Reggie Brown, the longtime manager of the Maitland, FL-based Florida Tomato Committee and executive vice president of the Florida Tomato Exchange, was honored for his dedication to the tomato industry at the Sept. 5-6 Florida Tomato Conference in Naples, FL. …
As Hurricane Irma threatened to strike the Sunshine State, members of the state’s tomato industry braved unfavorable forecasts and gathered on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico for their yearly meetings and conference. …
Al Scramuzza’s “Seafood City, Very Pretty” television commercials hawking crawfish became a thread in the cultural fabric for New Orleanians of a certain age. Lt. Gov. Billy Nungesser recalled those memories Wednesday in presenting Scramuzza with the 2017 Seafood Champion Award during the closing luncheon at the Tourism Summit in New Orleans. …
There was a sliver a hope early last week; three days later it was eclipsed. And that could mean an end to any thought of a 2017 scallop season in St. Joseph Bay, with the season initially scheduled to close this weekend and all harvest areas in the state closed in two weeks. …
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced a $10.4 million effort to improve Long Island's water quality and bolster the economies and resiliency of coastal communities by restoring native shellfish populations to coastal waters. To restore shellfish, New York State is establishing five new sanctuary sites in Suffolk and Nassau counties to transplant seeded clams and oysters and expanding public shellfish hatcheries in the two counties through a dedicated grant program. …
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