Month: August 2014

"Blue Swimming Crab is a favorite among seafood consumers. Its sweet taste and bright white color can be found in crab cakes, sautés, ceviche and so many other dishes in restaurants and dining rooms across the country. The NFI Crab Council is a group of domestic crab importers committed to preserving this seafood classic as a valuable resource for many meals (and generations) to come." …

A large group of Dutch, German, French, English, Lithuanian, Danish and Irish pelagic fishers has entered the first blue whiting fishery into MSC assessment. This is the third multi-national assessment of a pelagic fishery in recent months marking a growing trend of cross-border cooperation in the pelagic sector. By working together, national fishing organisations are reducing their assessment costs and collaborating to improve fishery management. …

Gulf Coast oyster harvests have declined dramatically in the four years since a BP PLC oil well blew wild in the nation's worst offshore oil disaster. Even after a modest rebound last year, thousands of acres of oyster beds where oil from the well washed ashore are producing less than a third of their pre-spill harvest. …