15 April, 2021

CHESAPEAKE BLUE CRAB SPOTTED ALONG IRELAND SHORE. HOW LOCAL EXPERTS BELIEVE IT GOT THERE

A Chesapeake blue crab was recently spotted on the shores of Ireland. Now Irish officials are trying to figure out how it got there.
8 April, 2021

HOGAN WANTS MORE TEMPORARY VISAS ISSUED TO HELP MARYLAND SEAFOOD INDUSTRY

With the Maryland blue crab harvest underway, workers, including those from other countries, are needed to support the state’s seafood industry and seasonal employers. Gov. Larry Hogan is urging federal officials to make more H-2B Nonimmigrant Temporary Worker Program visas available.
1 April, 2021

MARINE FISHERIES COMMISSION TO CONSIDER BAN ON REPACKING FOREIGN CRAB MEAT IN N.C.

A Tyrrell County seafood processor, was prosecuted and sentenced to federal prison after selling millions of dollars in foreign crab meat that was labeled as local blue crab to major retailers.
25 March, 2021

NYC INDOOR DINING EXPANDS TO 50% CAPACITY: WHAT TO KNOW

Capacity for New York City restaurants will expand from 35 percent to 50 percent on Friday, the highest level it's been since the start of the pandemic. It comes several weeks after New York City eateries were allowed to welcome 25 percent, then 35 percent, of customers back inside in February for the first time since December, when an impending second wave of the virus prompted new lockdown measures.
18 March, 2021

SEAFOOD SALES UP A WHOPPING 28.4% IN 2020

Category hits $16.6 billion in grocery sales, says FMI’s Power of Seafood report.
11 March, 2021

MUCH OF AMERICA’S SEAFOOD COMES THROUGH THIS CITY… HERE’S HOW IT CONTROLLED COVID-19

While its vulnerable workers initially bore the brunt of the pandemic, New Bedford, Massachusetts, has since avoided outbreaks in its processing plants and on fishing vessels.
4 March, 2021

SERIAL ‘SEAFOOD BANDIT’ TARGETS CONNECTICUT SUPERMARKETS

A thief allegedly stole more than $1000 worth of pricey shrimp from several grocery stores.
25 February, 2021

POST-PANDEMIC SEAFOOD COULD BE MORE SUSTAINABLE. HERE’S HOW TECH IS DRIVING THE CHANGE

In Guaymas, Mexico, one savvy fishing co-op shows how apps, QR codes, and other transparent add-ons could deliver a more healthy, equitable future for the industry.
18 February, 2021

COVID-19 LIKELY TO BRING FURTHER DISRUPTIONS TO SEAFOOD IN 2021

Fisheries and aquaculture sectors globally have been hit hard by the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and could face further disruption in this year as lockdowns affect supply and demand, according to a report by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
11 February, 2021

DO YOU KNOW HOW TO SHOP FOR SEAFOOD LIKE A PRO? CHEFS SHARE THEIR EXPERT TIPS

Food pros say it's best for home cooks to buy their fish from a local fish market. Surprisingly, the answer to "What's for dinner tonight?" for many Americans these days is: "seafood." With sales of fish soaring during the pandemic, many people are looking for the best ways to shop for and cook everything from salmon and flounder to shellfish and beyond.
4 February, 2021

HOME COOKING MAY SAVE THE SEAFOOD INDUSTRY, HERE’S HOW…

As restaurants around the country have shut down due to pandemic concerns, many areas of the food and dining industry have suffered, from agriculture to (yes) seafood. However, new consumer habits may help save the seafood industry.
28 January, 2021

TIME TRAVELING, WITH A 50-YEAR-OLD COOKBOOK

ONE FINE DAY, our descendants will look back at how we lived in 2021, and will be amazed. To read the 1972 Shelter Island-made, “Seafood Recipes from Local Waters,” by Jacqueline Pell Tuttle, is to experience that kind of astonishment.
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