United Fresh Produce Association strongly supports the introduction of the California Emergency Drought Relief Act, S. 1894, by Senators Feinstein and Boxer of California, which falls on the heels of recently passed legislation by the U.S. House of Representatives, The Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015. With the introduction of this important legislation United Fresh offers the following statement: …
Former Queen Anne’s County commissioner and waterman George O’Donnell has been brought onto the Department of Natural Resources’ payroll as a seafood industry and fisheries stakeholders liaison, of sorts. …
NOAA reports that shrimpers in the Gulf landed 9.7 million pounds of shrimp last month. That total represents the second least productive June since 2002, behind only June 2010 (9.6 million pounds). The amount of shrimp landed in the Gulf last month was roughly half the previous thirteen-year average for the month of June (18.5 million pounds). …
Bristol Bay’s late-arriving sockeye run has contributed to a healthy commercial harvest of more than 47.6 million sockeye statewide, though some fisheries have yet to heat up with strangely behaving tardy returns. …
NAMI President and CEO Barry Carpenter worked with Cattlemen's Beef Board Chair Jimmy Maxey and other industry leaders to develop a five-year plan aimed at increasing beef demand. The plan seeks to address current challenges, such as the ongoing drought and an increased regulatory environment, while also anticipating key issues and trends that may impact the beef industry, including the growth of the global middle class. …
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