The eastern shore of Great Cranberry Island, Maine
A visit the beautiful Great Cranberry Island, Maine is like stepping back into time. For generations, the less than 50 permanent islanders have depended upon themselves to keep the peace and police the small seaside town. In a place where lobster is a way of life, and […]
Brightly colored freshwater shrimp
Peru’s Production Minister Rafael Rey reiterated that the Peruvian government will actively enforce Peru’s fresh water shrimp prohibition throughout Peru in Restaurants, markets, and warehouses. The shrimp prohibition act, which runs according to the peak shrimp reproduction season, runs until March 31 and is designed to help maintain Peru’s valuable and limited […]
Portland, Maine. Maine’s lobster industry presents a united front against a proposal aimed at helping fishermen. It would allow trawlers to sell lobster in Maine that inadvertently ends up in nets. Supporters of the bill contend Maine is losing out because trawlers are taking their catch to Massachusetts where it’s legal to sell the […]
This is the new way Whole Foods is using to kill the live lobsters they sell before giving them to the consumer to take home. My question is, how do they know this is more humane if you can’t see the lobster durring the “stun” process?
The time is approaching for the UK’s budding young chefs to test their culinary skills in the National Seafood Championship. Catering students from across the country will be preparing for the competition, organized by the Grimsby Institute of Further & Higher Education. The championship is open to students enrolled on full-time catering courses or college-based […]
Photos of Jurassic Shrimp recently found in Austrailian Waters
A colonial siphonophore, which grows to 1.5 centimeters, found off the coast of Broome in northwestern Australia. A Jurassic shrimp thought extinct 50 million years ago has been found in Australian waters, a census of marine life shows. Neoglyphea neocaledonica, found on an underwater peak in […]
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New Species of Shrimp discovered
For scientists of the sea, it was a bittersweet dream come true. A 10-week voyage exploring the untouched Antarctic waters exposed by the collapse of the Larsen A ice shelf in 1995 and the loss of Larsen B in 2002 offered an opportunity to discover up to 19 new marine species. […]
Wolfgang Puck
If you want to have a really nice lunch today, all you have to do is head over to a Los Angeles shelter, where the homeless people are snacking on smoked salmon with caviar, gold-dusted chocolate Oscar statues and imported French truffles — all left over from last night’s Governor’s Ball. Over 1,600 nominees, […]
Albino crab from the deepest parts of the ocean
Nothing gets National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research scientist Kareen Schnabel’s pulse racing quite like deep-sea crab . So it is no surprise that she is celebrating an unexpected windfall – an unusual donation of several species of crab that are found in the ultra-deep waters […]