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
Loose pirates provoke international chase
After slipping through authorities' fingers in Oceania and most recently in Thailand, the pursuit of an IUU vessel on the loose has become an international effort
WWF: NOAA list of at-risk species falls short of reality
The body’s proposed list of species requiring attention in the fight against illegal fishing falls far short of identifying all of the seafood at significant risk, says WWF
Malaysian aquaculture, finfish exports appear poised for growth
A move away from disease-hit shrimp farming is boosting the amount of finfish Malaysia is likely to sell to China, the United States and the European Union
Less-mainstream fish continue to gain popularity on US plates
Although staples of the American seafood diet like tuna aren’t in any danger of being phased out, less-mainstream species are continuing to become more popular