Month: October 2015

Starting as a volunteer oyster gardener way back at the turn of the century – that’s the year 2000 for those with short memory – Steve Crockett planted the first off-bottom oysters in the Gulf as a reef restoration project for the Mobile Bay National Estuary program. Fifteen years later Point Aux Pins Oysters is one of the largest Gulf off-bottom oyster operations supplying restaurants and grocery chains across the South. …

October is always eagerly anticipated at SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood Co. It's when National Seafood Month rolls around, providing an opportunity to draw attention to the importance of making smart mealtime choices and to the benefits of a diet rich in seafood. …

The nonprofit Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) has announced its formal recognition of the National Fisheries Institute as an Anchor Partner within SNP’s Chairman’s Campaign Circle. This honor acknowledges the organization’s significant support of SNP’s upcoming national public health education campaign, which launches in October 2015 as an effort to build awareness about the essential nutritional benefits from eating seafood at least twice a week. …