shrimp

NFI’s Top 10 List Suggests Consumers Diversifying Seafood Consumption

May 26, 2021 National Fisheries Institute

In 2019, Americans ate 19.2 pounds of seafood per capita, an increase of .2 pounds from 2018’s revised figure. In previous years, the Top 10 list has made up an outsized portion of US seafood consumption, nearly 90%. This time the familiar names on the Top 10 make up only 74%. …

NaturalShrimp, Inc. Closes Initial $13,500,000 Registered Direct Offering

May 25, 2021 NaturalShrimp

NaturalShrimp, Inc., a biotechnology aquaculture company which has developed and patented the first commercially operational Recirculating Aquaculture System for shrimp, announced that it has closed a registered direct offering of 24,545,455 shares of the Company’s common stock for gross proceeds of $13,500,000 pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement on Form S-3. …

U.S. Eases Ban On Mexico Shrimp But Demands Better Turtle Protection

May 17, 2021 Rick Kelley, Valley Morning Star

U.S. officials have reportedly agreed to resume imports of some Mexican shrimp over a dispute about inadequate sea turtle protection that prompted a ban on shrimp imports issued April 30. …

Crab Claws, Shrimp and Fish See Rising Prices Along the Gulf Coast

May 10, 2021 Lindsay Knowles and Jasmine Lotts, WLOX

A shortage of crab claws is causing many seafood lovers to search for them at restaurants up and down the Mississippi Gulf Coast. …

Federal Waters off Texas Close to Shrimping on May 15, 2021

May 7, 2021 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, 2021, corresponding to the time Texas closes its state waters to shrimp trawling. …