Latest Seafood Stories
WARREN, Mich., Feb. 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Jerry Newport, director of national sales at Wholey Seafood, announced a marketing campaign to support the introduction of Wholey Seafood's Boil in the Bag Seafood Entrees. The campaign for the seven Boil in the Bag entrees involves in-store materials, a new website at wholeyseafood.com, online banner ads and free-standing coupon inserts. Materials use the unique and differentiating theme "Seafood with Saucy Seaphistication(TM)." The campaign...
ANAHEIM, Calif., Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Anderson Seafoods, "America's most trusted seafood source for over 30 years," is proud to announce the grand opening of our Retail E-Commerce business, a nation-wide program which delivers premium hand-selected fresh and frozen seafood products right to your door, overnight. Orders placed Monday through Thursday before 1:00 p.m. (west coast time), will ship to arrive the following morning by 10:30 a.m. Anderson Seafoods has teamed up with UPS...
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said it will reopen a 4,213-square-mile area of the Gulf of Mexico to deep water royal red shrimping on Thursday after federal scientists determined the fishing grounds were free of oil.The area includes federal waters near BP's blown out well off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama."Further fish and shrimp sampling and testing from the area showed no oil or dispersant contamination," NOAA said in a...
BOSTON, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The new USDA dietary guidelines that call for an increase in seafood consumption provide "great opportunities and challenges" for the seafood industry, the head of one of the largest privately owned seafood companies in the U.S. said today. "The new federal guidelines will increase demand for seafood as the report points out in no uncertain terms the nutritional and health benefits of consuming more fish as part of a regular diet," said Kim...
Greek philosopher Aristotle believed eels emerged spontaneously from mud. Although that has long since been disproven, the slippery fish has always had a mysterious reproduction system. Now, a team of Japanese researchers reportied in the British science magazine Nature Communications on Tuesday that they found 31 eel eggs near the West Mariana Ridge in the Pacific Ocean near Guam, for the first time ever, shedding light on the mystery surrounding the spawning habits of the fish.Experts say...
While everyone else is fighting for reservations, trying to park, waiting for their table and getting rushed by the waiter, just say "No." Instead, enjoy a Valentine dinner at home with a love fest of the best lobster and oysters in the world. Cupid will be proud. Machias Bay, ME (PRWEB) February 1, 2011 This year, instead of heading out to a restaurant why not stay home to enjoy a steamy, sizzling new Valentine's Day dinner Classic with live Maine lobster, award winning seafood...
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Departments of Agriculture (USDA) and Health and Human Services (HHS) 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, released today, name seafood among the handful of foods Americans should eat more of because of its heart and brain benefits. At a time when people are told to limit many foods because they contribute to the obesity epidemic and other widespread medical conditions like heart disease, a thorough review of dozens of seafood...
BANGKOK, Jan. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- In its latest Industry report, "Asian Giants Shaping seafood's Future", Intrafish, one the seafood industry's most authoritative and respected publications listed Siam Canadian among Asia's 40 largest seafood exporters. Siam Canadian Group Managing Director James Gulkin said that although he was very pleased to see the group make the Top 40 list, it didn't necessarily come as a surprise. "Siam Canadian has been following an aggressive expansion...
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Jan. 25, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent report on climate change sees crop prices rising over the next 40 years as the globe heats up, according to an article published in the January issue of Food Nutrition & Science. Using computer modeling, researchers at the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) assessed the harmful impact of climate change on food security through 2050. According to the report, climate change will cause lower rice yields all...
MOBILE, Ala., Jan. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- On January 22-23, 2011, nearly 550 volunteers from Alabama and beyond donned boots and gloves and donated their time to place 16,000 bags of oyster shells along the shore - the first step to building 100 miles of oyster reef over the next three to five years in Mobile, AL. The oyster reef building project marks the first in a series of habitat restoration projects aimed at restoring Alabama's Gulf coast, an effort led by the 100-1000: Restore...
Latest Seafood Reference Libraries
Synaptula lamperti is a species of sea cucumber that can be found in the waters of the Indo-Pacific. Its range includes the coastal waters of Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Micronesia. It does not have the tube feet, which are common to other species of sea cucumber, instead moving around by using a small grouping of pinnate feeding tentacles, which are always moving. It can also move by using the small, hook-like bones found along its body, attaching itself to the sea...
The Flat Tree Oyster, Isognomon alatus, is a species of bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Isognomonidae. It can be seen along the Atlantic coast of North America, ranging from southern Florida to Brazil and Bermuda. This oyster has two thin and irregularly shaped valves that are joined by a long straight hinge. The exterior is sculpted by a large number of rough, concentric rings with loose flakes and varies in color from a pale brownish olive to a purplish black. The nacre on the...
Spondylus gaederopus, the common name being European thorny oyster, is an edible marine bivalve mollusk belonging to the family Spondylidae. This species is found in the Black Sea, in the Mediterranean and in the adjacent Atlantic. This oyster has a reddish-purple shell reaching a length of 2.4 to 2.9 inches, covered with long, flat, and irregularly arranged spines. The two parts of the shells are hinged together with a ball and socket type hinge, rather than a toothed hinge as is more...
Image Caption: Black Sea Cucumber, Holothuria forskali. Credit: Rpillon/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) The black sea cucumber (Holothuria forskali), also known as the cotton-spinner, is a species that can be found in the Mediterranean Sea and eastern areas of the Atlantic Ocean. Its range includes the waters around the Azores and the Canary Islands. It prefers to reside in shallow waters at depths of up to 164 feet and can be found on rocky, vertical surfaces. In 1969, Rowe classified it within...
Image Caption: Holothuria tubulosa. Credit: Rpillon/Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 3.0) The tubular sea cucumber (Holothuria tubulosa), commonly known as the cotton-spinner, is the type species of its genus, Holothuria. It can be found in eastern areas of the Atlantic Ocean, with a range that extends as far as the Bay of Biscay to the north, in the Mediterranean Sea. It prefers a habitat within temperate areas and is found at depths of up to 330 feet below sea level, along the sandy floor or in...
