22 July, 2021

COVID-19 SPIKE FORCES SINGAPORE TO CLOSE MAJOR SEAFOOD PORT

Singapore has announced the temporary closure of its primary seafood import hub, the Jurong Fishery Port (JFP), due to a COVID-19 cluster, forcing the city-state to switch to alternative supply routes to meet local demand.
15 July, 2021

WHAT YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THE SEASONALITY OF SEAFOOD IN MAINE

Produce isn’t the only seasonal crop in Maine. Seafood is seasonal too, harvested at certain times of the year. And when you shop seasonally for seafood, you get it at the peak of freshness and at a lower price.
8 July, 2021

RED LOBSTER® NAMES KELLY VALADE NEXT CEO

Red Lobster® announced Kelli Valade will be the company’s next CEO. Valade will take on her new role on August 2, succeeding Kim Lopdrup, who plans to retire after leading the iconic seafood restaurant brand for 14 years.
1 July, 2021

SHORTAGE OF CRAB MEAT, MEANS STICKER SHOCK FOR MARYLAND RESTAURANT OWNERS & CUSTOMERS

Maryland restaurants happily welcomed back customers for the summer season at full capacity. But owners are not only dealing with staffing issues — a crab meat shortage is causing some sticker shock for both owners and customers.
24 June, 2021

CRAB PRICES ARE THROUGH THE ROOF AND HAMPTON ROADS SEAFOOD SPOTS ARE REELING

All over Hampton Roads, Surf Rider is renowned for its crab cakes, made with so little binder you’d swear they could still swim. The local chain’s lump-filled cakes bested the competition in two consecutive Virginian-Pilot taste tests, not to mention a recent blind-judged crab cake throwdown.
17 June, 2021

CRABMEAT SHORTAGE CAUSING RESTAURANTS TO LIMIT CRAB CAKE SALES

Crab cake lovers have something to be, well, crabby about this summer: It might be harder, and more expensive than ever, to fill up on your favorite shellfish.
3 June, 2021

EXPECT TO SHELL OUT MORE ON CRAB MEAT: BLUE CRAB POPULATION DOWN 30% IN 2021

The Chesapeake Bay blue crab is down 30 percent this year according to an annual survey. The 2021 Blue Crab Winter Dredge Survey, conducted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and Virginia Institute of Marine Science, estimates that there are 282 million blue crabs in the bay, down from 405 million in 2020.
20 May, 2021

ALASKA SEAFOOD PROCESSORS EXPECT TO SPEND MORE THIS YEAR ON PANDEMIC-RELATED COSTS

Alaska’s seafood industry has a lot of moving parts. There are the fishermen, the processors and the market, plus all of the fish. By all accounts, the pandemic has hit the processors hard. A recent survey found that they spent about $70 million on COVID-19 mitigation measures and other pandemic-related costs in 2020. This year, that total is expected to be even more: Over $100 million.
13 May, 2021

CRAB, SEAFOOD PRICES SOAR AS WEATHER AFFECTS SUPPLY

When it comes to the pandemic, restaurants are among the businesses taking the biggest financial hit.
6 May, 2021

22,000 MORE H-2B VISAS TO BE RELEASED, IN BOOST TO MARYLAND SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

Federal officials announced Tuesday that they will make 22,000 more temporary worker visas available to meet the needs of seasonal employers, including those in Maryland's seafood industry.
29 April, 2021

SEAFOOD EXPO ON ICE AGAIN

The organizers of the giant Seafood Expo North America in Boston have cancelled the international seafood trade show for the second consecutive year due to COVID-19 pandemic concerns. "Diversified Communications has reluctantly determined it would be impossible to hold an event in Boston this July,” the Portland, Maine-based company said in announcing the cancellation.
22 April, 2021

JAPANESE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY CONFRONTING LIMITS OF WILD-CATCH FISHERIES

The nonprofit financial think tank Planet Tracker has released a study asserting that Japanese companies highly exposed to seafood are beginning to suffer constraints from the country’s overfished resources and that their valuations over the last decade have declined as a result.
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