Fish, Food & Allied Workers (FFAW) Applauds New Deal on Crab Pricing, but Says System Still Needs Fixing

April 16, 2024 CBC News

Harvesters refused to fish for more than a week, until the FFAW and Association of Seafood Producers reached a deal that included increases to minimum prices and a settlement at the end of the season. That deal will override the panel’s decision.

True North Seafood Crab Dip Wins 2024 Product of the Year Canada Award

February 14, 2024 Cooke

Cooke Inc. is pleased to announce that their True North Seafood Crab Dip has been voted the 2024 Product of the Year Canada Award winner for the Frozen Meals category.  Award winners are made up of consumer products launched within the previous calendar year that demonstrate innovation in design, function, packaging and/or ingredients.

Introducing Handy Seafood’s NEW OLD BAY Crab Cake Minis

November 13, 2023 Handy Seafood

Handy Seafood presents the OLD BAY® Crab Cake Minis, a testament to the company’s commitment to delivering innovative taste experiences to the frozen seafood department. The rich heritage of Maryland-style cuisine comes to life in these hand-crafted mini crab cakes.

Boundary Bay Commercial Crab Fleet Investigations Lead to Major Fines, Forfeitures, and One Fishing Prohibition

Recent investigations by fishery officers with Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) into the Boundary Bay commercial crab fleet have resulted in several convictions in Surrey Provincial Court. Four vessel masters received fines and forfeitures totalling over $287,000. One captain also received a first-ever fishing prohibition.

Billions of Snow Crabs are Missing

July 17, 2023 Julia O’Malley, Grist

Some 330 people, most of them Indigenous, live in the village of St. Paul, about 800 miles west of Anchorage, where the local economy depends almost entirely on the commercial snow crab business. Over the last few years, 10 billion snow crabs have unexpectedly vanished from the Bering Sea.