The Trū Shrimp Companies Appoints Brian Knochenmus as President & Chief Executive Officer

October 6, 2023 trū Shrimp Companies

The trū Shrimp Companies, Inc. announced that its Board of Directors has appointed Brian Knochenmus to lead the company as President & CEO in addition to his current role as Chairman of the Board. Knochenmus will be tasked with achieving trū Shrimp’s next milestone of launching a commercial-scale production facility in Madison, SD.

Senator Cassidy’s India Shrimp Tariff Act Throws a Lifeline to Desperate U.S. Shrimp Industry

October 3, 2023 Southern Shrimp Alliance

U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) introduced two bills designed to address the Government of India’s rampant subsidization of food products, including rice, pulse crops, wheat, peanuts, and shrimp. Senator Cassidy’s legislation recognizes that, with this massive government support, India has flooded global markets and decimated food producers in the United States. 

Maryland Shrimp? A Select Group of Watermen Will Catch Them for the First Time this Fall.

September 27, 2023 Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun

Fisheries managers suspect that warming ocean temperatures and changing currents could be drawing greater numbers of shrimp north along the Atlantic coast.

New Dynamite Shrimp from SeaPak Satisfies Consumers’ Love of Spicy Foods

September 25, 2023 SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood

SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood (seapak.com), America’s No. 1 specialty frozen shrimp brand, has launched a new restaurant-inspired favorite, Dynamite Shrimp, that is sure to be on every spicy food lover’s grocery list.

Aquaculture Stewardship Council’s Improver Programme Launches Framework for Credible AIPs Offering Shrimp Producers New Possibilities for Support and Development

September 14, 2023 Aquaculture Stewardship Council

ollowing successful pilots in different countries, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has presented the development of a framework for credible Aquaculture Improvements Projects (AIPs) under the ASC Improver Programme at this week’s Global Shrimp Forum. ASC secured seafood leader Thai Union as one of their first partners to implement ASC’s AIPs for a total volume of 15,700 metric tonnes of shrimp by 2026. Producers can now apply to enter the programme and receive support to improve their farming operations.