Seafood

PEI-based Beach Point Processing Company announced the completed purchase of two properties totaling more than six acres in Clark’s Harbour, Nova Scotia. The acquisitions are the latest in a series of purchases associated with the Mazzetta Company, LLC and their growing family of lobster businesses including both Beach Point Processing and Atwood Lobster Company, of Spruce Head, Maine. …

ABC News was given exclusive access to see the facilities up close and an opportunity to taste this mysterious fish that FDA scientists say "is as safe as food from conventional Atlantic salmon," although have yet to officially approve it for public sale. …

The Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) program welcomes Aquafinca Saint Peter Fish SA as its first certified tilapia processing plant in Honduras. The U.S. market is the primary destination of the operation’s tilapia. …

Oceana, the largest international advocacy group working solely to protect the world’s oceans, found 39 percent of seafood to be mislabeled in the New York City-area, according to a new report released today. DNA testing of 142 seafood samples from 81 retail outlets, including grocery stores, restaurants and sushi venues, confirmed that 56 samples were mislabeled according to United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) guidelines. …

Maine's shrimp season was curtailed by nearly 75 percent on Monday after scientists warned that the shrimp population is at risk because of overfishing and environmental conditions. …