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McNeely Zaritsky Leaves Gulf States Seafood Marketing Coalition for Private...
Joanne McNeely Zaritsky, the former Marketing Director of the Gulf State Marketing Coalition, was regularly on Capitol Hill walking the halls of Congress for Gulf Seafood. Photo: Ed Lallo/Newsroom Ink...
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Gulf Oil Spill Science Outreach Answers Unanswered Questions
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, fishermen, visitors and residents of the Gulf coast are still filled with unanswered question about what exactly happened during the spill and the...
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GSI Leads Support Preserving Access to Gulf Red Snapper for All Americans
The Gulf Seafood Institute has joined representatives from across the national seafood supply chain to continue educating key Members of Congress on the importance of preserving federal management of...
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TV Production Company Searches for Multi-Generational Fishing Family
by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News Editor Is fishing in your blood? Have you been raised on the ocean with a “fish or die” mentality? Are you a hardworking commercial fishing family determined to keep your...
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GSI Opens Membership As Influence Grows
After a very successful two-year Founding Member period, GSI is now initiating its standing, long-term dues structure recently approved by the Board of Directors. With this new dues structure, GSI will...
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Gulf Council Shifts Red Snapper Quota From Commercial to Recreational Sector
In a highly contested vote, the Gulf Council voted to remove snapper quota from the commercial fishery while allocating additional quota to the recreational sector. Photo: Galveston Sea Ventures by Ed...
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Homeland Security Commissioner Kerlikowske Meets With Gulf Seafood
Members of the Gulf Seafood Institute joined a Gulf seafood and agriculture panel in New Orleans to inform US Customs and Border Patrol, Commissioner R. Gil Kerlikowske, of pressing seafood issues like...
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GSI’s Newest Member Jennifer Young is International Seafood Safety Specialist
Sitting on a beach enjoying the sunset on a remote Pacific island has been a perk enjoyed by Jennifer Young during her last seven years as a food safety specialist based in Hawaii, but in her heart she...
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Gulf’s First Oyster Farmer Continues to Grow
Starting as a volunteer oyster gardener way back at the turn of the century – that’s the year 2000 for those with short memory – Steve Crockett planted the first off-bottom oysters in the Gulf as a...
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Sea Grant Pubs Focus on the Deepwater Horizon Impact on Gulf Fisheries
In recent years, the Gulf of Mexico fishing industry has been negatively impacted by several disasters. Record–breaking hurricanes—Katrina, Rita, Gustav and Ike—demolished infrastructure such as fish...
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Red Snapper Continues Dominance at Galveston Gulf Council Meeting
Regional management of the Gulf red snapper fishery continued to be a hot topic during the last Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council of 2015 held at the Hilton Galveston Island hotel. Photo:...
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Legislation Introduced to Reform Seasonal H-2B Guest-Worker Program
Legislation has been introduced in the House of Representatives to reform the H-2B seasonal guest-worker program. Photo: Ed Lallo/Newsroom ink by Ed Lallo/Gulf Seafood News Editor Legislation has been...
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Tasty Oyster Dressing Complements Holiday Meals
by Monica Skaggs/Newsroom Ink Festive occasions. Loved ones gathered together. Familiar holiday tunes. And a delectable aroma coming from the kitchen. Must be Thanksgiving and the Holiday Season....
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Rep. Jolly Teams with GSI’s Hogarth on Gulf Red Snapper Legislation
The Gulf Red Snapper Data Improvement Act recently introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Jolly will allow for third-party data collection of fish populations to be used for federal stock...
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Installation of Electronic Data Collection Moving Forward Across the Gulf...
“We hope the long range goal of the program will allow Gulf charter fleet captains the ability to start fishing when their business dictates rather than when someone else says the boat can fish, in...
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Gulf Seafood Institute’s President Harlon Pearce Appointed to NOAA’s Marine...
Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker has appointed Gulf Seafood Institute’s President Harlon Pearce, along with three other new advisors, to NOAA’s Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee. Photo: Ed...
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Gulf Congressional Delegation Teams for Big Win for Gulf Reef Fish...
The Fiscal Year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act heading to the White House for a Presidential signature includes $10 million for Gulf of Mexico fisheries data collection, stock assessments and...
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Omnibus Spending Measure Provides H-2B Relief For Gulf Seafood
GSI Founding Member Frank Randol, told Gulf Seafood News the that GSI’s work with the Louisiana delegation’s leadership, especially Senator Bill Cassidy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise, was vital in...
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Merry Christmas from the Gulf Seafood Institute and Gulf Seafood News
The post Merry Christmas from the Gulf Seafood Institute and Gulf Seafood News appeared first on Gulf Seafood News.
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GSI’s Margaret Henderson Quoted On H-2B Legislation in Baltimore Sun
The new legislations, championed by Maryland’s retiring Democratic Senator Barbara Mikulski, includes fixes for correcting the Labor Department and Department of Homeland Security’s implementation of...
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