Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue
US - Draft standards that will help minimiSe the potential negative impact freshwater trout aquaculture can have on the environment and society were released today...

Alarm Raised On Catfish Import Health Risks
US - A report by Exponent Inc’s Center for Chemical Regulation and Food Safety has raised new worries over the potential long-term consumer health risks of imported...

NOAA Awards $2.5 Million For Invasive Species Research
US - NOAA has awarded $2.5 million to the University of Notre Dame and its partners to predict the next wave of invasive species likely to enter the Great Lakes...

Foodfish Inventory Numbers Down 13 Per Cent
US - Catfish operations in the three major producing States (Alabama, Arkansas, and Mississippi) had 212 million foodsize fish on hand on 1 July, down 13 per cent...

Catfish Feed Deliveries Up From Last Month
US - Total catfish feed delivered in the United States during June was 85,686 tons, down 11 per cent from June 2009, but up 34 per cent from the previous month...

Control of Trout and Salmon Reproduction
US - Fast-growing farm-raised salmon and trout that are sterile can now be produced using a method developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists.

Is There A Future For Shrimp Crawfish?
US - Professor Greg Lutz, an aquaculture specialist at The University of Louisiana's aquaculture centre looks at the prospects for shrimp crawfish.

Assessing Long-Term Effects of Oil Spill
US - Oceana has announced the launch of its 2010 Gulf of Mexico Expedition that will include a team of scientists from both sides of the Atlantic with experience...

Support For US National Ocean Policy
US - Following the announcement by the White House of a unifying national ocean policy, Pew Environment Group has expressed its support of the policy, which it believes...

National Policy For Oceans, Coasts And Lakes
US - The National Policy for the Stewardship of the Ocean, Coasts and Great Lakes was signed by President Obama yesterday (19 July).

MSC Americas Hire Commercial Manager For Retail
US - The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has appointed Michael Griff as commercial manager for the retail sector. Griff brings more than 15 years of sales and marketing...

Louisiana Blue Crab Fishery Pursues Sustainability Certification
US - The Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board representing approximately 3,000 commercial crab fishermen licensed by the state, has entered the Louisiana...

Supermarket Introduces Sustainable Seafood Sourcing
US - Delhaize America has announced a new sustainable seafood sourcing programme.

Reduce Subsidies That Lead To Overfishing
US - The US Senate is being urged to reduce subsidies to fish farmers, in a bid to stop overfishing.

NOAA Expands Fishing Closed Area In Gulf of Mexico
US - On July 12, NOAA expanded the closed fishing area in the Gulf of Mexico to include portions of the oil slick moving beyond the area’s current northwestern boundary,...

Harvest Limit Increases For Pollock In NE
US - US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke HAS announced that he is raising fishing limits on several fish stocks based on new scientific analysis, delivering on a commitment...

New Virus - a Risk to Wild Salmon
US - Farmed fish are an increasingly important food source, with a global harvest now at 110 million tons and growing at more than eight per cent a year.

LSU AgCenter Evaluates ‘Shrimp Crawfish’ Species
US - Crawfish boils are a mainstay of many spring weekends in Louisiana, but the boiler pots typically are put away for the summer.

$5M Settlement Boosts Conservation Plans In Pacific
US - The largest civil penalty ever assessed by NOAA will boost the Western Pacific Sustainable Fisheries Fund to implement marine conservation plans in the Pac...

Understanding Emerging Marine Diseases
US - The 9th Annual Ronald C. Baird Sea Grant Science Symposium seeks to address marine diseases on the rise in local waters.

MSC Americas Region Appoints Commercial Manager
US - The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has named Maggie Beaton, a seafood industry veteran with more than 10 years experience, as commercial manager for the foodservice...

Acquisition Of Kali Tuna Completed
US - Lions Gate Lighting Corp. has announced that it now wholly owns Croation company, Kali Tuna, after the exchange of shares.

Abalone Aquaculture Standards Enter Final Stage
US - The final step in the process of creating global standards for responsible abalone farming began today, when the Abalone Aquaculture Dialogue kicked off the...

Scotian Shelf Shrimp Fishery Enters MSC Assessment
US - Northsyde Processing Limited, Produits Belle Baie Ltée and the Island Fishermen Cooperative Association have entered the shrimp fishery on the Scotian Shelf...

Commiment To Food Safety
US - Gulf state health and fisheries officials joined with senior leaders from several federal agencies to affirm a shared commitment to ensuring the safety of seafood...