Florida stone crab catch off to ‘disastrous’ start
Species is fetching the highest prices on record, but fishing has started poorly, prompting industry to suspect it could be a bad year
Russian coastguard opens fire on crab poachers
Coastguards in Russia’s Far East opened fire to stop a foreign fishing vessel poaching crab in Russia’s territorial waters, local security authorities said
Silver Bay Seafoods fined for illegal crab catch
State troopers estimate the company took in 3,000 pounds of undersized tanner crab
Single Wegman clam lot recalled over allergy risk in Fall River, MA
Blount Fine Foods of Fall River, Massachusetts, is recalling a single lot code of Wegman’s branded refrigerated New England clam chowder
Norwegian king crab, pole and line tuna tie for London sustainability award
One very artisanal and one hopeful industrial fishery came joint top in the fourth Billingsgate sustainable seafood awards, held at the famous London fish market
Dungeness crab fattening for WA fishermen
Dungeness crab in the Long Beach area of Washington state are putting on meat at a better pace than last year
King & Prince launches new gourmet cakes
Value added supplier takes aim at markets for appetizers, sandwich fillers and more with new product line
California dungeness crabbers hope for better season with new law
Fishermen begin season Friday with hopes that new law will result in bigger and better catches
California Dungeness crab season kicks off; set for lower harvest
Commercial fishermen are predicting a smaller catch this year, based on early reports and the number of small crab observed at the end of the last season
Alaska Bering Sea red king crab fishing 96% done
Alaska’s Bering Sea red king crab fishery is wrapping up about on schedule despite the the US government shutdown, which delayed fishing for about a week for the bulk of the vessels