Suram Trading hires former Walmart, GSA exec
'Suram's ability to win on so many key metrics that buyers look for was really attractive to me' -- Chris Keller
Pokemoto restaurant chain branches into South Carolina
South Carolina is the chain's 14th state and the storefronts bring to 46 the total number of eateries Pokemoto will have operational when all are completed
Hurricane Ian leaves shrimp boats ‘stacked up like cordwood’
'A lot of [boats in Fort Myers, Florida] are piled up on a hill [and in a parking lot]. They're pretty much stacked up like cordwood' -- John Williams, Southern Shrimp Alliance
Four US lawmakers join push for streamlining offshore aquaculture
Count US senator Jerry Moran, US representatives Angie Craig and Kat Cammack, and Stacey Plaskett, a delegate to the US House, as new co-sponsors of two bills
Insurers looking at Vessel Viewer to deter IUU fishing, limit liability
'If insurers are associated with illegal fishing activity, they could be liable for the costs that could be incurred' -- Karen Sack, executive director, Ocean Risk and Resilience Action Alliance
Aquabyte gets undisclosed infusion from Earthshot Ventures
'The company has impressive commercial traction with many of the largest aquaculture companies in the world' -- Matt Logan, principal, Earthshot Ventures
Famous pier getting upgrade in presidential Maine town
Kennebunkport is famous as the summer or family home to two US presidents, George HW Bush and son George W. Bush, and the pier is a noted tourist attraction there
Details of the deal: Innovafeed’s roadmap to achieve scale, fishmeal price parity
'It's a challenge because you have to develop the technology, you have to achieve this scale, so it's a journey, I would say, to get to price parity' -- Maye Walraven, North America general manager, Innovafeed
Canada paying salmon harvesters to retire their licenses to save stocks
But harvesters say that the program is playing with their lives due to its vagueness, among other issues
Wind farm companies say turbine patent ruling won’t slow Maryland, Delaware projects
Skipjack Wind of Maryland and US Wind of Delaware said they don't expect the decision to hamper their timetables