM NEWS by John Sackton - April 25, 2008 - NFI, the Grocery Manufacturers Association, the National Restaurant Association, plus a number of Senators whose committees have traditionally worke...

Mussels help Clean the water

Mussels provide the first line of defense for toxins in our nation's fresh and salt waters. And the Mussel Watch Project is the longest running water monitoring program in the U.S. Since 1986 the ...

Immigration affects Seafood Industry

Mattamuskeet Seafood in Swan Quarter, N.C., had planned to open for the season last week , but it had no workers to process crabs . Graham and Rollins, a seafood distributor in Hampton, is processi...

Fish is what's good for you!

Despite all this seemingly anti-fish fodder, a 2005 Harvard University study found infants whose mothers had eaten seafood more than twice a week scored higher on memory tests than those whose mother ...

Wild Salmon can't meet demand!

Low prices for farmed kings and consumer perceptions could cut into retail sales of wild salmon. The West Coast salmon fisheries are closed almost completely this year for the first time ever due t...

Governers try to figure out Blue Crab in Bay

Richmond Times] By Lawrence Latane III - April 15, 2008 - WARSAW, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine and Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley will meet in Colonial Beach today to learn more about the Chesapeake Bay&...

It's a Global Village - Global demand keeps prices rising

BANR JAPAN REPORTS] TOKYO April 14, 2008 - Professor says competition over seafood in the world is certain to intensify in the future amid ongoing overfishing Competition over seafood in the wo...

More Chesapeake Crab Restrictions

Associated Press] - April 10, 2008 - ANNAPOLIS, Md., Maryland will cut its female blue crab harvest up to 40 percent this year to address fears the crabs are reaching dangerously low levels in the Che...

Autism may be relieved by eating Fish

EXPRESS NEWSPAPERS] By Barbara Lantin - April 8, 2008 - We know fish oils can enhance brain development and combat depression but new evidence suggests that it could be used on another range of disord...

Seafood.com Reports continuing Chilean Salmon Problems

SEAFOOD.COM NEWS by John Sackton - April 2, 2008 - Speaking at a Latin American investment conference organized by Reuters, Cesar Barros, president of SalmonChile, said that the industry faces a compl...

US Gov needs to help protect our fishing lands

HT Media Ltd.] - April 4, 2008 - During yesterday's Senate Commerce Committee hearing on international fisheries, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska), Vice Chairman of the Committee, called for more ag...

A few Things

Mahi Market continues to climb. Snapper tightening should be temporary. Sea Bass is MSC certified sustainable at Profish. Lobster prices starting to drop. Soft Shells are in, expensive but availab...

States Fight in Groundfish leads to tough times for Maine Seafood Auction

[Portland Press Herald] by Tom Bell - April 2, 2008 -- The Portland Fish Exchange will survive the current crisis in the groundfish industry, said Bert Jongerden, general manager of the city-owned dis...

Seafood Business Reports Omega-3's help spinal injuries

Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFAs) may aid spinal cord injury recovery, according to new research summarized in the March edition of the Fats of Life and the PUFA Newsletter. Animal resea...

Eat Seafood - Because its Healthy

In response to a request from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies reviewed evidence on the benefits and risks associated wi...

The Chesapeake Bay has fisherman guessing!

The Baltimore Sun Company] By Rona Kobell - March 27, 2008 - ROCK HALL, With just a few days to go before crabbing season begins, Don Pierce is spending nearly every waking hour getting ready. About 1...

Its a dangerous business!

[Anchorage Daily News] By MEGAN HOLLAND -March 25, 2008 - When Capt. Craig Lloyd of the Coast Guard cutter Munro first heard the mayday call from the sinking ship 100 miles away in the early hours of ...

Cost of fuel hurts Point Judith

[ Providence Journal] March 24, 2008 - by Paul Davis NARRAGANSETT Ñ Fisherman Joel Hovanesian did the unthinkable this week. He told his three-man crew to find other work. It's over, the 51-...

Good Friday around the world

In many countries with a strong Christian tradition such as Bermuda, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Peru, the countries of the Caribbean, Germany, Malta, Australia, New Zealand[10][11][12] and the U...

Early Halibut Price Reports

This is Fish Radio. I'm Laine WelchÉ Halibut APA/Sea Grant This is Fish RadioÉ I'm Laine Welch Ð Halibut prices take a dip at the docks. I'll tell you more after this Ð The At Sea...

Grouper Gets Stronger

[Copyright 2008 Times Publishing Company] By Terry Tomalin - March 19, 2008 - TAMPA, Fishing rights groups scored a major victory Tuesday when an advisory panel to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Managemen...

Virginia Blue Crabs

[AFX News Limited] - March 18, 2008 - NORFOLK, Va., Virginia's crab pot season has started under tightened rules, with watermen knowing that more restrictions are likely on the way. Last month,...

MSC for Maine Lobsters?

Portland Press Herald] By CLARKE CANFIELD - March 17, 2008 - Efforts are under way to have the state's signature seafood certified as sustainable by an international organization that evaluat...

West Coast wild salmon having difficult year

San Francisco Chronicle] By Peter Fimrite - March 12, 2008 - Sacramento, So few salmon are living in the ocean and rivers along the Pacific Coast that salmon fishing in California and Oregon will have...

Snow Crab looking tighter

BANR JAPAN REPORTS] TOKYO March 5, 2008 Prices of Russian frozen king crab soaring in Japan on reduced supplies; imports of U.S. crab jumped 85% in January Prices of Russia-produced frozen king cra...

Government moves to strengthen safety regulations

States News Service] - March 5, 2008 - WASHINGTON, Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee Chairman Daniel K. Inouye (D-Hawaii) issued the following statement today after introducing a ...

Maryland Crab Restrictions

The Baltimore Sun] By Rona Kobell - March 3, 2008 - Nearly 100 watermen attended a meeting in Annapolis last week to hear state officials' proposals for restricting Maryland's blue crab harves...

Seafood is a dangerous business - so all must stick together

The Seattle Times Company] By Jack Broom - March 3, 2008 - Roused from a deep sleep by a fire alarm aboard the fish- processing ship Pacific Glacier, Demba Toure remembers his first thought: It must...

Virginia passes New Crab Harvesting Rules

[Virginia Pilot] Feb 28, 2008 - by Scott Harper - Newport News - Virginia officials approved a spate of new rules Tuesday for harvesting blue crabs from the Chesapeake Bay, in the hope of restoring st...

UN Study shows Effects of Global Warming

[Deutsche Presse-Agentur] - February 22, 2008 - Monaco, The rising emissions of greenhouse gases and the resultant climate change are adding to the threats to the world's dwindling stocks of fish...

Seafood by definition

FDA Seafood Definition: FDA Federal Register - Definition of Seafood Definition of Seafood The term "fish" includes all fresh or saltwater finfish, molluscan shellfish, ...

The Cost of Sustainability - Portland, Maine Auction House to disappear!

[ Portland Press Herald] - February 21, 2008--The grim math of Maine's groundfishing industry tells the tale. On a recent day there were 13 Portland-based draggers in the harbor at Gloucester, Mas...

No Wonder Lobster prices are sky high!

[Bangor Daily News] - February 20, 2008 - Preliminary figures released Tuesday by state officials indicate that the amount of lobster caught in Maine in 2007 fell by nearly 23 percent from the previo...

Mercury scare a mistake! New York Times is quick with negatives, slow with balance!

Feb 19, 2007- The National Fisheries Institute furiously wrote the Times pointing out the errors, and the scientific findings. A full list of NFI correspondence with the Times and their responses are ...

New Virginia Record for Rockfish!

[The Virginian-Pilot and The Ledger-Star, Norfolk, VA] - February 18, 2008 - The 73-pound striped bass caught last month by Fred Barnes of Chesapeake has been certified as the state record. Virgini...

Striking workers in Chile could effect your salmon prices!

February 15, 2008 - Santiago, The firm Aguas Claras, which is part of AquaChile, the third-largest producer of salmon in the world, said Thursday that the strike being staged by about 1,000 workers co...

Tautag Fraud in New York

[ The New York Post] Feb 15, 2008 - by KEN MORA--IF you haven't already heard, New York has been made to comply with new regulations governing blackfish. Following a winter meeting by the At...

Gilchrest Loses!!!

Seafood.com News [By Ken Coons] - February 14, 2008 - Annapolis, Rep. Wayne Gilchrest, an advocate for environmental and sports fishing interests, was defeated in the Maryland Republican primary. H...

Fishing Debris - Crab Pots on floor of Chesapeake

The Capital Newspaper By PAMELA WOOD, Staff Writer Published February 12, 2008 Thousands of old crab pots are stuck in the muck at the bottom of the Chesapeake Bay, catching and killing fish and c...

Farmed Raised Salmon Color labels?

[Associated Press] - February 12, 2008 - SAN FRANCISCO, The California Supreme Court breathed new life Monday into a consumer campaign to get grocery stores to label farmed salmon that are artificiall...

For Children - Seafood is the Best!

Two leading professional organizations support new nutrition guidelines for children. The American Heart Association (AHA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics recognize that the health problems of ...

Shrimp Sustainable Approach looks to buy back licenses, appears near success!

[ Houston Chronicle] By SHANNON TOMPKINS - Feb 11, 2008 - Each Aug. 15, opening day of Texas' autumn commercial bay shrimping season, state coastal fisheries staffers climb into airplanes, overfly...

Maryland and Virginia discus the Blue Crab!

[Baltimore Sun] by Rona Kobell Feb 6, 2008 - Baltimore- Maryland's Chesapeake Bay crab harvest has plummeted to its second-lowest level in three decades, raising new concerns about one of the bay...

Delacata - new premium Catfish ready for market

By Nancy Cole HOT SPRINGS, Delacata, a new, premium catfish fillet, will provide a struggling industry with a much needed boost, according to those in attendance Friday at the 2008 Catfish Farmers...

Gilcrest agrees with making Rockfish Commercially Illegal - was there at signing - now look!

Eastern Shore Maryland Republican Gilchrest, fisheries conservation advocate, faces tough primary By Lauren Morello One of the House's strongest Republicans on environmental and climate poli...

Farmed Salmon - Malachite Green Not a Problem for Brittish Columbia

Seafood Business Staff (Feb. 4) — Farmed salmon detained at the U.S.-Canadian border in early December for containing traces of malachite green has been released by the U.S. Food and Drug Administrati...

Chesapeake Bay Dredging to count crabs

HOOPERSVILLE, The workboat Mydra Ann lurches east of this tiny island town, its destination a mile or two offshore in the Honga River near the Chesapeake Bay. Slowly, its rusty chains lower a dredge i...

Overfishing is often mis-leading and incorrect description

By John Geiser - January 28, 2008 - The Recreational Fishing Alliance and Save the Summer Flounder Fishery Fund got confirmation this week that they are on the right track. Some subtle attempts h...

New Zealand King salmon may coming

The New Zealand King Salmon Company is receiving the global aquaculture industry's highest market prices for product raised at its Marlborough sea farms. Breeding only the Canadian Chinook spe...

Flounder - Sustained?

Jan 23, 2008 -Rep. Frank Pallone Jr.'s, D-NJ, bill to add flexibility to the Magnuson-Stevens Act and save the summer flounder fishery should receive strong support in Congress. The measure is ...

Halibut catch limits

Halibut managers followed the recommendations of their fish scientists and set a lower overall catch limit for the U.S. and Alaska this year. That means roughly 50 million pounds of halibut will cross...

Mercury - not a problem for fish eaters!

In March 2007, barely seven months after the International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant was held in Wisconsin’s capital, the event’s organizers publicized their breathless claim that me...

Japan looking to expand Tuna influence

Japan is seeking to extend its Tuna fleet to reach into other countries and species to increase their fishing range. While prices are dipping somewhat for Big Eye, the focus is moving towards Yellowf...

Its the Economy Stupid

Strong evidence is emerging that consumer spending, a bulwark against recession over the last year even as energy prices surged and the housing market sputtered, has begun to slow sharply at every lev...

A wholesalers view

[BANR JAPAN REPORTS] TOKYO - Jan 11, 2008- [the following analysis appeared in the NSK newspaper, partly based on reports from the Seafood Trend Newsletter and includes material from John Sackton] ...

Quality at the New Year

It is always interesting to watch the accordian supply chain expand and contract - this always causes problems with one side or the other - those supplying or those demanding. While the demand side s...

China tries to get serious

BEIJING, China, which was hit by a series of food safety scares last year, promised Tuesday to punish local government officials who fail to ensure food produced in their areas is safe to eat. Gao...

The Chesapeake Bay - - How YOU Can Help:

Know and abide by all fisheries regulations. Report violations of fisheries regulations. Practice catch and release fishing. Return tags from tagged fish promptly to proper tagging programs. K...

Shrimp - Many causes - one story - look for price increases in 2008

According to the United States International Trade Commission (USITC), the main shrimp suppliers to the U.S. are Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Mexico, and Ecuador, which represent 72% of the total con...

Pasteurized Crab meat - will binding hurt the restaurateur?

Pasteurized Crab meat is something to keep an eye. while the country has learned about this product over the past decade, they have also become used to its availability. Much, if not all of the Crab...

Are boycotts effective? Swordfish seems like it was!

"They are often misguided," says Richard Gutting Jr., president of the National Fisheries Institute. He supports the conservation of Chilean sea bass and eliminating illegal practices, but, he notes, ...