Royal Van Zanten Acquires Rights To Limonium 'Crystal Dark Blue' From J. van Egmond & Zn

April 5, 2012 Royal Van Zanten

J. van Egmond & Zn and Royal Van Zanten have signed an agreement transferring the sales rights of Limonium sinuatum (Statice) Crystal Dark Blue® to Royal Van Zanten.

Joe Lamp'l Announced As OFA Short Course Keynote Speaker

How to find and influence today’s consumer will be the focus of the keynote presentation that TV personality Joe Lamp’l will give during this summer’s OFA Short Course, horticulture’s premier convention and marketplace. Joe’s presentation, “Can You Hear Me Now? Voices from Beyond the Greenhouse,” will be on Sunday, July 15 at 8 a.m.

Oyster Safety Is Focus Of Regulators

While the rules for Gulf of Mexico oyster refrigeration likely won't change much come May 1, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expected to clamp down much more stringently on regulations enacted over the past several years. The fear is that if Louisiana is found in noncompliance of federal health regulations for yet another year, the consumption of untreated oysters could be curbed in the summer months.

Anti-Trust Case Against Pacific Seafood Group Settled

Pacific Seafood Group has successfully fought off a class-action lawsuit by Oregon commercial fishermen that once seemed a major threat to the Clackamas-based company.

Tuna Fishing Ban In Pacific Partially Lifted

April 5, 2012 Kay Luiz, The Guardian

Pacific nations have reopened the Pacific high seas to commercial tuna fishing after a two-year ban imposed to preserve declining bigeye tuna stocks.