Javier Gonzalez Ebra Joins Brooks Tropicals

January 9, 2019 Brooks Tropicals

Brooks Tropicals is proud to welcome Javier Gonzalez Ebra to the team as Sales Manager. Javier joins Brooks after a two decade career in the produce business working with Del Monte, Frontera, and Freedom Fresh.

Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Cod Could be Extinct by Mid-Century: Report

January 8, 2019 Paul Withers · CBC News

The paper, published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, says the death rate now stands at 50 per cent for adult Gulf cod five years and older.

Citing NY AG Report, Class Action Alleges Stew Leonard’s Fish Products are Mislabeled

A proposed class action lawsuit claims Stew Leonard’s Inc. has deceptively mislabeled its red snapper and sockeye salmon products. Citing a report from the New York Attorney General’s office on the pervasive mislabeling of fish products in the state’s supermarkets, the complaint alleges Stew Leonard’s so-called red snapper and sockeye salmon products are, in truth, fish of an inferior grade and quality.

Pots Dropped: Oregon Dungeness Season is in Full Swing

The Tri-State Dungeness Crab Committee, which oversees the northern California, Oregon and Washington Dungeness crab fisheries, opened the season between Cape Arago, Ore., and Klipsan Beach, Wash., after a month-long delay. At 8 a.m. on January 1, 73 hours before the opening, Dungeness crab pots finally splashed into the water off the coast of Oregon and southern Washington.

Missouri’s new ‘Fake Meat’ Law Could Mean Fewer Options at the Grocery Store

Jaime Athos, the CEO of Oregon-based Tofurky, said the company could stop selling products in the Show-Me state when the new law goes into effect Tuesday, rather than face off against state regulators if his labels don’t pass muster.