Market News
Bering Sea Snow Crab Season ready to begin!
The 48-million pound quota for fishermen this year is down from last year’s 58.5 million pound limit. The community development quota was allocated 4.8 million pounds, and the remaining 43.2 million makes up the individual fishing quota for the bulk of the fleet. To determine quota an annual st
Steps to achieve a common vision for Environmentally Sustainable Seafood!
More than a dozen conservation organizations from the United States and Canada have partnered to pursue a common vision for sustainable seafood and work together as the Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions. These groups include Blue Ocean Institute, Environmental Defense Fund, FishChoice, Fis
Grouper oversight gets tougher!
The FWC approved a rule that would make grouper regulations in state waters of the Atlantic consistent with these new federal regulations at its December Commission Meeting. This rule is effective January 19, 2010.
Fishing remains the most dangerous profession in America
Search is halted off New Jersey for fishermen from Va. The Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for two Virginia fishermen who have been missing since their boat sank Wednesday in the Atlantic Ocean.
The Times They Are a-Changin' - Nils Stolpe - December 21, 2009
This opinion piece found in Seafood.com demonstrates how difficult it is to be a part of the fishing world! It feels like you are the enemy!
NOAA Presents Catch Share Policy
“Catch share” is a general term for several fishery management strategies that allocate a specific portion of the total allowable fishery catch to individuals, cooperatives, communities, or other entities. Each recipient of a catch share is directly accountable to stop fishing when its specific
MSC Funding - should the end user pay or should the source pay? MSC says Consumer paying is an option!
MSC apparently did not come to the meeting prepared . . .
New study supports looking at the Carbon FishPrint!!
"I don't know whether at the end of the day the consumer is going to be able to navigate through all of these issues, coming up with the perfect choice is really difficult." Monterey Bay Aquarium
November Scallop Market Update
PROTECTED AREAS: Elephant Trunk Area The Elephant Trunk just reopened for scallop harvesting after being closed for two months.
Laughing Bird Shrimp Gets NY Times Recognition
Laughing Bird shrimp are unlike many farmed shrimp, and that is a good thing. They are raised in the Caribbean, in inland ponds on the coast of Belize.
Halibut Market
The West Coast Halibut season officially ends November 15th , 2009 . There will still be fish available that some producers may hold back from the last days of fishing to maximize profits for the close of the season
Carbon Footprint is coming - for fish, for wine, for everything - Energy is the next health care focus!
Wine Carbon Footprint learns the same lessons as seafood - is there a pattern developing here?
A few interesting facts about Seafood and Sustainability!
On October 5th, ProFish along with sponsors NOAA Fisheries Service, National Restaurant Association’s Conserve and Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington’s Education Foundation participated in a seminar focusing on the latest developments and rating systems to increase seafood sustainabi
Aquaculture in the US - State or Federal- who has the authority?
“There are costs and risks to a course of action but they are far less than long range risks of comfortable inaction”. John F Kennedy Fish Farming in Ocean Pens - Should we try it?
Low Level Trophic Fisheries reviewed by MSC - without the fisherman?
Low level trophic Fisheries are those fisheries used for feeder fish in other fisheries. Generally it means fish on the lower levels of the food chains - in the Chesapeake Bay, Menhaden would be a low level Trophic Fisheries. The MSC is trying to determine the best way to manage these fisheries, h
President's Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Interim Report
“In order to better meet our Nation’s stewardship responsibilities for the oceans, coasts, and Great Lakes, there is established an Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, to be led by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality.” President Obama
Top Imports for 2009
In the U.S. in 2008, we consumed 16 pounds of seafood per person, down 0.3 pounds from 2007. U.S. consumers spent an estimated $69.8 billion for fishery products in 2008, including $46.8 billion at restaurants, carry-outs, and caterers; $22.7 billion in retail sales for consumption at home, and $389
Founding Father's - a restaurant focused on Sustainability!
Right now, we are selling a Tile fish from Ocean City, Md
Chilean Sea Bass Easily Re-certified in South Georgia Seas!
Chief Executive of the MSC 'I congratulate the South Georgia toothfish fishery on their re-certification"
Aquaculture responsible for over 50% of the fish consumed in the world today!
A new report by an international team of researchers has determined that aquaculture, once a fledgling industry, now accounts for 50 percent of the fish consumed globally. The findings are published in the Sept. 7 online edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). &
Red Crab awarded the MSC certification
The Atlantic deep-sea red crab harvest on Thursday was awarded Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification as a sustainable and well-managed fishery, becoming the first fishery on the U.S. East Coast to do so; it is also the world’s the second crab fishery and 54th overall to earn the eco-label
Do third world Countries adhere to approved fishing methods?
This illegal fishing is likely to have caused the accidental deaths of as many as 20,000 dolphins and more than 100,000 sharks in the past five years alone - that is what can happen when countries such as Morrocco do not adhere to the universally acknowledged and accepted proper fishing methods - Dr
Obama administration takes comprehensive review of how to manage the Ocean's!
The Obama administration is working to craft a new overarching national ocean policy that could change how federal agencies address new projects at sea -- from offshore energy development to aquaculture to marine conservation.
Japan reports drop in Bluefin Tuna prices - could be a good sign for future as Farms claims resposnibility
Bluefin Tuna, a highly sought after protein in Japan, where the price usually rises as avaiability slows - may mean positive trends starting for the Bluefin revivial!
Be aware of the weather - Always!
Weather can effect your purchasing - this hurrican headed to the East Coast later this week may cause the prices of certain species to spike - in the world of a fisherman, weather is a critical factor worthy of constant attention.
Blue Fin Quota met in 4 days
August 10, 2009 - North Lake, PEI- It took just four days for the Prince Edward Island tuna fleet to land its allocated 40 tons of giant bluefin tuna last week. The seaon opened Monday morning. By Thursday midnight the three monitoring companies supervising the catch had recorded 134 fish at docksid
Actual Protein Weight Critical to retail, but don't take it too far!
Short Shrimp weight thrown out of court
Baltimore Sun Article on Re-circulating tanks raising Branzini in Baltimore
"Green fish, as good as it gets. Clean, environmentally friendly, sushi-quality fish, delivered to the restaurant a few hours after harvesting." "This is a happy moment here," says Zohar, director of the Center of Marine Biotechnology at the University of Maryland Biotechnolo
A new approach to conservation
As reported in the Boston Globe - Beth Daley
"New England fishing officials, hoping to revive the region’s imperiled cod and flounder populations and its distressed fishing industry, yester...
Stimulus helps Turtles survive!
Tto $3.4 million in stimulus money for an "eco tunnel" in Florida, that's about to change. There is a 13-foot tunnel being built under U.S. Rte. 27 in Lake Jackson, Fla. so that sea Turtles can s...
Starfish come back to New England - does it mean cleaner water?
Enormous mats of the spiny creatures are infesting pockets of New England waters from Narragansett Bay to Cape Cod Bay this spring, charming beachcombers but tormenting some fishermen who worry they c...
Senator tries to slow down Magnusen Act and its effect on fisherman!!!
U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer said that he will introduce a bill this week to add 'flexibility' to a federal fishery management law that he said is 'decimating' the local fleet.
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AP reports - Fisherman catching Bombs!
The military says a commercial fisherman reeled in an Air Force missile in the Gulf of Mexico.
A military bomb squad met him at the shore in Florida to remove sensitive technology from the pr...
Farm Salmon Outlook bleak for third and fourth quarters 2009
Marine Harvest, one of the world's largest salmon harvesters predicted global farmed salmon production to fall 7 to 12 percent this year, due to an unprecedented drop in Chile's output.
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Bluefish and Rockfish Warning Issued.
Bluefish, striped bass advisories issued in Md.
June 3, 2009 - 6:05pm
WASHINGTON - Seven East Coast states are advising pregnant women and young children to avoid eating striped bass and...
Recreation Fishing appears to be on the decline?
Maryland Officials are tryoing to get mopre money from the recreational fisherman, but it seems raising the fees is having a different outcome than hoped. Fewer licenses are being issue, most probabl...
Should Basa imports be called Catfish ?
The President of the US National Fisheries Institute (NFI), John Connelly, said on May 22 that 'it would be a mistake for the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to expand the definition of catfi...
John Sackton Reports Retailers not cooprative
May 26, 2009 - We asked the Perishables Group to help us look at retail seafood sales trends for the 1st quarter of the year to look for evidence of customers trading down, i.e. buying more of the les...