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
NOAA: Warmer water causing poor salmon returns to Alaska rivers
Scientists and the fishing industry are developing new tools to reduce salmon bycatch and providing more timely information to help resource managers address the declines
US antitrust regulators block $987m deal between rival shipping giants
AP Moller-Maersk would have sold its Maersk Container Industry subsidiary and its Qingdao, China factory to China International Marine Containers for $987m
Louisiana effort to set commercial catch limits on menhaden falls short
Louisiana remains the only US state in the Gulf of Mexico without menhaden quotas even as the fish is fought over by conservationists as well as by commercial and recreational harvesters
First evidence of invasive green crab found in Alaskan waters
'We need to take it seriously, but we are not in the situation -- yet -- that Washington state is' -- Linda Shaw, fisheries biologist, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
A California sardine war veteran has retired, but remains in the fight
'The scientists and the fishermen really need to be communicating with each other and they aren't' -- Diane Pleschner-Steele, California Wefish Producers Association
Poke chain adds three new stores in Connecticut
The Hawaiian poke chain Pokemoto announced this summer plans to launch in Kansas, Tennessee and Texas, which will place it in 13 states when construction finishes
As inflation climbs in US, Walmart sells more canned tuna, hot dogs
Walmart is among the first major retailers to report quarterly results, and its better-than-anticipated performance in Q2 was an abrupt change from just three weeks ago