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MSC appoints communications director

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December 12, 2007 - SFB Staff — The London-based Maine Stewardship Council on Monday announced that Simon Edwards was appointed global marketing and communications director. ...
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Preferred opens California facility

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December 12, 2007 - SFB Staff — Preferred Freezer Services of Newark, N.J., yesterday opened a 28.5-million-cubic-foot cold-storage warehouse in Vernon, Calif., its 23rd facility....
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Ivar’s Dungeness crab cakes land in Costco

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December 12, 2007 - SFB Staff — Costco this week began selling Ivar’s frozen Pacific Northwest Dungeness crab cakes in select Bay Area and northern California club stores, Ivar’s announced yesterday....
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Commentary: Better late than never

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December 10, 2007 - By Steven Hedlund — Lawmakers late last week made a lot of noise on Capitol Hill criticizing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s ability to protect the U.S. food supply and calling on President Bush to increase the agency’s food-safety budget. ...
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IPHC recommends halibut quota cut

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December 10, 2007 - SFB Staff — The International Pacific Halibut Commission late last week recommended a 10 percent cut in the 2008 halibut quota, to 59.24 million pounds....
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Furman returns to ODCC

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December 10, 2007 - SFB Staff — Nick Furman last week returned to his post as executive director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission in Coos Bay, Ore., after a 17-month stint with the Oregon Dairy Products Commission. ...
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Commentary: Talk about the weather

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December 07, 2007 - By James Wright — Seafood buyers were reminded earlier this week of how difficult it can be to source product during the tumultuous winter months....
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Storm cripples Northwest crab processors

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December 07, 2007 - SFB Staff — A massive storm that battered the Pacific Northwest for two-plus days earlier this week left several crab processors in the region without electricity, unable to process Dungeness crabs landed during the season’s opening day. ...
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Oregon pink shrimp earns MSC eco-label

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December 07, 2007 - SFB Staff — The Marine Stewardship Council of London announced yesterday that Oregon’s pink shrimp fishery has been certified as well managed and sustainable, the world’s first shrimp fishery and 25th overall to earn to the MSC eco-label. ...
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Senators push for increase in FDA budget

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December 07, 2007 - SFB Staff — Twenty-three U.S. senators, in a letter addressed to President Bush yesterday, asked for a “significant increase” in the fiscal 2009 budget for the food-safety activities of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, which is responsible for monitoring 80 percent of the U.S. food supply. ...
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