South Africa’s Premier Fishing opens physical store, online shop
Premier Fishing announced the opening of a new store in Cape Town and its online shop, offering fresh seafood, including hake, snoek, shrimp, calamari, mussels and lobster
Fresh finfish, shellfish lead drop in US seafood retail prices in May
Consumers remained cautious in spending due to worries over the lingering and cumulative impact of inflation, says a market research firm
Commercial oyster harvesting resumes in parts of Oregon coastline
Officials have lifted the ban on oyster gathering in Tillamook and Netarts Bays, but bay clam and mussel harvesting along the Oregon coastline remains banned due to high PSP levels
FDA warns of paralytic shellfish toxins in oysters from British Columbia supplier
The US agency advised California restaurants and retailers against serving oysters from Dailyfresh Shellfish, Inc., lot #240531JM, harvested in BC on May 30
Aquaculture Canada 2024: Canada’s aquaculture industry needs its own legislation, seaweed farmer suggests
Undercurrent News was live from Aquaculture Canada 2024, being held at the Delta Hotel & Prince Edward Island Conference Center, in Charlottetown, PEI, June 16-19
Canadian province stiffens fines against boaters to prevent invasive mussels
The province of Alberta reportedly has the highest such fines in North America
Taylor Shellfish grapples with biotoxin blooms in Washington’s coastal waters
Taylor's diversification strategy of cultivating shellfish in various Puget Sound growing areas helped mitigate the effects of the temporary Willapa Bay closure
Six mussel species native to Central Texas listed as endangered
The US Fish & Wildlife Service declared them endangered last week, underscoring the crucial state of these aquatic creatures
South Australian water crisis threatens aquaculture sector
Proposals for a desalination plant in Port Lincoln have been suggested, but this is expected to impact the region's shellfish farmers
Oregon expands statewide paralytic shellfish closure to include commercial clam harvests
The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has also issued closures for mussels and some oyster harvesting areas