Seafood

Stavis Seafoods, a leading international importer, exporter and distributor of fresh and frozen seafood, today announced the hiring of warehousing veteran John Murphy as its new VP of Operations and quality control expert Mark Queenan as its new Quality Assurance Director. Both are new positions at Stavis as the company expands its ability to reach new customers, deliver superior quality seafood and develop world class QA, processing and distribution capabilities. Murphy and Queenan will be integral parts of the company’s commitment to growth and developing new business channels. …

St. George selectmen earlier this week voted unanimously to approve a letter of intent to apply for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for Sea Hag Seafood, the company that wants to redevelop the former Great Eastern Mussel Farm into a lobster processing plant. …

Marine biologists at Kampachi Farms announced the successful final harvest from the "Velella" Research Project, which raised fish for the first time in U.S. Federal waters. This harvest completes the grow-out cycle of sashimi-grade kampachi fish from an unanchored drifter pen that has been riding eddies in the open ocean, 3 to 75 miles offshore of the Big Island of Hawaii, since last summer. …

Icicle Seafoods, Inc. (“Icicle”), one of the largest and most diversified seafood companies in North America, today announced that it has reached a preliminary agreement to acquire Snopac Products, Inc. (“Snopac”), an independently owned and operated seafood processing company with operations in Alaska and Seattle. The transaction is subject to completion of due diligence and other customary closing conditions and the financial terms were not disclosed. …

Commercial fishermen pleaded with lawmakers Tuesday not to interfere with striped bass catch limits, saying it is not the Legislature’s place to manage fisheries. But others who run recreational fishing charter boats argued if state lawmakers do nothing, striped bass stocks will continue to dwindle and tourists who come to Massachusetts to fish in coastal communities will disappear, hurting local economies. …