Boston Seafood Show photos
Opening day at the Boston Seafood Show was packed with people from all over the world. If last year’s theme was sustainability, I think this year’s theme was buy, sell, brand, distribute and market. I...
View ArticleGuest opinion: The moral imperative for aquaculture.
Guest blogger Bob Rheault, PhD is the Executive Director of the East Coast Shellfish Growers Association, and a member of NOAA’s Marine Fisheries Advisory Council; he was an oyster farmer in Rhode...
View ArticlePhotos of Rhode Island Atlantic herring
The herring’s definition, the scales, are everywhere–on the fisherman’s boots, the shovels and brooms, the edges of wood and steel. The herring’s definition is on the nets, the wires, the working...
View ArticleQuick tip: Caring for the catch—the art of bleeding.
I try and bleed all the fish that I take home with me. I think the bleeding makes the meat cleaner–both when you go to fillet the fish and when you cook it. It’s a quick ritual that I do on the deck...
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