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Rough Waters Remain for Louisiana Seafood

In a few places in southern Louisiana's Barrataria Bay and Bay Jimmy, oil still sheens from the marshes. That shimmer, and the areas around them still closed to fishing, serves as a reminder for all fishermen in the Gulf Coast of the challenges they face in the coming years. The BP oil spill, which began a year ago today,...

375-Pound Shark Leaps Into Fisherman's Boat [VIDEO]

FREEPORT, Texas -- It's the catch of a lifetime, but it's not clear whether a Texas fisherman landed an 8-foot shark or it landed him. Twenty-nine-year-old Jason Kresse of Freeport says he and two crew members were dumping fish guts in the Gulf of Mexico about 3:45 a.m. Monday when they heard splashes in the distance and...

McLobster Hopes Crushed By McDonald's; Twitter Is Still Hungry

Good luck catching a McLobster. Folks across the Internet are lovin' all the buzz surrounding the seemingly mythical McDonald's menu item, but the fast-food company says that it has no plans to bring the crustaceans to any more of its U.S. locations. And that goes for the McSushi, too. While the McLobster is news to...

Will London Serve Only Sustainable Fish With Its Chips?

When the 2012 Olympic Games come to London, the city is going to be serving a lot of fish and chips. And one organization has challenged the city to get every last serving of it from sustainable sources. Launched this week, the Sustainable Fish City initiative aims to get everyone in the city, from fish and chips shacks...

754-Pound Tuna Sells for Record $396,000 in Tokyo

A giant bluefin tuna sold for a record $396,000 today in the first auction of the year at Tokyo's fish market. At 32.49 million Japanese yen, it's the highest price any fish has ever sold for since the Tokyo Metropolitan Central Wholesale Market started keeping track in 1999. The fish weighs 754 pounds, so the auction...

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06/04/12 There's money in sea bass culture Source: Sunday Punch - Philippines SEA bass ( Lates calcarifer ) or what is locally known as apahap is indigenous in Pangasinan waters.
06/04/12 'Wicked Tuna' Wraps Season With 1,030-Pound Fish Source: NoControl "Wicked Tuna" (Sun., 10 p.m. ET on National Geographic) wrapped its first season with a whopper.
06/04/12 Shrimpers meet tonight to hear federal proposal on TEDs Source: NOLA.com - New Orleans LA The National Marine Fisheries Service will hold meetings tonight in Larose and on Tuesday in Belle Chasse to discuss requiring turtle excluder devices, TEDs, in all shrimp boats that fish with skimmer trawls.
06/04/12 Free fishing derby this weekend Source: CBS - Today's THV - Little Rock AR LITTLE ROCK, Ark. The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission is sponsoring the Arkansas Free Fishing Weekend June 8-10.
06/04/12 Groups rally against ocean-based salmon farming Source: CBC.ca Coastal communities in Nova Scotia are uniting to halt expansion plans for ocean-based salmon farms in the province.

Background on seafood

Seafood is any form of marine life regarded as food by humans. Seafoods include fish, molluscs (octopus and shellfish), crustaceans (shrimp and lobster), echinoderms (sea cucumber and sea urchins).

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