‘Super Seafood’ Winners Unveiled at the Sustainable Seafood Awards

The Marine Stewardship Council, an international non-profit on a mission to end overfishing by setting standards for sustainable fishing and supply chain assurance, today announced the winners of the annual Sustainable Seafood Awards Australia, run in partnership with the Aquaculture Stewardship Council.

Celebrate Easter With Australian-Certified Seafood and First Nations Flair, from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council

This Easter, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Australia is proud to release a downloadable cookbook featuring recipes that showcase the delicious and responsibly farmed seafood produced by ASC-certified farms in Australia. 

Blue Harvest to Close New Bedford Processing Plant, Lay Off 64 Workers

Blue Harvest Fisheries, the largest groundfish operation in New England, is shutting down its fish processing plant on the city’s working waterfront and laying off 64 employees effective May 26, the company announced. 

NaturalShrimp Announces Agreement for the Purchase of Post-Larvae Shrimp

March 30, 2023 NaturalShrimp

NaturalShrimp a Biotechnology Aquaculture Company that has developed and patented the first shrimp-focused, commercially operational RAS (Recirculating Aquaculture System), has, through its wholly owned subsidiary, NaturalShrimp USA Corporation, entered into a year-long agreement with Homegrown Shrimp USA, Inc. (“Homegrown”) for the purchase of post-larvae (“PL”) shrimp for stocking in the Company’s Webster City, Iowa and La Coste, Texas facilities. The agreement provides for the delivery of up to 2,000,000 PLs per month for a term of twelve months.

Stronger America Through Seafood Urges Congress to Support $25 Million in Funding for the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Aquaculture Office

Industry coalition Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS) sent a letter to the Chairs and Ranking Members of the U.S. House and U.S. Senate Committees on Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies today urging Congress to support annual funding for NOAA Fisheries’ National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)’s Aquaculture Office in the fiscal year 2024 Commerce, Justice and Science (CJS) Appropriations Act.