By Matt Whittaker

The US Food and Drug Administration has sent food-safety warning letters to a Louisiana crab company and a Hawaii seafood company

Russian FSB detains vessel over alleged illegal crab fishing and has been sent to the port of Murmansk for further investigation, spokeswoman tells Interfax

By Minato-Tsukiji

Prices of snow crab from Atlantic Canada’s Gulf of St. Lawrence has been roughly settled 4-6% lower than the previous year, between local producers and Japanese buyers

Two Namibian fishing companies have entered into a joint venture agreement with Insung Corporation, which is set to inject $7m into building a cannery and storage facilities

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has revoked the federal registration of a crab processing plant in Caraquet, New Brunswick, over inadequate food safety controls

By Jeanine Stewart

Canadian shellfish harvester Clearwater is likely to use its recent CAD 61m cash injection for "quota acquisition opportunities", Beacon Securities Limited analyst Michael Mills says

Many blame the 2010 BP oil spill, which poured about 4.9 billion barrels of oil into the Gulf of Mexico, and recent state data shows a big drop in landings since before the spill

Dangerous levels of the naturally occurring toxin domoic acid are prompting California officials to warn consumers over eating shellfish caught in three counties

Federal investigators reportedly suspect Virginia-based Casey's Seafood mislabeled crab meat, according to court documents

By Tom Seaman

Latest deal for scallop vessels and more live whelk access means UK shellfish harvesting company can keep its European customers supplied, but has room to expand in Asia, US