Seafood Business articles from November 2005

Seafood Business archives from November 2005

Buyer's Guide 2006.(Buyers Guide)
November 1, 2005... Buying seafood is much like Buying a car. You can't just surf the Internet and make a decision based on color and price alone. You need to get behind the wheel and test-drive a car to see how it handles, and the same goes with seafood. You...

Bonds threaten to hinder imports of shrimp in 2006.(TRADE)
November 1, 2005... It's been nearly a year since the U.S. government slapped tariffs of up to 113 percent on shrimp from six Asian and Latin American countries, the outcome of a year-long antidumping petition filed by domestic shrimp fishermen and processors. ...

Feds declare Gulf seafood OK to eat.(FOOD SAFETY)
November 1, 2005... Concerns surrounding the safety of seafood from the upper Gulf prompted federal officials to test the waters affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, which killed more than 1,000 people and displaced another 1.1 mil lion. The verdict: upper...

SeaFood and health.(FOOD SAFETY)
November 1, 2005... Industry members say seafood's nutritional benefits far outweigh its potential health risks. But are dieticians, physicians, the media and consumers getting the message? In December, SeaFood Business takes a look at what the industry and...

Benefits of eating fish outweigh mercury risk.(Late NEWS)
November 1, 2005... A study released by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis in October confirms that the health benefits of eating seafood far outweigh any risk from trace amounts of mercury. The study, "A Quantitative Analysis of the Risks and Benefits...

Study shows eating seafood slows mental decline.(Late NEWS)
November 1, 2005... A recent study conducted at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago concludes that eating fish at least once a week slows age-related mental decline by the equivalent of three to four years. "We found that people who ate one fish meal a...

SOTA ad touts virtues of farmed salmon.(Late NEWS)
November 1, 2005... A marketing group that represents salmon farmers began an advertising campaign in October that promotes the health benefits and environmental responsibility of farmed fish. Salmon of the Americas, which represents the United States, Canada...

California chef wins annual oyster-shucking contest.(Late NEWS)
November 1, 2005... Daniel San Agustin, sous chef for celebrity chef and television host Chef LaLa, took top prize at the Third Annual Oyster-Shucking Contest at the International West Coast Seafood Show in Los Angeles on Oct. 9. Sixteen contestants from all...

Fish & Wildlife bans Caspian Sea beluga imports: importer Browne Trading says U.S. ban won't help worldwide beluga stocks.(SUPPLY)
November 1, 2005... The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service in September banned all imports and exports of Caspian Sea beluga sturgeon caviar and meat. Countries included in the ban are Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan. The agency listed all...

Alaska Airlines lands world's largest king salmon: "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" pays tribute to Alaska's seafood industry.(MARKETING)
November 1, 2005... In a soaring tribute to Alaska's seafood industry, Alaska Airlines is giving new meaning to flying fish. The airline's new "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon," as the 737 is known, sports a detailed image of a wild Alaska king salmon that stretches the...

The Alaska Quality Seafood Program.(Biz BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... The Alaska Quality Seafood Program has a new Anchorage office at 700 West 41st Ave. in the Arctic Business Park. The mailing address is Alaska Manufacturers' Association, P.O. Box 241566, Anchorage, AK 99524. Phone the program at (907) 565-5655...

AquaChile.(Biz BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... AquaChile has moved its office to 5301 Blue Lagoon Drive, Suite 480, Miami, FL 33126. The new telephone number is (786) 522-8400; fax (786) 522-8405.

OceanBoy Farms.(Biz BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... OceanBoy Farms of Clewiston, Fla., the only U.S. producer of organic shrimp, opened the Michael Warner Aquaculture Research and Development Center in Clewiston on Oct. 27.

Prime of Springfield, Mo., the largest refrigerated carrier in North America.(Biz BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... Prime of Springfield, Mo., the largest refrigerated carrier in North America, recently awarded Carrier Transicold a contract for 3,000 Ultima XTC[TM] refrigeration units, with an option to purchase 2,000 more. Carrier Transicold is a division...

P&O Cold Logistics.(Biz BRIEFS)
November 1, 2005... P&O Cold Logistics broke ground in mid-September to expand its warehouse in La Porte, Texas, by 87,400 square feet, for a total of nearly 10 million cubic feet of refrigerated and frozen storage space.

Orca Bay recalls crab legs: USDC detects Listeria contamination.(United States Department of Commerce )
November 1, 2005... Orca Bay Foods in October initiated a nationwide, voluntary recall of about 40,000 pounds of red king crab legs and claws potentially contaminated with the pathogen Listeria monocytogenes. Mark Tupper, national sales manager at Orca Bay,...

SeaPak partners with Food Network to push value-added shrimp products: multimedia ad blitz, "Making Great Shrimp Easy," rolls out nationwide.(MARKETING)
November 1, 2005... With an aggressive new national advertising campaign, SeaPak Shrimp Co. is positioning itself as the leading brand in value-added, frozen shrimp products. Highlighting the effort is a unique partnership with cable television's Food...

Facts & figures.(News LINE)(Brief Article)(Illustration)
November 1, 2005... Facts & FIGURES 1993 Year SeaShare was founded 18 Donated seafood SeaShare has distributed since 1993, in millions of pounds 525 Donated seafood SeaShare distributed to Hurricane Katrina ...

Chef serves up visual feast.(off the SHELF)
November 1, 2005... Dean James Max, chef at the new 3030 Ocean dinner bistro at Marriott's Harbor Beach Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has garnered rave reviews for his "modern American seafood." The menu at 3030 Ocean is dedicated to "simplicity,...

AHA urges kids to eat fish: Association suggests two seafood meals per week.(HEALTH)
November 1, 2005... The American Heart Association on Sept. 27 released dietary recommendations for children to establish healthy eating behaviors at a young age, including eating more fish. "Dietary Recommendations for Children and Adolescents: a Guide for...

Stop & Shop launches seafood promotion: retailer partners with NESPA to display seafood information.(RETAIL)
November 1, 2005... The Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., partnering with the New England Seafood Processors Association, has launched an educational program aimed at raising public awareness of seafood's importance to health and to New England's economy. The...

University of Idaho curriculum aims at upping seafood consumption: program creators seek to demystify seafood buying for consumers.(EDUCATION)
November 1, 2005... A new curriculum being developed by the University of Idaho is designed to make American consumers more confident about buying and preparing seafood. The proposed four-week program, tentatively titled "Seafood At Its Best," would provide...

California seeks Dungeness eco-label.(Line ITEMS)
November 1, 2005... California's Pacific Coast Federation of Fishing Associations has joined the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission in seeking an eco-label for the state's Dungeness crab fishery. Oregon began the Marine Stewardship Council's certification process in...

Phillips taps football fans.(Line ITEMS)
November 1, 2005... Football aficionados will find expanded munching options this fall at FedEx Field, home of the Washington Redskins in Washington, D.C. For the 2005-06 National Football League season, Phillips Seafood Restaurants has partnered with the Redskins...

Marketing seafood, finally.(Editor's NOTE)
November 1, 2005... Either advertising rates dipped this fall, or the timing is finally right for manufacturers and marketing agencies to get the "seafood is good for you" message direct to consumers. There's been a bounty of seafood-related marketing messages...

Aquaculture Act fails to protect environment.(Letters TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
November 1, 2005... John Forster's letter in your September issue ("Offshore Aquaculture Act a good start") rightly noted that American fishermen should be able to compete in the global marketplace, but hyping efficiency and volume of production as the bottom line...

Correction.(Letter TO THE EDITOR)(Correction Notice)
November 1, 2005... A Biz Brief item in our October issue erroneously stated that Maryland shellfish processor Nanticoke Foods had gone out of business. Parent company LaMonica Fine Foods (formerly Cape May Foods) reports that it relocated Nanticocke to its...

Atlantic salmon: high prices expected to hold for at least the near future.(Finfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... Buyers, hold onto your seats; for the first time in five years, the farmed-salmon market is seeing a long stretch of high prices. In most parts of the country, prices of boneless fillets have stayed well above $3 per pound for several months....

Tilapia: improved quality and more value adding should help this popular species realize its market potential.(Finfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... Bill Beattie, the general manager of Shirttail Charlie's restaurant in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., doesn't have any trouble explaining the surging popularity of tilapia. It's mild-flavored. It's plentiful. It's versatile. It's inexpensive. Oh, and...

Catfish: increased energy costs could cancel any savings on feed costs in 2006.(Finfish UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... Domestic catfish sales through August are off slightly for the second consecutive year, but a nudge up in prices helped offset the downward trend in supply. While direct damage from hurricanes at catfish farms was minimal, look for increased...

Basa/swai/tra: the versatile, affordable farmed whitefish from Vietnam trails a political rap sheet.(Finfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... Next to tilapia and catfish, Vietnamese basa (Pangasius bocourti) is one of the most versatile farmed fish sold in the United States. Much to the chagrin of the domestic catfish industry, basa even beat out catfish in a blind taste test...

Alaska pollock: global whitefish shortfalls drive prices higher.(Finfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... Buyers can expect continued tight supplies and high prices as global shortages of other wild-harvest whitefish intensify pressure on a finite Alaska pollock fishery. Demand for Alaska pollock is "high, high," while supply is "short,...

Surimi: ASMI's pollock-marketing campaign gives analog producers a welcome boost.(Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute)
November 1, 2005... While the global surimi market has remained steady at between 195 and 220 million pounds over the past few years, surimi seafood producers that are making a profit these days are those expanding their product line and aggressively marketing it....

Mahimahi: Production has dipped along with demand, creating a lackluster market.(Finfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... Mahimahi means "strong-strong" in Hawaiian, but the market this fall for mahi could better be described as "so-so." Blame it on the time of year, the economy or overfishing. For whatever reason, mahimahi had a lackluster season coming...

Snow crab: more product expected from Alaska to offset potential shortfall in Canada.(Shellfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... The news is either good or bad, depending on where you sit, when it comes to potential snow crab supplies for 2006. Though quotas won't be set until early in the year for the Canadian snow crab fishery, if trends of the past couple of years...

Blue crab: post-Katrina prices for domestic product, while plentiful imports hold steady.(Shellfish UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... Hurricane Katrina's devastation of the Louisiana fishing industry--which accounts for about 30 percent of the domestic blue-crab catch--pushed crab prices up by double digits last month for some Gulf-area dealers. Sal Junda, owner of Sal's...

King crab: balanced supply and demand are expected to keep prices firm at least through year's end.(Shellfish UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... Ample supplies of Russian product, coupled with a new management system for Alaska's crab fisheries, is making for a placid market for king crab as 2006 approaches. "There's still time to write ads" for the year-end holidays, said Dean...

Clams: surf clam, ocean quahog harvests down; Manila clam production on rise.(shellfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... The market for surf clams, described by one processor as the "Cadillac of clams" because of its culinary versatility, has been a smooth ride for the past several of years. This stability is due to one of the oldest ITQ (individual...

Squid: both global and domestic markets see growing demand but shorter supply.(shellfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... While demand for squid is expanding worldwide, global production is in decline. In the United States, commercial landings for East Coast squid, including longfin winter squid (Loligo pealei) and shortfin summer squid (Illex illecebrosus)...

Pacific white shrimp: a colossal production shift in Asia means more vannamei for U.S. buyers.(Shellfish FOCUS)
November 1, 2005... All it takes is a glance at production figures to realize that Pacific whites (Penaeus vannamei) are quickly emerging from the shadow of black tigers (P. monodon) to captivate the shrimp-farming world. Vannamei represented 38 percent of...

Shrimp: look for availability of black tigers to tighten in early 2006.(Shellfish UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... Black tigers (Penaeus monodon) ruled the shrimp-farming world in the 1990s; global cultivation of the species totaled around 600,000 metric tons annually. But the tiger's days at the top may be numbered. As Asia's production of Pacific...

Lobster: Maine lobster landings pick up in the fall after a slow summer season.(Shellfish UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... In Maine, the domestic leader of lobster landings, it boils down to anyone's guess as to why the summer catch was off--way off. It's also anyone's guess as to why landings started to pick up in the fall. "Everyone has a hunch," says Jeff...

Mussels: soaring prices of imports have done little to squelch growing demand.(Shellfish UPDATE)
November 1, 2005... Mussels are more popular with American consumers than ever, as menus across the United States will attest. There certainly has been no dip in demand for these versatile bivalves, even though prices are soaring to record highs. Many...

Calendar 2005-06.(Calendar)
November 1, 2005... NOVEMBER Nov. 13-15 International Hotel-Motel Restaurant Show Jacob K. Javits Convention Center New York City Contact IH/MRS (914) 421-3206 ihmrs@glmshows.com www.ihmrs.com Nov. 15-16 * Kosherfest...