ASC Summer “Shrimp Summit” Gathering Will Unite Farmers, Retailers and Suppliers Around Certified Shrimp Production

This July 12-13, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) of North America will host a first-of-its-kind seminar in Guayaquil, Ecuador – a booming region for global farmed shrimp production.

4,000 Shrimp Tacos at ASC’s First 2022 US Marketing Event

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and partners served up nearly 4,000 grilled, ASC-certified shrimp tacos to attendees at the 2022 Twin Cities Grillfest this past weekend.

Mississippi Shrimp Season Opens

The Mississippi Department of Marine Resources has set the opening date of the 2022-2023 shrimp season in state territorial waters for 6 a.m. Wednesday, May 25, 2022.

Federal Waters off Texas Close to Shrimping

May 16, 2022 NOAA Fisheries

NOAA Fisheries announces federal waters from 9 to 200 nautical miles off Texas will close to shrimp trawling 30 minutes after official sunset, local time, on May 15, 2022, corresponding to the time Texas closes its state waters to shrimp trawling.

FDA Adds Nekkanti Sea Foods to Import Alert on Nitrofurans; Refuses Shrimp Contaminated with Banned Antibiotics from Five Different Countries in April

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published detailed data regarding 107 total seafood entry line refusals in April, of which eight (7.5%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics.