Halibut in Steady Decline Throughout Pacific, Says Commission

That was the message from the International Pacific Halibut Commission at its November meeting in Seattle. The commission oversees halibut stock research and sets catch limits for nine fishing regions ranging from northern California to British Columbia to the Bering Sea.

An Environmental Success Story for Fishing on America’s West Coast

January 3, 2020 Voice of America

The numbers of groundfish have greatly increased in recent years. The term groundfish describes a number of fish species that live near the bottom of the Pacific.

‘Weird’ 100% Closure of All SC Oyster Beds Rescinded Within a Day

January 3, 2020 Bo Petersen, Post & Courier

Late on Christmas Eve — during prime holiday oyster selling time in South Carolina — state regulators shut down the shellfish harvest across the entire 187-mile coast.

Top US Plant-Based Meat Companies are Vying for The Same Territory

January 3, 2020 Chase Purdy, Quartz

The effort to get high-tech plant-based meats into the market has been going strong for nearly four years now, with Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat as two of the most popular producers jousting for consumer attention.

Slaughter-Free Steak Served Up at Harvard Laboratory

January 3, 2020 Hannah Uebele, WGBH

Kit Parker, bioengineering and applied physics professor at Harvard University, joined Boston Public Radio on Thursday to speak about the meat he’s developing at an on-campus lab for human consumption which is made completely of animal cells.