Seafood

A project demonstrating an alternative way to grow oysters, using off-bottom systems, will launch this fall in waters off of Grand Isle. If successful, the project could spark new interest in oyster farming and provide a new source for oysters consumed by the half-shell. …

Connecticut shellfishermen, many living in communities where people lost possessions or even their houses during Hurricane Sandy, are the first to tell you that others have it far worse than they. Still, the last couple of days of October and first three weeks of November have been a trying times for those who make their living on Long Island Sound.

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A seafood promotion and marketing project aimed at developing direct sales from fishermen to customers is being expanded along the Louisiana Gulf Coast. …

-High Liner Foods, Inc. announced that it has completed the final stages of the Icelandic USA integration, well ahead of schedule and less than a year after the acquisition of Icelandic Group’s U.S. assets. …

According to a recent report on ABC’s 20/20, Americans consumed more than 4.7 billion pounds of fish last year. “But an ABC News investigation reveals consumers don’t often get what they pay for,” said the report. National Geographic fellow Barton Seaver told 20/20 on camera, “That’s the problem, there is no traceability in the system.” …