Seafood

Sweetbay Supermarket has introduced a new sourcing policy for all of its seafood products which ensures that all seafood sold in its stores is harvested in a way that guarantees its future availability. …

The Gulf of Maine shrimp fishing season came to an end late Friday night with a whimper. This year’s harvest will go down as the smallest since 1978, when the fishery was shut down altogether. …

At the European Seafood Exposition, which takes place in Brussels from 23 to 25 April 2013, the packaging specialist MULTIVAC is showing machine models, which make it easy for speciality businesses to automatically pack both fresh and frozen fish and seafood as well as ready-to-eat fish meals. High-pressure processing of food (HPP) will also be shown. …

As the spring Louisiana shrimp season gets ready to launch, a metro New Orleans area seafood supply chain program — direct from fishers' boats to your plate — is making a push for more participants. SouthShore Direct Seafood allows interested New Orleans area residents and restaurants to sign up for a newsletter that will alert them to when fishers are coming to shore and what they are carrying. …

A huge, lucrative and increasingly controversial scheme to certify ‘sustainable’ fish has taken another broadside from researchers. …