August was US’ highest shrimp import month ever
'Between March 25 and May 25, orders were ready but couldn't ship. So when the opportunity finally came, everybody scrambled to ship' -- Jeff Sedacca, Sunnyvale Seafood
EU official calls on US to end trade investigation of Canadian lobster industry
'We, therefore, believe that the ITC investigation should be terminated, at least by the time the trade package is implemented on both sides' -- Tomas Baert, EU trade counselor
NFI uses ITC lobster hearing to present Trump with seafood trade wish list
'The nation's lobster processors, wholesalers, and distributors, as noted, face trade obstacles well beyond the challenge posed by CETA' -- Robert DeHaan, NFI
$530m trade relief program not ‘first-come, first served’, USDA officials stress
Harvesters expressed concern repeatedly about how fast they should apply to ensure receiving any of the $530 million in relief made available by the Trump administration
Not much for seafood to celebrate in WTO ruling against US tariffs on China
The WTO's decision on US tariffs against Chinese goods sends the matter into 'legal limbo' -- Marc Busch, Georgetown University
China to extend tariff exemption for imports of US shrimp broodstock, fishmeal
China will extend its tariff exemption for imported US shrimp broodstock and fishmeal for a year
US lobster processors, dealers livid over being left out of USDA trade relief
'It is the lobster supply chain businesses who have been forced to eat the cost of the retaliatory tariffs, not the fishing sector...' -- Annie Tselikis, Maine Lobster Dealers' Association
USDA to provide $530m in funds to help harvesters deal with trade woes
The US Department of Agriculture on Wednesday announced that it was making about $530 million available to assist US fishermen impacted by retaliatory tariffs
US presidential contest hotly divides Maine lobster industry
'As long as Trump is president, fishing families like mine will have a voice. But if Biden wins, he’ll be controlled by the environmental extremists...' -- Maine lobster harvester Jason Joyce
Maine legislators worry Trump won’t keep trade aid pledge to lobster industry
'This 60-day period is now drawing to a close, but the [USDA] has yet to take any further action' -- Maine's two US senators and two US House members