Seafood

A Port of Delcambre program that uses the Internet to connect fishermen with seafood lovers who want to buy directly off the boat is spawning similar programs across the Louisiana coast. …

Lobster is as connected to this state’s image as its rocky coastline and thick forests. But for years, fishermen and others here say, Canada has been engaged in a kind of identity theft – much of the lobster caught in Maine waters is shipped north of the border to be chopped, frozen or cooked, and packaged. The meat is then resold as a product of Canada across the United States and the world. That means millions of pounds of Maine lobster lose their local branding. …

In the former Oregon Ranch Meats plant, at 723 S. Second St., Coos Bay, Mike Babcock has built not only a canning line but a pouch packaging line. He thinks it's the world's first such packing line to specialize in albacore tuna that has been cooked just once, unlike the twice-cooked tuna typically found in cans. He's marketing his once-cooked albacore under the Sea Fare Pacific label. …

The operator of a Big Island experiment that has the potential to increase the volume of fish raised in farms said Monday that initial tests were going well. The test is being run by Kampachi Farms, which is run by the same people who pioneered farming Kona Kampachi in Hawaii waters over the past decade as Kona Blue Water Farms. …

In the meeting Thursday at the Jacques Cousteau National Eustuarine Research Reserve offices here, fishing advocates told Rep. Jon Runyan, R-N.J. they are stung by continued strict limits on black sea bass, a mainstay of the Shore’s party and charter boat fleet …