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"My wife and I stumbled on this place while cruising coastal Maine in 2019 and we got the biggest and tastiest lobster rolls I've ever eaten," said Karen's Hideaway patron JS O'Connor.

The Year We Learned to Cook Seafood At Home, And Sent Prices Soaring

May 28, 2021
A lot of Americans learned to shuck oysters and cook fish at home during the pandemic. Now that restaurants are getting back to normal, there's a supply crunch.
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The Salt
Swordfish like this one, sunning itself off the coast of Ventura, Calif. have traditionally been caught in drift gillnets. But ocean activists say the method is unsustainable because it captures too many other sea creatures.

California May Soon Unravel Controversial Nets Used To Harvest Swordfish

Nov 08, 2018
Some of the last drift gillnet fishers in the world capture swordfish off the coast of California. But their days may be numbered as lawmakers seek to phase the nets out.
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Business
A StarKist brand product is seen on a grocery store shelf. Authorities say StarKist has agreed to plead guilty to price fixing as part of a broad collusion investigation of the industry.

StarKist Pleads Guilty To Price Fixing In Alleged Collusion In Canned Tuna Industry

Oct 19, 2018
Three companies — StarKist, Chicken of the Sea and Bumble Bee — are accused by the government of conspiring to keep their canned tuna prices high.
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The Salt
Barrels of fish sit on a dock after being unloaded from a boat in Songkhla, Thailand, in February 2016.

Was Your Seafood Caught With Slave Labor? New Database Helps Retailers Combat Abuse

Feb 01, 2018
Many seafood lovers use the Monterey Bay Aquarium's ratings to choose sustainable fish. Now it has rolled out a tool to help corporations assess the risk of human trafficking in seafood supply chains.
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The Salt
Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch App recommendations on what to avoid when buying cod.

I Want To Eat Fish Responsibly. But The Seafood Guides Are So Confusing!

Mar 15, 2017
All reputable seafood guides are science-based, and yet can offer conflicting advice, because they have different goals. Some support sustainable fishers. Others aim to recover declining populations.
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The Salt
A squid salad in Los Angeles. In California, squid is an economic driver of the seafood industry. But most of this squid is frozen and exported overseas to China to be processed and distributed across the globe.

In California, Squid Is Big Business. But Good Luck Eating Local Calamari

Dec 01, 2016
While the U.S. has a thriving squid industry, chances are the calamari you are eating made a 12,000-mile round trip before ending up on your dinner plate.
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Goats and Soda
A police officer inspects a fishing boat in Thailand.

Controversy Follows Thailand's New Ranking In Human Trafficking Report

Jun 30, 2016
The country, widely criticized for trafficking in its seafood industry, has made improvements, says the State Department report. But critics don't agree.
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