USDA plans big catfish buy for food programs
The US Department of Agriculture is soliciting bids for 1.44m lbs of catfish for the government's food assistance programs
Proposed extension of US antidumping duties on Asian farmed shrimp moves forward
The US Department of Commerce believes four Asian shrimp exporting nations will resume 'dumping' if duties lapse. But the US International Trade Commission's own review continues
FDA has stopped 53 allegedly contaminated shrimp shipments so far this year
The total of 53 halted shipments places FDA on track to replicate 2016, the year in which 134 shipments were halted
ITC launches review of China, India, Thai, Vietnam shrimp tariffs
The Thai responders included CP Foods and Thai Union, which are among the world's largest seafood companies as ranked by global sales
Heat, drought threaten western Canada salmon runs
On Vancouver Island, the Tsolum River watershed near Courtenay is ranked worst, at drought level four, with level five almost guaranteeing socioeconomic and ecosystemic impacts
Alaska Native defeats Sarah Palin to win Alaska congressional seat
Peltola is interim executive director of the Kuskokwim River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission and will be the first Alaska Native to serve in Congress
Trade insights: Ecuador’s July shrimp exports hit 100,000t
The third consecutive month of record exports follows a resurgence in shipments to China, Ecuador's biggest market
Cooke’s True North unit loses two execs to rivals
Executives Thom Duncan and Michael Hollis have left the Cooke sales team for other jobs
Former Tradex buyer McNutt opens own firm
'This is the perfect opportunity to come in and work for both sides, work for the buyers and the sellers at putting more money in both people's pockets' -- Rob McNutt
Fearing overfishing, Maine closes menhaden season early
'You'll watch the price of bait skyrocket' -- Maine lobsterman Jason Lord