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'
Quinlan family to retain stake in Canadian processor after Royal Greenland sale
'Robin Quinlan, company president, has decided to remain an owner and invest further by facilitating the retirement of his father, Wayne'
Groundfish Forum forecasts 4.3% lift in global whitefish supply for 2021
Forecasts from the Groundfish Forum project global whitefish catches will rise by 4.3% to 7.569 million metric tons in 2021
New England panel adds wrinkle in approval of 100% groundfish trip monitoring
'They had their minds made up before they started and they wasted three years' -- Vito Giacalone, policy director, National Seafood Coalition
Blue Harvest wins $4.4m USDA groundfish supply contract
The USDA contract, $4,425,480, will fund fish purchases for school lunch, food banks and other government assistance programs