NEWS
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Crawfish importer Gulf Marine Products files trademark lawsuit against former associate
By Chris Chase Gulf Marine Products (GMP), a Louisiana-based importer of crawfish, is suing A La Carte Specialty Foods (ALC), claiming the latter company has violated its trademarks by using the Boudreaux brand. In a complaint filed with the U.S. Eastern District Court of Louisiana, GMP claims the company, controlled by its president, Karl D. […]
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US House passes Save Our Shrimpers Act
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Save Our Shrimpers (SOS) Act, legislation that directs U.S. representatives at international monetary institutions to oppose funding for foreign shrimp aquaculture and processing. “For far too long, foreign shrimp has flooded our markets while U.S. tax dollars have been used to subsidize overseas shrimp operations, which are […]
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Study: Shreveport restaurants misrepresent imported shrimp as wild Gulf shrimp
Story by Marlo Lacen SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) – Where you stand on the name of the Gulf of water south of Louisiana is not nearly as important as where the shrimp on your plate came from. A recent report revealed that 58% of restaurants sampled in Shreveport were found to advertise or imply they serve Gulf […]
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Delcambre Shrimp Processors Overcoming Old and New Problems to Survive
Delcambre Shrimp Processor Overcoming Old and New Problems to Survive Gulf Crown Seafood’s Jeff Floyd (l) and son Jon agree that every year in the seafood business is unique. Each year new problems arise and are added to the same old ones continuously sticking around. Photo: Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News […]
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Sitting on the Dock of the Bay, Grant Bundy Wonders if He Will Recover
by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News Editor Sitting on a wooden porch swing hanging from what is left of his shrimp dock on Bayou Barataria, Grant Bundy is still in shock. For nore than seven months since Hurricane Ida blew through Jean Lafitte leaving little behind, he has tried and tried; and then tried again to […]
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Labor shortage leaves restaurants, distributors in the lurch
Christine Blank April 20, 2021 There appears to be significant pent-up demand for Americans wanting to dine out, but restaurants and foodservice distributors face a weighty new dilemma: how to find enough employees to service returning customers. Food and seafood distributors are also facing a myriad of transportation and supply chain issues caused by the […]
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Seafood category saw big gains in 2020 despite COVID-19 turmoil
Seafood category saw big gains in 2020 despite COVID-19 turmoil By Chris Chase January 14, 2021 Share Even as the COVID-19 pandemic upended markets, forced restaurant closures, and changed the way society functioned, the seafood industry managed to see significant gains in the category. IRI data, combined with NPD data, shared during a […]
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COVID-19 might be able to travel on food, preliminary study results indicate
COVID-19 might be able to travel on food, preliminary study results indicate By Cliff White August 27, 2020 Share A new study exploring the potential that COVID-19 can linger on food, including frozen seafood, draws connections between recent outbreaks of the disease in China, Vietnam, and New Zealand. The study, “Seeding of outbreaks of COVID-19 […]
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Louisiana fishing industry suffers USD 258 million in losses
Louisiana fishing industry suffers USD 258 million in losses By Christine Blank November 20, 2019 Share The Louisiana fishing industry suffered an estimated USD 258 million (EUR 233 million) in losses due to historic flooding this year and the opening of the Bonnet Carre Spillway, a new analysis said. The fisheries disaster economic impact analysis, […]
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Acme Oyster house has temporarily stopped serving raw oysters at all seven of its regional restaurants.
‘Grim’ oyster season brings new tactics for New Orleans oyster bars, foreboding for future By Ian McNulty People queued up as usual outside Acme Oyster House in the French Quarter one recent day, while inside the aroma of oysters bubbling on the grill filled the dining room and servers whisked past with trays of po-boys. […]