Seafood

The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, announced  that Fisheries and Oceans Canada will extend the period of online consultation on modernizing Canada's fisheries until March 14, 2012. The period of consultation will be extended to encourage further collaboration and to ensure that voices of fish harvesters are heard. …

Norwegian fish farmers are trying to find new markets for their salmon, as a recent ramp-up in global production–especially at formerly disease-ridden salmon farms in Chile–reduced prices and hurt the industry's profits in the second half of 2011. …

Verlasso™, the world's first provider of harmoniously raised fish, continues its rollout on the west coast by expanding its market presence through the launch of its harmoniously raised salmon with Berkeley Bowl, Berkeley area's leading independent, full-service supermarket of natural and organic foods. Verlasso initially launched its direct to consumer sales via FreshDirect in New York City in September 2011, and through Zupan's Markets in Portland, Oregon in November 2011. Berkeley is the third premier market to carry the harmoniously raised salmon. …

After years of overfishing, changing sea temperatures, and mismanagement, the olive-backed, spotted fish known as the northern cod virtually vanished. In the summer of 1992, as boat after boat returned to this windswept land with empty nets, Canadian officials did something once unthinkable: They banned fishing cod. The ban has yet to be lifted, and 20 years later the cod have failed to rebound, despite predictions that the moratorium would revive the stock after a few years. …

The state needs to work harder to market Maine seafood as a way to help the industry prosper, Gov. Paul LePage said during an address Friday at the 37th annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum.
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