Seafood

A new report says the size of Indiana's fledgling aquaculture industry has more than doubled in the past seven years with the state now boasting about 50 farms that raise fish or seafood. …

Seattle-based Trident Seafoods Corp. will convert the former Chiquita building in Carrollton, Ga., into a seafood processing facility and employ 175. …

Nearly a year after the state first asked for help, federal officials are declaring a fishery disaster for Florida's oyster industry in the Gulf of Mexico. …

Wegmans Food Markets has created a new position – Vice President of Seafood Sustainability. Carl Salamone, formerly VP of Seafood Merchandising with 47 years of service, has moved into this role. Dave Wagner, a 25-year Wegmans veteran has been promoted to VP of Seafood Merchandising. …

The decade-long boom of the shrimp aquaculture industry has been halted by the outbreak of Early Mortality Syndrome (EMS). By impacting the three largest producers, China, Thailand and Vietnam, EMS is responsible for the industry's largest ever contraction in supply and subsequent record prices. Nonetheless, Rabobank believes this offers an opportunity for second-tier shrimp producing regions to step up production and capture market share. With the recent discovery of the cause of EMS, there is hope the disease will be under control in the short to medium term. Rabobank expects the industry to emerge more consolidated, with larger, diversified and more vertically integrated multinational producers leading the next growth wave. …