ASMI seafood confidence-boost, Virginia soft-shell clam efforts among NOAA grant recommendations
NOAA has recommended 43 projects be awarded a combined $11 million in grants
US landings value ticked down in 2019, latest NOAA data shows
The NOAA numbers show that US per capita consumption of seafood rose slightly in 2019 to 19.2lbs per person, a 0.2 rise over 2018
New US trade chief pinned down by Congress on China, seafood-related woes
'We want to be able to act quickly and to make some of these decisions, but we're also very, very mindful of the need to not just be reactive, to not be chasing our tails' -- Katherine Tai, USTR
Chinese seafood firm sets up B2B trading app
Chinese seafood exporter and supplier Ocean Treasure has invested $100,000 to develop a B2B e-commerce platform that provides order tracking and market overviews for clients
Alaska pollock study to suggest re-introducing surimi to consumers
The study showed a strong inclination by US consumers towards 'crab'-flavored products and suggested marketing 'must reinforce ...crab taste and quality messaging'
USDA plans to buy 8.3m pounds of pollock products, its third-largest buy ever
The order includes five different product forms of pollock
400,000t Russian pollock fishery in Western Bering Sea cleared to continue MSC process
With the report's April 30 publication, stakeholders have until May 30 to provide further comment before the fishery moves ahead for further certification consideration
US pollock catches, output make up for lost ground as A season winds down
Recent NOAA data show that that of the 604,450 metric tons of pollock quota available to be harvested in the 2021 A season 91.2% has been caught to date
GAPP seeks proposals to use $1.5m in pollock promotion funds
'We have a very special interest in surimi and roe products specifically this round' -- GAPP executive director Craig Morris
Tradex: Seafood prices rise as cold storage operations still delayed in Dalian
Cold storage warehouses in Dalian, China, are speeding up the release of containers held in storage but with controls still in place raw material prices are rising