Envy Launches Major Marketing Initiative In Florida

February 8, 2018 T&G Global

Envy™, voted America’s favorite apple last spring, is spending the last weeks of winter in sunny, warm Florida, heavily investing in the market to raise brand awareness, support retail customers, and increase sales. The multi-faceted campaign will target shoppers in the major metropolitan areas of Jacksonville, Miami/Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and Tampa, throughout February and March.

USDA Clarifies Grower’s Trust Protection Eligibility & Notification Requirements In Final Rule Amending PACA Regulations

February 8, 2018 USDA AMS

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) has issued a final rule amending the regulations under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA). The revision will enhance clarity for the produce industry on the administration and enforcement of the PACA regulations.

Mix Of Washington Net Pen Bills Takes Aim At Non-Native Salmon

State Sen. Kevin Van De Wege is pushing ahead with Senate Bill 6086 regarding fish net pens following a damning report by three state agencies regarding the escape of Atlantic salmon in a net pen failure last August at a salmon farm in Puget Sound.

Maine Is Shutting Down More Scallop Areas To Protect Harvest

February 7, 2018 Associated Press

The Maine Department of Marine Resource is closing Sand and Machias bays and Lower Englishman Bay starting on Sunday. It’s also shutting down parts of Cobscook Bay, which is the most fertile scallop fishing ground in Maine.

State Cancels Lease At Site Of Salmon Net-Pen Collapse

February 7, 2018 Phuong Le, Associated Press

Washington state officials on Sunday canceled a lease with Cooke Aquaculture Pacific at the site where net pens holding farmed Atlantic salmon collapsed last summer, releasing tens of thousands non-native fish into Puget Sound.