Consumers turning more to private labels, survey shows
A survey of 2,000 US adults showed that 65% didn't see the difference between brand and private labels and, 80% are buying more store-brand products due to inflation
Pending quota lawsuit overshadows strong US grouper season
'Things are better than they were last year but they're certainly not great and the recreational fishing industry has really put a hurt on the red grouper population in the Gulf of Mexico' -- Eric Brazer, Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders' Alliance
US shrimp importer CenSea elevates three to co-president roles
"The appointments mark a key step in CenSea's succession planning efforts to develop the company's next generation of personnel and leadership" -- company statement
Hawaii nets record $79.7m in aquaculture sales in 2021
The tally breaks the previous record for Hawaii of $78.4m in 2019 with algae accounting for $36.7m, or 46%, of the total
Raw Seafoods adds better rail access to its cold-storage site with state grant
The rail increase -- from 21 cars in 2021 to 100 to 200 in 2023 -- helps the company build on an acquisition made a year ago
Lingering ‘glut’ continues to hold down US shrimp imports
Importers brought 67,782t of shrimp into the US in July. That's 11% under the 76,412t recorded in July 2021 and 12% under the 77,255t recorded in June 2022
Cooke wins approval for new Scottish salmon farm
Cooke plans to start hiring and training six new local employees to service the East Moclett site out of the company's Westray shore base in 2023
USDA plans big catfish buy for food programs
The US Department of Agriculture is soliciting bids for 1.44m lbs of catfish for the government's food assistance programs
Proposed extension of US antidumping duties on Asian farmed shrimp moves forward
The US Department of Commerce believes four Asian shrimp exporting nations will resume 'dumping' if duties lapse. But the US International Trade Commission's own review continues
FDA has stopped 53 allegedly contaminated shrimp shipments so far this year
The total of 53 halted shipments places FDA on track to replicate 2016, the year in which 134 shipments were halted