Month: February 2014

We were tasked to develop a market-based solution to an environmental problem at a time when the concept of social enterprise was still emerging. We brought together a broad coalition of stakeholders around the table to develop consensus and strike the right balance between sustainability and the bottom line for the industry, that otherwise kept its doors firmly shut to outsiders.  We founded our standard on the gold standard, the ecosystem-based management (ESBM), on three principles: the status of the target stock; impact on the ecosystem; management effectiveness.

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Oysters have once again become the bivalve of the hour, the defining protein of the age, expressing everything we want life and food to be right now. Luxurious but unpretentious, decadent but healthful, oysters are the must-order—from the basis of le grand plateau de fruits de mer at a New York institution like Balthazar to seafood-centric newbies like The Ordinary in Charleston, South Carolina. …

Bell Aquaculture, the nation’s largest yellow perch farm, is planning a $30-million expansion that would create 75 jobs as it diversifies into also cultivating trout and salmon, president Norman McCowan told The Star Press during a tour Monday afternoon. …