Seafood

Rhode Island wants to help local farmers and fishermen market their products. Gov. Lincoln Chafee announced Thursday that the state plans to award $200,000 in grants to farmers and seafood businesses to help them promote their products. …

Dynamic Systems, Inc., a Redmond, Washington software developer specializing in barcode data collection has announced a scale interface for their SIMBA Seafood Tracking Systems. SIMBA provides seafood processors the ability to process, label and track their products from “boat to customer”. …

The Gulf Seafood Institute (GSI), a leading voice for the Gulf of Mexico and the seafood it produces, has a new Interim Executive Director. Ewell Smith, former executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, will immediately assume the interim leadership role. …

The Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA) today welcomed the federal government's renewed commitment to its Sustainable Aquaculture Program which will continue to foster a responsible and competitive Canadian industry. …

Our new global blog has launched. Seafood Matters will host a diverse array of authoritative voices on sustainable seafood topics. It will also explain our sometimes complex standards and principles; introduce some of the people who work hard behind the scenes at the MSC; provide a wide range of perspectives on the urgent issues facing our oceans; explore species we all love, offer photoessays from MSC certified fisheries, and of course, offer tasty suggestions for all the MSC labelled fish you can eat. …