California warns Dungeness crab harvesters: Don’t cheat
Of the recent violations, the most common has been the commercial harvest of undersized crabs
Over quota, king mackerel gillnet season ends in Gulf of Mexico
Under federal regulations, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is required to subtract overages of the commercial gillnet quota from the next year's quota
Maine lawmakers reverse course, revive fund to fight right whale regs
Changes to the proposed Maine state bill would allocate $900,000 annually to the fund, which the legislature could renew every two years
NOAA: Cooke steelhead farming plans won’t threaten native fish, whales
Cooke subsidiary Cooke Aquaculture Pacific was granted a five-year permit to farm sterile, female triploid, and rainbow trout in January 2020
Canadian lobster exports have biggest year ever, topping CAD 3.2bn in 2021
The big change was in US frozen and processed lobster sales, which were up CAD 240m and CAD 300m, respectively, from 2019
Murphy retiring after five decades in tuna sector
Joe Murphy has worked closely with senior leadership of many Pacific island countries to strategically plan and develop higher industry standards
George Berkowitz, Legal Sea Foods founder, dead at 97
George Berkowitz founded Legal Sea Foods in 1950 as a fish market next to his Russian immigrant father's butcher shop and grocery in the suburb of Cambridge, Massachusetts
Camanchaca to spend $74m on farms, anti-algae bloom tech over next two years
The expenditures come after the company made capital expenditures of $15m in 2021 and $23m in 2020 due to the pandemic
Maine seafood industry expects indirect impact from Russian invasion
'I've had to tell [potential Russian customers] recently, keep me on your list of people, but we're not going to be doing anything with you right now' -- Richard Hall, Browne Trading Company
US’ largest tilapia farmer Blue Ridge promotes Gardner to president
Martin Gardner has been with the Martinsville, Virginia-based company for nearly 15 years, serving previously as business development director and VP of strategic development