FN Online News • Wednesday, Apr. 17, 2024

New CEO Joins Bumble Bee Seafoods; USDA Updates WIC Food Packages to Include More Seafood

View this email in your browser The Advocate for the Commercial Fisherman  •  Wednesday,  Apr. 17, 2024 New CEO Joins Bumble Bee Seafoods Seafood industry veteran Andrew Choe has joined Bumble Bee Seafoods as the San Diego-based company's chief executive officer. His appointment was announced by Bumble Bee Board of Directors Chair Jerry Chou.  >READ MORE USDA Updates WIC Food Packages to Include More Seafood Final changes to the new food packages for women, infants and children (WIC) approved by the Department of Agriculture include six ounces of canned fish to food packages for children ages 1-4 and allow canned light tuna, chub mackerel, salmon, sardines and Atlantic mackerel for children. >READ MORE Northern Dynasty, State of Alaska, Seek to Vacate EPA Veto on Pebble Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy is continuing the state's legal pursuit for the permitting of the proposed Pebble mine by asking the U.S. District Court in Alaska to find the Environmental Protection Agency's order on state land in Bristol Bay unlawful. >READ MORE U.S. Senator Sounds the Alarm on Alaska Fisheries Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, says his first priority in dealing with the economic woes facing the state's seafood industry is sounding the alarm in Congress and the Alaska Legislature. >READ MORE NPAFC Schedules Salmon Abundance Workshop A workshop on salmon abundance and distribution trends has been scheduled by the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission for June 4-5 in Richmond, B.C., with both in-person and virtual accessibility. >READ MORE All rights reserved. Copyright © 2024 Maritime Publishing, All rights reserved. You were subscribed to the newsletter from Maritime Publishing Our mailing address is: Maritime Publishing 3980 Sherman Street San Diego, CA 92110 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.