Seafood Headlines May 3, 2021
US Bans Mexican Shrimp | Alaska Worker Shortage Impact On Salmon | Crab Market Update
Market prices for king and snow crab have continued to increase in 2021 with demand exceeding supply to date as the retail sector has done an incredible job during the pandemic. Consumers found that they could prepare and serve premium seafood items at home for 30% of the cost of a restaurant. With foodservice opening up across the county and competing with the retail sector we would expect to see demand continue somewhat higher than supply.
A fisheries protest in spring? That's normal, but this one's quite different
US bans shrimp imports from Mexico based on inadequate sea turtle protections
Will fishing shrimp be worth it this year? Maybe not, say harvesters
Alaska worker shortage, effects on the salmon market this year
Ken Taylor joins Peter Pan Seafood as vice president of purchasing, sales and logistics
Nordic pushes forward with onshore farm in Humboldt County
World Tuna Day from a professional & personal perspective
Commercial salmon season starts in Monterey Bay
Record prices, higher quotas fuelling excitement in N.L. crab fishery
P.E.I.'s spring lobster season set to open Tuesday morning
N.W.T. wants to transform its commercial fishing industry. It needs the fishers first
Major expansion of salmon aquaculture coming for N.L., to chagrin of critics
US adds Yangtze sturgeon fish to endangered species list
Halifax company growing fish food from greenhouse gases gets funding boost
A taste of fresh oysters in China's largest oyster farm
Mi'kmaw research group learns more about salmon life cycle using tracking devices
Shark catastrophe points to failure to enact global biodiversity agreements
Still going strong: Historic fish farm celebrates 75 years
Dangerous 'Heat Bombs' have been entering the Arctic Ocean
DFO study confirms 'widespread' mating of farmed, wild salmon in N.L.