Seafood

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has launched an online marketing toolkit – http://marketing.msc.org – to help more retailers and brands promote their commitmThe Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) today launched an online marketing toolkit – http://marketing.msc.org – to help more retailers and brands promote their commitment to certified sustainable seafood.
ent to certified sustainable seafood. …

The Canadian government has raised the ire of American tuna fishermen by cutting off their Canadian port privileges just as exploratory talks are set to start over the lucrative Canada-U.S. albacore fishery. …

Lobster dealers in Maine are calling it unprecedented: the arrival of soft shell lobsters in May. They’re more than a month early, that’s good news for lobster lovers.Soft Shell Lobsters Arrive Early In Maine …

Consumers should not eat shellfish from South Korea and retailers should stop selling it, federal and state regulators said Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration yanked firms that transport Korean shellfish off its list of approved shippers on May 1 and said it may launch “a fairly extensive recall of the product” — specifically fresh, frozen or processed oysters, clams, mussels and scallops.

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The opening of the brown shrimp season in state waters is near with shrimp sizes ranging from 61 to 70 shrimp per pound, according to Traci Floyd, director of the Shrimp and Crab Bureau of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources. …