The Seafood Nutrition Partnership (SNP) announces Nelson Griffin of Red Lobster is joining its Board of Directors. Griffin, a veteran of foodservice and consumer package good procurement and supply chain management, brings a wealth of experience and thought leadership to SNP as it strengthens its outreach to encourage even more Americans to eat sustainable seafood for better health through consumer-facing campaigns such as Eat Seafood, America!
New Zealand King Salmon Co. is expanding its U.S. offerings with a retail line of premium wood-roasted salmon that provides a quick and easy way to transform an ordinary meal into an elegant and healthy repast. NZKS is also the largest salmon company in New Zealand and its Ora King salmon brand, sold almost exclusively to restaurants, is prized by top chefs including Daniel Boulud, Stephanie Izard, and Dominque Crenn. The line, Regal Wood Roasted King Salmon, features ready-to-eat roasted King salmon fillets in four flavors including Wood Roasted New Zealand Beech and Double Manuka – roasted with Manuka wood and glazed with New Zealand's famed Manuka honey.
The Van Cleve Seafood Co.’s new brand, Wild.Skinny.Clean. is disrupting the seafood industry by offering the first plant-based seafood product on the market that truly mimics real seafood!
The expansion will bring up to 40 new jobs, and will allow Heartland Catfish to strengthen its product quality and customer service programs.
December 27, 2019
Heartland Catfish Co. completed Part 1 of a 2-part expansion that will bring additional freezing and processing capacity to its Itta Bena, Miss., headquarters processing facility.
This facility is larger than Southern Foods’ current facility, and will allow the company to handle larger volumes.
December 18, 2019
Southern Foods, a Greensboro, N.C.-based affiliate of Cheney Brothers, Inc., announced plans to move into a larger, more modern and more efficient facility in Greensboro, N.C.
Coastal Pride Co. specializes in importing pasteurized and fresh crabmeat primarily from Mexico and Latin America.
December 5, 2019
Blue Star Foods Corp., Miami, Fla., through its operating subsidiary John Keeler & Co., Inc., acquired Coastal Pride Co., Inc., a Beaufort, S.C.-based seafood company that specializes in importing pasteurized and fresh crabmeat primarily from Mexico and Latin America.
The technology will address a number of problems, including widespread seafood fraud and mislabeling.
October 24, 2019
Raw Seafoods Inc., Fall River, Mass., and IBM, Armonk, N.Y., announced a new collaboration connecting global sourcing partners, retailers and restauranteurs who will begin using IBM Food Trust platform to enhance seafood traceability.
What is said to be an industry first, AquaMaof adapted its recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) technology to the commercial production of L vannamei shrimp with a high-survival rate and disease-free results.
October 22, 2019
AquaMaof Aquaculture Technologies Ltd., Israel, revealed a land-based R&D facility for the production of shrimp located in southern Israel.
All companies in the Global Tuna Alliance are expected to source tuna from fisheries certified by the Global Seafood Sustainability Initiative’s recognized sustainability standards.
October 11, 2019
A coalition of companies from across global tuna supply chains aims to stop illegally caught tuna getting to market, and seeks to boost environmental sustainability and respect for human rights in tuna fisheries around the world.