Alabama Seafood Summit: Local Industry's Resurgence Hinges On Relationships, Cooperation

March 6, 2013 Kelli Dugan, Alabama.com

If Alabama’s seafood industry is ever going to bounce back from the environmental and economic blows that have undermined it repeatedly for the past three years, everyone involved from the fishermen and shrimpers to the wholesale buyers and restaurant owners needs to band together as a cohesive unit and make it happen.

BAP’s QA Director Touts Certification At Aquaculture 2013

Jeff Peterson, director of quality control for the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program, gave a talk at the World Aquaculture Society’s (WAS) Aquaculture 2013 event on Feb. 23 outlining the advantages of third-party certification and clearing up any confusion over the certification’s role in aquaculture. Peterson also addressed the advantages of certification, including that certification helps fill an “information void” in communicating with the marketplace and consumers and can add value and differentiate farmed seafood products in the marketplace.

'Ultimate Shrimp Burger' To Debut At International Boston Seafood Show

March 5, 2013 Pacific Seafood

Starfish Inc., the value added division of  Pacific Seafood, a family owned seafood company based in Portland, Ore., will introduce their brand new Ultimate Shrimp Burger at the upcoming  International Boston Seafood Show.  Starfish Ultimate Shrimp Burger™ is the first shrimp burger on the market made with whole Vannamei white shrimp. Starfish General Manager, Bob O’Bryant, is excited about this new product saying, “We do not use fillers, and there are whole shrimp in each bite. The 3.6 oz. panko breaded, shrimp burgers are processed right here in the U.S., are ready to serve in minutes and have been very well received in preliminary trials.”

Schooling 'Big Fish' Buyers In Boston

For decade after decade Louisiana Seafood has been educating prospective buyers at North America’s largest seafood trade exposition, the International Boston Seafood Show. From a 20-foot by 50-foot pavilion emblazoned with images of the state’s seafood offerings, representatives for Louisiana Seafood, The Food Group and seven processors will show and sell the advantages of seafood sourced in Louisiana.

Spain's Pescanova Files For Insolvency

Spanish fishing firm Pescanova said on Friday it had filed for insolvency having failed to sell part of its salmon farming business, joining a growing list of companies struggling to stay afloat in a drawn-out recession.