Bensenville, Illinois-based Fortune Fish & Gourmet defines value-added seafood as raw product that has been enhanced with a seasoning, breading, marinade or stuffing to help make consumer meal preparation easier, says Stacy Schultz, the company’s director of marketing and sustainability coordinator.
Mollusk sales for Bellevue, Washington-based Taylor Shellfish Farms have been growing slowly but steadily in recent years, says Bill Dewey, the company’s director of public affairs.
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is in the third year of a project to restore tuna and swordfish populations impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill.