Seafood

Ian's, a leading producer of all-natural, allergy-friendly convenience foods, announces the addition of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Chain of Custody certification for Ian's Wheat-Free, Gluten-Free Fish Sticks, available in 8oz and 14oz Family Pack sizes. The new MSC Certification gives consumers confidence that the whole-fillet Alaska pollock is sourced from an environmentally sustainable fishery. …

Rarely has quantifying Louisiana's annual shrimp harvest generated as much interest as it has this year, as scientists, shrimpers and even the general public nervously await news of how many shrimp were pulled from coastal waters battered in recent years by drought, flooding and the massive BP oil spill. …

Loch Duart, whose highly regarded salmon was served at the wedding of Prince William and Kate Middleton, is making its first business foray outside Scotland into Nova Scotia. …

Texas Gulf oysters are back on the menu. In what could be the latest start ever for Texas oyster season, the bays of San Antonio and Espiritu Santu opened on midnight Thursday to oyster harvesting. Carol Huntsberger, who owns Quality Seafood Market in Central Austin with her husband, says the oysters should start showing up in markets within a week or two. …

Some trade groups and industry officials say they disapprove of a proposal being considered by a Louisiana seafood promotion board to buy the naming rights to the New Orleans Arena. Critics say the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board's $5.2 million proposal would consume about 17 percent of the $30 million BP gave the group to repair Gulf seafood's damaged reputation after the Deepwater Horizon spill.

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