Erin Spampinato is the Georgetown, Maine-based associate editor of SeafoodSource. Erin has held staff writer and editor positions at a number of mission-driven organizations, and her freelance journalism has appeared in various publications, including Electric Literature and The Guardian. She is also the author of numerous academic publications on the topics of gender, literature, and history. Erin holds a PhD in English Literature from the Graduate Center, CUNY, an MA from Columbia University, and a BA from Smith College.
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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) came to a tentative agreement in their ongoing contract dispute before their 15 January strike deadline.
Though this came as a relief to many, experts are still forecasting that the nation’s major ports are still going to see surges in cargo volume and costs through January.
National Retail Federation (NRF) Vice President for Supply
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The International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) – whose workers staff U.S. container ports from Maine to Florida – has reached a tentative agreement with managers to keep its members on the job, avoiding a strike that was due to resume on 16 January.
Contract details are being kept private until it is ratified by rank-and-file ILA members, but a joint statement from the union and the United States Maritime Alliance,
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As the deadline for a return to strike activities along the U.S. East and Gulf coasts looms, leaders of the International Longshoremen’s Union (ILA) and the United States Maritime Alliance (USMX) are working overtime to reach a deal on automation at those ports.
On 6 January, CNBC reported the two parties had met clandestinely on 5 January to plan for the resumption of formal talks on 7 January. The meeting reportedly produced new language
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Patriotic Prawns, a new program out of Mississippi, is hoping to educate the public about where the shrimp they’re consuming at restaurants comes from – but said they are finding that many of the state’s restaurant owners are unenthusiastic about committing to serve 100 percent U.S.-sourced shrimp from the Gulf of Mexico.
After a December 2024 study showed that many Mississippi restaurants were serving imported
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