Asians Help To Fill Sales Gap As Europe Eats Less Maine Lobster

Two-thirds of the live lobster sold overseas by the U.S. last year ended up on plates in Asia, up 36 percent from the year before.

Maxwell Chase To Introduce First-Of-Its-Kind Packaging Solution For Extending Seafood Shelf Life

February 20, 2018 Maxwell Chase

Maxwell Chase – a CSP Technologies, Inc. company that specializes in extending freshness and enhancing food safety with its unique packaging solutions for the food industry – will debut the SEAWELL™ Seafood System, a first-of-its-kind active packaging solution that significantly extends the shelf life of seafood, at Seafood Expo North America in Boston, March 11-13. Maxwell Chase will be located at Booth #1487.

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific Urges Lawmakers To Consider Jobs, Science-Based Policy, Fair & Equitable Treatment

February 20, 2018 Cooke Aquaculture Pacific

Cooke Aquaculture Pacific today made what may be its final public pitch to lawmakers before they vote to approve a ban on the state’s existing salmon farming industry, urging a Senate committee to consider instead the impact on rural jobs supported by the industry and to make public policy based on sound science.

Oklahoma Beef Council Hears About Increased Checkoff Fees And Improved Marketing Efforts

February 20, 2018 Jack Money, The Oklahoman

Oklahoma Beef Council members were told Thursday the organization collected a significant amount of checkoff fees during the final quarter of 2017.

Julie Maschhoff To Lead Panel Of Judges At SOBEWFF Swine, Wine & Spirits Event

February 20, 2018 National Pork Board

Julie Maschhoff, co-owner of The Maschhoffs LLC and one of the nation's largest and most successful pork producers, will lead the judging panel at this week's Swine, Wine & Spirits event as part of the South Beach Wine and Food Festival (SOBEWFF®) in Miami. The Maschhoff family is the fourth largest pork producer in the United States, marketing 5 million pigs each year.