Ex-NOAA fisheries chief Chris Oliver joins American Seafoods as regulatory advisor
Chris Oliver spent decades in US fishing regulation and prior to his 2017 appointment as NOAA’s administrator for fisheries
Global farmed, wild whitefish supply on course to grow near 4% in 2021
Kontali has forecast for pangasius and tilapia to be the large gains from the farmed segment, while global supply of cod, hake, and Alaskan pollock are still all expected to grow y-o-y
Pollock size will determine US B season product mix as PBO prices rise
Although the US pollock sector did its best to make up for lost ground in PBO block production during the final weeks of the season, those efforts fell short
US slave-labor seafood provision could make it into massive China trade bill
'The COMPETES Act strikes right at the heart of China's anti-competitive and morally abhorrent labor, environmental and digital practices' -- US senator Ron Wyden
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