EU adds squid, frozen herring to zero tariff list amid Brexit disruption
The European Council has recently adopted an amended regulation adjusting the EU's tariff-free quotas for certain fishery products including loligo squid and frozen herring, among others
Another red tide hits Florida coast, surrounds visitors with ‘miasma of rotting death’
Cleanup crews working on the beaches of St. Petersburg, Florida, collected 15 metric tons of dead fish between July 1 and 9
Australian rock lobster exporters turn to domestic, Southeast Asian markets
Exporters are looking to Southeast Asia to plug the gap left by the collapse of the Chinese market following escalating political tensions
USDA changes course, makes disaster relief available to redfish farmers, others
Winter storm Uri wiped out more than 200 million farmed redfish in the US state of Texas in February but producers were previously unable to qualify for disaster relief
USDA plans to buy 8.3m pounds of pollock products, its third-largest buy ever
The order includes five different product forms of pollock
February freeze nearly wiped out US redfish supply, led to scramble for relief
'[I]n five or six months, you're going to see a major hit to some of the restaurants and their ability to get fresh fish' -- Shane Nicaud, Gulf States Aquaculture
Polar Seafood loses trawler to fire
A fire had raged aboard the vessel since Monday, March 15
Atlantic Canada provinces join forces to launch seafood website
'The new Seafood from Canada website will help connect Canadian seafood suppliers with buyers in key export markets worldwide' -- Taste of Nova Scotia
COVID delays Newfoundland election of consequence to seafood
Undercurrent News reported last week how several Canadian seafood stakeholder groups were using the NL election to lobby party leaders for policy changes
National Geographic highlights New Bedford seafood industry’s success at fighting COVID
'The fear was that New Bedford might suffer the same superspreading events that ravaged cities linked to meat processing in the Midwest. Strikingly, that fate did not come to pass'