Alaska sets dates for elections to fill Don Young’s seat in US House
The US seafood state of Alaska will hold two special elections this summer to fill its lone US House of Representatives seat
Continuing COVID difficulties threaten US eel shipments to China
The warm weather in the US state of Maine could boost the highly lucrative harvest of baby eels, the 11-week season for which started Tuesday
USDA taps Trident for $4.7m pollock purchase, High Liner for $1m
In total, USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service has agreed to pay $5.7m for 707t of frozen pollock products to supply child nutrition programs across 16 US states
Mowi to cull 2.26m salmon at Newfoundland hatchery after ISA finding
The detection occurred at a Mowi hatchery in the community of Stephenville, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
First Nations earn $39.71m from salmon net-pen farms, group says
The emergence of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship puts at least two First Nation groups in opposition over the pending Canadian government ban
Tradex CEO Reierson: Move fast on North American product
'[S]ource as much North American product as possible - and sooner than later' -- Robert Reierson, CEO and president, Tradex Foods
China slaps five-month ban on shrimp imports from Omarsa plant
China has slapped five-month bans on imports from an Omarsa Group shrimp plant in Duran, Ecuador, as well as a plant operated by Exportadora Total Seafood
Massachusetts seafood processors to get $1.1m COVID relief
Seafood processors and wholesale dealers in the US state of Massachusetts will be eligible for $1.m in federal COVID relief funding
US shrimp import party continues in 2022 with high volume, values, prices
The US imported 78,716 metric tons of shrimp worth $744.9 million in January 2022, a 13% increase in volume and a 24% increase in value
Study affirms possibility of third bluefin tuna spawning ground
The prospect that younger tuna are reproducing in an area not surveyed is a 'game changer' -- Troy Atkinson, Saint Margaret's Bay Tuna Fishermen's Association