22 September, 2008 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
Increasing demand is driving up the price of agricultural products, which in turn is making farmed fish more expensive. The aquaculture industry is working more with their feed manufacturers on new formulations in an effort to keep costs down.
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19 September, 2008 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
Retailers and restaurateurs need to step up and better educate consumers about the perceived health risks associated with eating seafood relatively high in mercury. If they don't, there are a number of entrepreneurs, state legislators and activists who will do it for them. One activist, San Francisco physician Dr. Jane Hightower, is about to release a book tying mercury poisoning to seafood consumption.
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17 September, 2008 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
By partnering with a leading farmed-seafood trade association in China, the Global Aquaculture Alliance strengthened its position as the foremost third-party certifier of imported farmed seafood. It'd be surprising if the U.S. government doesn't lean on the GAA to improve its food-safety efforts.
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12 September, 2008 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
The healthful benefits of seafood are well documented - yet another study in a respected medical journal released this month confirms as much. The muddled message of a 2004 federal advisory, however, is confusing to those who need a seafood-rich diet the most: pregnant women and their children.
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08 September, 2008 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
To enhance its sustainability profile and attain a better rating from the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program, one aquaculture company made a bold series of moves to reduce the quantity of fishmeal from its feed. But in doing so, it lost a major nationwide customer.
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05 September, 2008 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
It's easy to blame the economy for Shells Seafood Restaurants' woes. But a number of internal and external factors contributed to the seafood chain's tribulations and one that's often overlooked is the casual-dining segment's unprecedented, and unsustainable, growth.
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03 September, 2008 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
As I woke each morning of the long Labor Day weekend, I quickly turned to CNN for the latest on Hurricane Gustav, which was making a beeline for the Louisiana coastline.
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29 August, 2008 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
Years ago, seafood's presence on fast-food menus was limited. But in recent months a number of quick-service chains, from Jack in the Box to Del Taco and KFC, have either introduced a seafood item to the menu for the first time or added more seafood items, a clear sign that Americans' awareness of the protein is growing.
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27 August, 2008 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
Sustainable seafood is a global goal, and so is securing energy and other lucrative natural resources. As oil and precious metals beckon, the impact on fisheries may be ignored.
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25 August, 2008 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
Consumers worldwide are getting accustomed to rising food prices. However, prices of Pacific white shrimp, which until recently had bucked the trend of soaring food prices, have jumped about 20 percent since early spring. But increasing production costs are not entirely to blame.
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