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International Boston Seafood Show

The International Boston Seafood Show, co-located with Seafood Processing America, is North America’s largest seafood exhibition, attracting close to 18,000 seafood professionals.

• Walmart, Whole Foods still selling Gulf seafoodWalmart removes fresh seafood counters from a "few" of its Supercenter stores in Florida, but the decision is tied to demographics and lackluster sales not the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, despite media reports to the contrary.
• It's official: Fraser sockeye gets MSC eco-labelThe decision was expected after an independent adjudicator upheld a determination recommending that the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery be certified as sustainable and well managed.
• Trace Register, Global Food Technologies partnerThe global food traceability company and food safety assurance company signed an agreement allowing GFT to use Trace Register's iPura seal program.
• Q&A: Marketing 101Southstream Seafoods' Andrea Rekrut talks to SeafoodSource about marketing frozen fish, the importance of economic integrity and setting wild fish apart from farmed.
• U.S. retail crab sales push higherCrabs and crabmeat contributed 8.1 percent and 1.8 percent, respectively, to U.S. seafood department sales during the 52 weeks ending 27 March.
• Canadian sablefish nets MSC certificationProducts from Canada's Pacific sablefish fishery are now eligible to carry the Marine Stewardship Council eco-label for sustainable seafood.
• Spotlight on farmed salmonIn Chile’s absence, other farmed salmon-producing countries have stepped in to fill the supply gap and establish a presence and identity within the U.S. market.
• Thai fisheries officials visit Middle EastThailand’s target is to increase its overseas wild fisheries production to 1.5 million metric tons by 2013, with Saudi Arabia and Eritrea being two of the countries seen as potential partners.
• Editor’s picks: Thai Union on the moveThai Union Frozen Products’ acquisition of MW Brands and its iconic John West brand topped this week’s SeafoodSource’s coverage.
• Australia’s ‘gates’ wide openAn extensive variety of high-end seafood items from Australia is making a big impression with U.S. buyers and chefs. Australia is making a concerted effort to tap into the coveted U.S. market, and one of its focuses is, naturally, shrimp.
• Iceland: Fisheries off-limits to EUAs Iceland opens talks with the European Union over membership, the country’s foreign affairs minister insists that Iceland remain in control of its fisheries.
• Tensions rising over Atlantic mackerelThe European Association of Fish Producer Organizations blasts the Faeroe Islands for increasing its 2010 mackerel quota to 85,000 metric tons.
• Stellar 1H for NutrecoAll of Dutch fish feed manufacturer’s divisions experience improved operating results in the first half of 2010.
• Ocean Beauty secures asset-based loanTotaling USD 120 million, the loan was provided by a group of creditors, led by GE Capital.
• Thai Union nets MW Brands, John WestThe acquisition, which includes four processing plants and five fishing vessels, will increase Europe’s contribution to Thai Union’s total sales from 11 percent to more than one-third and make the company one of the world’s largest canned-tuna producers.