DBP finances aquaculture project in Sibuyan Island
A $210,000 loan will finance the development of a 1.2-hectare aquaculture project for the production of grouper fingerlings
Louisiana mulls changes to seafood certification program
Louisiana's wild-caught seafood certification program is looking to ease some of its requirements in order to increase supplier participation
Beaver Street eyes moves into aquaculture, fresh
Florida-based frozen seafood firm is planning to move into new areas in the next five years, says exec VP Mark Frisch
Alabama senator supports Gulf of Mexico traceability program
Alabama Republican Senator Dick Shelby has vowed to continue seeking funding to research Gulf of Mexico red snapper stocks and support the fishery's production
India’s Kerala state widening export offering
As sea catches dwindle and seafood exports become farmed shrimp centric, efforts are underway to culture other fish like cobia, pompano, groupers and sea bass
US importer, processor plans major Indonesia expansion
Portland, Maine-based importer North Atlantic is planning a major expansion at its Indonesian subsidiary that aims to improve sustainability, traceability, and social impact
Study warns some South China Sea species ‘close to extinction’
Researchers find some species are at 5% the level they were at in 1950s
Analyst: Fishmeal emerging as ‘strategic protein’
Fishmeal could shift from being priced as a commodity to being priced with a premium, more like fish oil, as the product is 'no longer at all correlated to soybean meal prices'
Council may decrease Guam’s bottomfish quota
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council may decrease Guam's quota for bottomfish species and raise the bottomfish quota for American Samoa
Spawning site to help rebuild snapper-grouper fishery
A spawning site off of the North Carolina coast is one of five locations selected to help in efforts to rebuild declining stocks in the snapper-grouper fishery