alaskan fishing industry
Russia’s war spreads to Alaska through MSC labels
Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang accused the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification body in an open letter of reducing its requirements favoring the Russian seafood industry.
Aquaculture
U.S. Senate to reconsider AQUAA offshore aquaculture bill
Senators from Mississippi and Hawaii join forces in bringing the bipartisan Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture (AQUAA) bill before the U.S. Senate.
Alaska and Washington senators also ask for federal disaster declaration for crab fisheries
Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, from Alaska, and Maria Cantwell...
Alaska’s commercial salmon fishery in 2022, valued at $76.5 million more than last year
The harvest of all species in the 2022 Alaska commercial...
NOAA Fisheries asks for public participation after Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers’ emergency regulation request
NOAA Fisheries has announced that is taking public comment on...
Alaska’s only representative in the U.S. House also joins the crabbers’ demands
In a letter sent to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and...
Alaska Governor requests federal fishery disaster for Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab fisheries
Alaska Governor, Mike Dunleavy, wrote to U.S. Department of Commerce...
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Russia’s war spreads to Alaska through MSC labels
Commissioner Doug Vincent-Lang accused the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification body in an open letter of reducing its requirements favoring the Russian seafood industry.
U.S. Senate to reconsider AQUAA offshore aquaculture bill
Senators from Mississippi and Hawaii join forces in bringing the bipartisan Advancing the Quality and Understanding of American Aquaculture (AQUAA) bill before the U.S. Senate.
Antibiotic-contaminated shrimp from Asia rejected by FDA is U.S.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released data on seafood line-of-entry rejections in May. Among the results, three of those rejections (2.9%) were of shrimp for reasons related to banned antibiotics.
1 million dollar agreement between Blue Star and Bloomin’ Brands for next level menus
Blue Star Foods has signed a new USD 1 million (EUR 928,16 million) supply agreement with Bloomin' Brands. Although the new contract was announced in June, it began in April and will run through the remainder of 2023.
