Seafood

The harvest season for Alaska pollock, the nation's largest fishery, opens Sunday, January 20. The 2013 Alaska pollock Total Allowable Catch (TAC) for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska is 1,387,146 metric tons, 3.8% higher than last year's TAC of 1,335,944 metric tons. Alaska pollock accounts for approximately 30% of all U.S. seafood landings by weight. …

Landings of inshore or Gulf of Maine cod, already cut by 22 percent for the 2012 fishing year that ends April 30, could be further reduced by between 76.8 percent and 82.6 percent for each of the next three years, according to an announcement today by NOAA’s New England Regional Fishery Management Council. …

Legislation filed in the Missouri Senate would require all genetically modified meats and fish raised and sold in the state to be labeled as such. The bill is sponsored by Democrat Jamilah Nasheed of St. Louis.  She says people have a right to know what they’re putting in their bodies. …

Seafood lovers can now purchase Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified PC® Blue Menu® Tilapia at select Loblaw Companies (Loblaw) banner stores across Canada. Customers can be assured that with the ASC certification seafood comes from fish farms that are responsibly managed and limit their negative impact on the environment and the community. Loblaw is proud to be the first grocery retailer in North America to introduce ASC-certified product in stores. …

Thus far the Florida Legislature has been long on presentations but short on solutions for Franklin County’s devastated oyster harvest. …