Island Creek Cannery Opens in New Bedford MA

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In October 2023, Island Creek Oysters, Inc. (ICO), an aquaculture farm based in Duxbury, Massachusetts, announced the opening of the Island Creek Cannery. The cannery will be a first-of-its-kind on the East Coast.

The 10,000 sq. foot facility will give local shellfish farmers consistent access to the market while providing a shelf-stable line of local sustainable seafood products.

The facility will also help address oversupply by ensuring adequate processing capacity during market fluctuations, shore up prices for farmers, reduce waste, diversify species and food, and create a range of jobs from processors to marketing experts.

For more information, visit islandcreekoysters.com.

U.S. Oyster Aquaculture Facts

Shellfish aquaculture is an important industry in coastal Massachusetts. Oysters are the most popular farmed shellfish in the state.

Oysters are the highest volume product for U.S. marine shellfish producers, according to NMFS Fisheries of the United States, 2020.

ASMI How to Fillet Salmon - Halibut Videos

In September, the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) filmed four short quality videos highlighting proper thawing of headed and gutted (h/g) salmon, salmon filleting, and halibut filleting.

The videos are produced in concert with the Technical program and will be shared online, serving as a resource for industry, processors, distributors, retail, foodservice, and consumer audiences alike.

source: Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute

National Coalition of Fishing Communities (NCFC)

A new coalition of U.S fishing communities has been organized. The National Coalition of Fishing Communities (NCFC) will formally launch during the next U.S. Conference of Mayors meeting, to be held in Washington, DC on January 19, 2016.

NCFC members include:

 - municipalities with economic, social, and cultural ties to the fishing industry

 - associations who represent and are supported directly by working commercial fishing families

 - businesses who are involved in the harvesting, processing, distributing, marketing, and serving of seafood

 - individuals in fishing communities


NCFC is currently engaged in a membership drive. Members can join at the NCFC website, fisheriescoalition.org.