Seafood

Pacific nations have reopened the Pacific high seas to commercial tuna fishing after a two-year ban imposed to preserve declining bigeye tuna stocks. …

Pacific Seafood Group has successfully fought off a class-action lawsuit by Oregon commercial fishermen that once seemed a major threat to the Clackamas-based company. …

While the rules for Gulf of Mexico oyster refrigeration likely won't change much come May 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to clamp down much more stringently on regulations enacted over the past several years. The fear is that if Louisiana is found in noncompliance of federal health regulations for yet another year, the consumption of untreated oysters could be curbed in the summer months. …

After several months of searching, the National Fisheries Institute Crab Council has found a liaison to help carry on its sustainability mission in Asia. Jeremy Crawford, previously a business development manager in the blue swimming crab industry, will be a crucial part of growing the coalition’s sustainability work.
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For the first time ever, seafood industry reps were invited to brief policy makers in Congress on jobs and economic opportunities. Last Thursday the group presented a panel discussion called ‘Seafood Jobs in America’ to the Senate Oceans Caucus and an audience of 80 people. …