In 2010, bison was going for about $2.38 a pound. This year, the going rate is closer to $3.90, and prices for live animals are strong as well. Store prices are also high, with a pound of ground bison meat in Cheyenne going for about $8. …
As stores and schools move away from the ground beef filler that critics have dubbed “pink slime,” some University of Florida experts say safety concerns about the product are overblown. …
Decisions affecting the world's largest tuna fishery, its biggest fish, and the economies of some of the smallest countries will be made when representatives of more than 25 governments gather for the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) annual meeting from March 26-30. …
Unfortunately, there have been serious seafood fraud problems in our local past. When the Sun Sentinel had genetic tests performed on random fish samples from retail markets in the late 1980s, it found mislabeling occurred nine out of 10 times. "Seafood fraud has been a rampant problem in the past in South Florida and the state," said Michael Hirschfield, a senior vice president for North America and Chief Scientist, for Oceana, a national conservation group. "We don't know what the current situation is, but we will see." …
The Gulf Seafood Marketing Coalition (Coalition) hosted an official kick-off event and launched its website – www.eatgulfseafood.com – at the 2012 International Boston Seafood Show. With more than 980 exhibitors and 18,000 plus buyers and sellers from all over the world, the show presented an excellent opportunity to introduce the organization as well as increase awareness of the seafood produced from the Gulf of Mexico. …
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