* Today's stories in bold
August 21 - August 28
Aug. 26 - Wanted: Home for 6 million dead carp
Aug. 27 - Japanese firm develops method to extract chondroitin from salmon heads
Aug. 26 - Experts disagree on cause of reported quarterly sales decline in fresh seafood in supermarkets
Aug. 25 - Gunnar Knapp debuts internet fisheries economics and marketing course (Fish Radio)
Aug. 27 - Alaska voters choose mining over salmon in ballot initiative
Aug. 26 - Alaska's overall salmon catch may come in on target after all (Fish Radio)
Aug. 25 - After rejecting 300 containers of shrimp, EU warns Bangladesh to tighten its surveillance
Aug. 27 - Sen. Ted Stevens wins Alaska Republican primary vote
Aug. 26 - Newly circulated Alaska quarters feature grizzly bear with salmon in its jaws
Aug. 27 - Exxon negotiates payout in Valdez case
Aug. 26 - Newfoundland Shrimp Producers Make Big Splash with Certification of ProvinceÕs largest fishery (phot
Aug. 27 - Canada's interest in drilling on its part of Georges Bank alarms U.S. fishermen, environmentalists
Aug. 27 - Vietnam's banks, processors bail out catfish growers
Aug. 25 - Pirates loot 50 trawlers, abduct 49 fishermen in Bagerhat , Bangladesh
Aug. 27 - Project to see if fish will return at sound of feeding bell faces lawsuit (Fish Radio)
Aug. 25 - Dezina clarifies its earlier statement on business relationship with Sysco
Aug. 27 - Daniel Pauly's group says ecolabeling and fuel subsidies discriminate against small scale fisheries
Aug. 26 - As krill return to California coast, marine life thrives again
Aug. 26 - Darden announces expected quarterly and FY 2009 outlook based on lower comps
Aug. 25 - Salmon really spawned Alaska statehood move
Aug. 25 - Alaska vote pits fisheries against mining
Aug. 26 - Delhaize names Mark Messier V.P. of U.S. Supply Chain
Aug. 26 - Price Chopper promotes Lee French to V.P. Seafood Merchandising
Aug. 25 - New Brunswick lobster hatchery operation seems to be working
Aug. 26 - Murmansk fish industry says infrastructure isn't ready for Putin's nationalization initiative
Aug. 25 - Frozen tuna prices expected to move lower in Japan
Aug. 26 - Casual dining restaurants share prices tumble following Darden's lowered earnings outlook
Aug. 22 - Two enterprising NY high school students use DNA tests to reveal fish fakes
Aug. 25 - PETA claims it has a donor who wants to buy a SeaWorld property to free the animals
Aug. 25 - Houston Chronicle editorial sees FDA's reliance on China's assurances and lab testing of seafood ris
Aug. 22 - Seafood mislabeling study highlights industry's need for Better Seafood Bureau
Aug. 25 - Bush administration will consider no-fishing zone off three Pacific islands
Aug. 26 - Norway detains Russian super trawler for logbook violations off Spitsbergen
Aug. 27 - Eleven fisheries investment projects planned for Primorye region
Aug. 26 - Norway's mackerel fishery likely to be delayed, average fish size is small so far
Aug. 27 - Survey finds that for most Britons, nothing beats the smell of fish and chips
Aug. 22 - Gourmet.com report urges consumers not to eat raw salmon unless it has been deep frozen
Aug. 26 - Jack in the Box Restaurants launches affordable Pita Snacks, one with fish
Aug. 27 - FDA will try to set standards to address confusing food allergy warnings
Aug. 25 - Consumers benefitting from temporary chicken glut
Aug. 25 - Rep. Barney Frank seeks top level NOAA meeting on refuasl to delay NE groundfish regulations
Aug. 22 - Growth of cod farming in Norway likely to trigger strict regulation to protect wild cod stocks
Aug. 26 - In Carolina brown shrimp season it's a challenge to eke out a profitable day
Aug. 27 - WWF report praises turtle-friendly circle hooks
Aug. 26 - Maine's ''Lobster College'' hopes to open in Chicago next year as well
Aug. 25 - Bill authorizing two year study of California Dungeness fishery management on Gov. Schwarzenegger's
Aug. 26 - Marine Harvest forges mutually beneficial First Nation relationships in BC
Aug. 22 - West Coast Dungeness fishery is most dangerous in U.S. (Fish Radio)
Aug. 27 - Russia will allow uncertified fish imports from South America until October
Aug. 25 - Sea turtles laying eggs in record numbers on Cape Hatteras
Aug. 27 - Australian salmon producer Tassal achieves FY profit of US$ 18 million
Aug. 25 - China's draft of food law now urges personal responsibillity for food safety and adds civil penaltie
Aug. 22 - University of Guelph study using DNA testing finds mislabeled fish
Aug. 26 - NOAA wants slower ship speeds to protect whales along East Coast
Aug. 26 - China's 1H import volume of fish meal up 21.7 percent
Aug. 22 - China building 32 longliners with ultra low refrigeration to fish for tuna in South Pacific
Aug. 26 - Shells Seafood Restaurants makes substantial progress in narrowing EBITDA loss
Aug. 25 - FDA approval of spinach and lettuce energizes debate with consumer advocates
Aug. 22 - Gloucester Seafood Display Auction faces new competiton
Aug. 25 - Vietnam's seafood export sales up 20% in first seven months
Aug. 25 - Waterkeeper Alliance wants Chevron to re-inject Cook Inlet drilling and production waste
Aug. 22 - Some British chip shops are switching customers from cod to basa, hoki and Alaskan pollock
Aug. 22 - Food Network's Alton Brown featured in ASMI web video promoting Alaska's sustainable seafood
Aug. 27 - Financial services group FIMA will buy remaining stake in Croatian fish company
Aug. 22 - Phillips Foods updates its logo and package design
Aug. 25 - Columbus Dispatch editorial calls for COOL regulation to include processed foods
Aug. 25 - Japan ends 2008 Pacific whaling season with 211 whales out of 260 planned
Aug. 27 - Virginia's mandatory tagging program for crab pots on hold in budget crunch
Aug. 22 - MSC certification of Kyoto's snow crab and flathead flounder fisheries expected in September
Aug. 22 - Stop & Shop and Giant-Landover supermarkets get new look and more prepared foods
Aug. 22 - Cownose ray barriers helping North Carolina scallops to recover
Aug. 27 - Five Gulf of Maine weather buoys may be victims of lack of federal funds
Aug. 22 - FDA approves irradiation of leafy greens
Aug. 22 - WWF reports on measures southern African longliners are taking to protect sea birds
Aug. 25 - Florida Keys lobstermen find only limited trap damage from Tropical Storm Fay
Aug. 27 - Austevoll Seafood reports lower 1H sales and profit
Aug. 25 - Revised China-South Korea fisheries agreement clamps down on health risk products
Aug. 22 - Maine's Lobster Institute gets federal funds for study on health of the lobster resource
Aug. 25 - ASMFC will allow Delaware's limited horseshoe crab bait fishery to continue
Aug. 22 - Friend of the Sea certifies Gel-Peche shrimp caught off Madagascar
Aug. 22 - McCormick & Schmick's opens in Edina, Minnesota
Aug. 26 - Seafood.com News Summary, Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008
Aug. 22 - Delaware Bay oystermen hoping state will lift partial closure for vibrio next week
Aug. 25 - Seafood.com News Summary, Monday, Aug 25, 2008
Aug. 22 - Delay in EU aid to fishing fleets may trigger new protests
Aug. 27 - Seafood.com News Summary, Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008
Aug. 22 - Seafood.com News Summary, Friday, Aug 22, 2008
Aug. 21 - USDA predicts biggest jump in consumer food prices in 20 years
Aug. 21 - Sea Shepherd Society, flush with donations, vows to double its anti-whaling activities
Aug. 21 - Mexico going all out to save highly endangered vaquita marina porpoise
Aug. 21 - New striped bass stock reference points show that species is still not overfished
Aug. 21 - Dollar values favor U.S. seafood exports (fish radio)
Aug. 21 - Pescanova expanding its farmed shrimp investments in Ecuador
Aug. 21 - New season Bristol Bay sockeye price firming in Japan
Aug. 21 - Chefs feelings warming towards frozen fish with reduced carbon footprint
Aug. 21 - Connors Bros. Income Fund announces August monthly distribution
Aug. 21 - Norwegian salmon farmer Salma claims superiority for its pre-rigor filleting
Aug. 21 - Loggerhead turtles nesting in impressive numbers on Hilton Head Island
Aug. 21 - Arkady Gontmacher (Global Fishing) denied bail on crab poaching charge, Moscow court continues deten
Aug. 21 - Record number of whales found off southern Australia