Seafood

Landlocked residents don't have to wait until a beach vacation or drive thousands of miles for fresh seafood from U.S. coastal waters.  It's as close as your local Hy-Vee store, says Chris Fernau, seafood manager at Crossroads Hy-Vee. "Absolutely, our customers have a lot of interest in fresh seafood. We do a lot of sampling to introduce shoppers to the flavors and different ways to prepare fish and do Fresh Fish Fridays. Our seafood is flown in fresh — from the boat, into the box and FedExed directly to the store."

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The 13 new members of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board inherit an organization proven many times over as an advocate for the state’s commercial fishing community – in good times and especially bad. …

Delaware is one step closer to becoming the final state on the East Coast to partake in commercial aquaculture. A team at the Center for the Inland Bays has completed a year’s worth of research and developed recommendations for how aquaculture could best happen in the Inland Bays. …

Centerville Pie Company of Hyannis, MA is voluntarily recalling all clam pies because they contain undeclared fish (anchovies), which is an ingredient in the Worcestershire sauce used in the clam pie recipe. People who have an allergy or severe sensitivity to anchovies may run the risk of an allergic reaction if they consume these clam pies. …

Commercial fishermen on Lake Erie have had their quota for this year reduced. The Lake Erie Committee announced the total allowable catch for 2013 on March 28th.

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