Seafood

Crawfish are big business and getting even bigger. In fact, “the combined annual yield ranges from 120 million to 150 million pounds,” according to the Louisiana Crawfish Promotion and Research Board. …

The Alaska Legislature has passed a resolution calling upon the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to further investigate the effects of producing genetically engineered salmon. …

Last week I had the honor to represent the fishermen and processors of Copper River and Prince William Sound at the International Boston Seafood Show. For anyone unfamiliar, the show is North America's largest seafood trade show with over 1,000 exhibitors from around the world meeting in one place for a 3-day seafood free for all. …

Orca Bay Seafoods has been awarded certification in Chain of Custody from ASMI (Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute) by successfully meeting the requirements of the FAO-Based Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) Chain of Custody Certification standard administered by Global Trust. …

The Senate and House are taking on duplicative and wasteful government spending with legislation to amend the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act to repeal a redundant program involving the inspection and grading of catfish. Congresswomen Vicky Hartzler (MO-4) and Lucille Roybal-Allard (D-CA) introduced H.R. 1313 in the House along with 23 other members of Congress, and  Senators John McCain (R-AZ) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) introduced S. 632 along with 8 other Senators to end this duplicative program. …