UK crab, lobster rated ‘avoid’ in latest Good Fish Guide, North Sea herring a ‘best choice’
New ratings for Scottish brown crab and lobster have been added to the guide, with eight of the nine new ratings either amber rated or 'fish to avoid'
Newfoundland crab season to start at lower processor price of CAD 7.60/lb
Given the state of the market, the Food Fish and Allied Workers will not yet seek a reconsideration of the price set by the panel
Pacific, others to benefit from Princess Cruise Lines’ ‘Wild Alaska Seafood’ program
Princess Cruise Lines announced its 'Wild for Alaska Seafood' program on Thursday, saying it will offer 30 'distinctive' Alaska seafood dishes with featured items every night
Alaska, Maine, Maryland legislators celebrate visa expansion for seafood sectors
'Today’s supplemental H-2B visa release announcement from DHS is of critical importance to the Alaska seafood industry' -- senator Lisa Murkowski
Former Russian crab importer: Latest pivot not a short-term move
'I just had a sense that this was going to get messy. We had contracts out there for multiple loads and we simply started canceling them all' -- Stuart Kozloff, International Seafood Ventures
Former Fishin’ execs re-join Hudson at US arm of Africa vessel owner
Brad Hudson, former board member of US Walmart supplier The Fishin' Company, has brought in three executives who left during a restructure of the latter to his latest employer
Canada increases quota 32% in biggest snow crab fishery, sets opening date of April 4
In combination, the two big Canadian snow crab fisheries could produce as much as 82,989t in 2022, 33% more than the 62,447t allowed in 2021
Lucrative king crab sector faces Russia sanctions upheaval
With western sanctions targeting Russian seafood, Russian producers are expected to reconfigure some frozen production volumes into live for China and South Korea
Newfoundland processor group leader fires back at call for resignation over crab quality comments
'It's a different product. No barnacles, redder crab, bigger crab, better yields and closer to market ...' -- Derek Butler, Association of Seafood Producers, on crab caught in the southern Gulf of Saint Lawrence
US inventor offers remote-controlled ropeless lobster, crab traps
At around $2,500 for an order of 20 traps, the cost of the new devices can be a deterrent