Wegmans Takes Another Step Towards Seafood Sustainability

January 16, 2012 Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.

Wegmans Food Markets has united with the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership to help understand Wegmans’ impact on the future of seafood sustainability.

Foodfest Enters New Market With Strub's Smoked Fish Line

Foodfest International 2000 Inc., a Kosher, natural and organic food distribution company servicing the retail and institutional food industry in the U.S., Canada and Israel, today announced that a high profile Asian supermarket chain in Canada has agreed to carry Strub's smoked salmon products. The new agreement marks the Company's entry into the Asian food market.

Half A Year Without Louisiana Oysters "Were The Dark Days"

January 16, 2012 Judy Walker, Times-Picayune

Louisiana oysters have long had a reputation as the best type for cooking. Executive chef Mark Falgoust of Grand Isle seafood restaurant found out why the hard way. When the BP oil spill happened last year, Falgoust was one of many local chefs who couldn't get Louisiana oysters from regular suppliers.

New Yorkers Are First To Eat Sushi-Grade Yellowtail Raised Entirely On Land

January 13, 2012 Local Ocean

For the first time in history, consumers in New York City have been able to purchase mercury-safe sushi-grade Yellowtail raised locally, in 9,000 gallon tanks on land. Historically, NYC diners have almost always eaten the fish supplied from Australia, Japan or Korea, where it is often flash frozen, shipped to New York, and defrosted at the restaurant or supermarket. Now a company called Local Ocean supplies Yellowtail to New Yorkers within hours of being pulled from the water in nearby Greenport, NY.

Canadian Govt. Backs Plan For Land-Based Salmon Farming

A unique fish farm proposal, designed to grow commercial volumes of salmon in tanks on land, was given an $800,000 government boost Monday.