Seafood

The bays and sounds of North Carolina once yielded hundreds of thousands of bushels of oysters a year, before pollution, overfishing , disease and other factors caused their populations to decline. …

Florida plans to file a U.S. Supreme Court lawsuit against Georgia, saying the state is consuming too much water that would otherwise flow to Florida, the latest battle nationally over an increasingly scarce resource. The oyster industry in Apalachicola Bay has collapsed over the past year. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a fishery disaster declaration on Aug. 12 over oysters. Apalachicola Bay supplies 10 percent of the nation’s oysters, according to a December report by Florida’s Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. …

U.S. Senator Mark Begich continues his battle for the acceptance of Alaska Seafood. He has had to fight the issue on several separate fronts. …

With support from the Obama administration, organizations of Chinese American businesses and suppliers of shark fins asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to halt enforcement of a California law banning the possession and sale of the main ingredient of shark fin soup, a traditional Chinese delicacy. …

On August 16, 2013, Umami Sustainable Seafood Inc. appointed Timothy Fitzpatrick to serve as Chief Executive Officer of the Company, effective immediately. In connection with his appointment as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Fitzpatrick will step down from his position as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, effective August 16, 2013. …