Category Archives: market updates
Hurricane Harvey’s impact on regional seafood
Christine Blank- Contributing Editor- Seafoodsource.com Hurricane Harvey’s impact on regional seafood sector still being determined Hurricane Harvey has caused significant damage in Southeast Texas, but experts in the shrimp industry don’t believe there will be a long-term impact on the United States’ Gulf of Mexico shrimp industry. However, some Houston-area…
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Blue catfish are destroying the Chesapeake Bay. Congress isn’t helping.
More than a decade ago, the northern snakehead was Public Enemy No. 1 on the Potomac River, an air-breathing, snaggletoothed invasive species that walked on land, dined on small reptiles and, in its way, plotted revolution on the Chesapeake Bay. The snakehead is a lap dog compared with the blue…
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Top 5 retail seafood trends for 2017
By Christine Blank Published on January 13, 2017 Prepared seafood dishes will continue their surge in popularity at retail counters in 2017, as will the popular movement toward more lean, nutrient-dense proteins such as salmon. Sustainable and local seafood will also be big hits in 2017. And Japanese and Hawaiian-inspired seafood…
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Alaska salmon harvest soars
By Christine Blank Published on July 26, 2017 The Alaska salmon harvest in Prince William Sound soared to 18 million fish, while the total statewide harvest reached 77 million fish as of 19 July. Across the state, 45 million red, 19.3 million pink, 12.5 million chum, 520,000 coho and 222,000 Chinook…
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Snow crab fishery closed early due to whale entanglement concerns
By Cliff White Of Seafoodsource.com Published on July 14, 2017 Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans closed part of the country’s snow crab fishery two days before the season ended in a response to the death of whale rescue specialist Joe Howlett on 10 July. Howlett was killed while disentangling an endangered…
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Wild salmon prices in Alaska and British Columbia rise on lower landings
Sockeye salmon landings in Bristol Bay, Alaska have been strong recently, but harvest outlooks from the Copper River area and the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada, are hurting the overall market, according to recent catch reports. The preliminary harvest from the 17th Copper River District commercial fishing period was…
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Catchall: What to know about today’s cod market
Each month SeafoodSource puts the spotlight on a popular species in the news. The Catchall returns this May with a spotlight on Europe’s favorite fish for three years running: cod. A recent increase in cod supply has only served to intensify the whitefish’s popularity, both in Europe and around the…
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New agreement puts some Chiloe protests to rest as others rage on
By Madelyn Kearns, Associate Editor Published on Monday, May 16, 2016 An agreement reached with the government in Chiloe has lead protesters in six area towns to call off demonstrations, according to a report from Efe. Two weeks after disagreement on compensation for damages caused by the red tide ravaging…
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