Purse Seine Fishing In American Samoa 'Coming To An End'
Members of the purse seine and longline fishing industries have provided a sobering view of the sector in American Samoa. …
Month: September 2018
Portland Lobster Business Gets Green Light For New HQ, Major Expansion In Saco
Ready Seafood has nabbed the last local permit it needs to build a $10 million lobster processing, storage and research center in Saco. …
Residents Alarmed By Proposed Expansion Of Maine Shellfish Farm
Spinney Creek Shellfish, at 27 Howell Drive in Eliot, is applying to the Maine Department of Marine Resources to obtain a three-year aquaculture lease on 3.67 acres of Spinney Creek, a salt pond between Eliot and Kittery off the Piscataqua River. The new lease is for raising oysters and littleneck clams (quahogs) in suspended cages. …
Stockmen Take Stand On 'Lab-Grown' Meat Labeling
Within the next year, “cultured” meat — made from animal muscle and fat cells in a lab rather than coming from slaughtered livestock — could hit the market and the beef industry is expressing concern over how that product is marketed to consumers. …
Tyson Finally Agrees To Leave Empty Iowa Factory As New Meat Processor Opens Shop
Tyson Foods has officially left Cherokee, Iowa, after a yearslong standoff over an abandoned meat-processing plant there that had prompted city leaders to accuse the food giant of holding the town "hostage." …
