Selling Shark Fins Now Banned In Rhode Island

January 5, 2017 Associated Press

Selling shark fins is now banned in Rhode Island. A law took effect Sunday that makes it a crime to own or sell a shark fin unless it’s used for scientific research or in preparing a shark for ordinary consumption.

Red Tide Clears Off Collier County, But Stone Crab Catch Still Down

Clearer water would be good news for the price of stone crabs and for local stone crab fisherman, who were hammered early this season by a red tide that followed Hurricane Matthew in October. The fewer crabs caught, the higher the market price for Southwest Florida’s most popular seafood.

2016 A Record Year For FDA Refusals Of Contaminated Shrimp

January 5, 2017 Southern Shrimp Alliance

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) today released information regarding entry line refusals for the last week of November and the month of December. In total, 7 of the 270 (2.6%) entry line refusals in the months of November and December were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics.

Costco Chicken Plant Raises Environmental Concerns

The potential economic boon also has hatched concerns over how adding 17 million chickens to the region’s already abundant livestock population could harm waterways, quality of life and drinking water.

Georgia Does A Reset With New Chicken Price Indexes

The Georgia Agriculture Department says it will use three new producer price indexes to measure poultry pricing changes over one-month, six-month and one-year periods.