* Today's stories in bold
November 27 - December 4
Dec. 3 - McDonald's says it has stopped buying Russian pollock in all countries, including China
Dec. 3 - 'As much money in illegal seafood trading as in heroin' says NMFS enforcement officer at Fish Expo
Dec. 3 - Greenpeace runs TV ads in Alaska and Seattle in attempt to scare people about pollock stock declines
Dec. 1 - Unpopular Oregon boat owner Sturgell losing his zeal after years of fights with other fishermen
Dec. 1 - Fortune: Iceland's collapse (Ragnarok -doom of the gods) blamed partly on erratic leaders
Dec. 3 - Ginsberg's Foods beats out Sysco and USF for $15 million restaurant contract in Albany, NY area
Dec. 3 - Aker Seafoods facing liquidity problems
Dec. 3 - China seafood show big success as Asian market opens for more export seafood products like snow crab
Dec. 1 - Digby lobster fishermen tie up this morning over low prices
Dec. 2 - China fears a reverse migration back to rural areas
Dec. 2 - Ocean Beauty names Kaneko head of sales in Japan, will boost sales of salmon, other seafood to Japan
Dec. 2 - Survey finds consumers plan to cut spending for next six months
Dec. 2 - Hundreds of Lobstermen continue tie up to protest low prices in Nova Scotia
Dec. 1 - Dungeness fishery claims two lives as men lost crossing the Tillamook bar
Dec. 3 - Ak fishermen support pollock cuts with committment to science, groups thank Wal-Mart for Bristol Bay
Dec. 1 - Scientists say some Southern Gulf cod populations could disappear as adult cod fail to survive
Dec. 1 - Japanese develop non-invasive scanning technique to measure crab meat fill
Dec. 2 - Dalhousie researchers study optimal glaze for shrimp
Dec. 2 - More elbow room at tables as business lunches continue drop off
Dec. 1 - Viral email warning consumers on barcodes has potential to harm American businesses
Dec. 2 - Cargo flights resume as court ruling brings down Thai government
Dec. 3 - NOAA fisheries execs upbeat about Obama administration
Dec. 2 - China confirms six melamine deaths
Dec. 2 - David Burke opens all-sustainable seafood restaurant Fishtail in Manhattan
Dec. 4 - Costco reports bigger than expected decline, overall November retail sales worst in nearly 40 years
Dec. 1 - Halibut down 10%, growth being hampered by abundance of arrowtooth flounder (fish radio)
Dec. 3 - NOAA releases draft EIS on chinook salmon bycatch in the Pollock fishery; caps likely
Dec. 1 - Maine lobstermen face long winter; communities could be permanently altered if there is no turnaroun
Dec. 2 - Japanese kamaboko makers meet with U.S. surimi commission; appeal for more stability in price, suppl
Dec. 3 - Chile steps in with $450 million guarantee for $2 billion in outstanding salmon company loans
Dec. 3 - Militant group Sea Shepherd heading out to harass Japanese whaling fleet again
Dec. 3 - Moray Seafoods at Buckie lays off 100 workers temporarily to survive
Dec. 1 - Restaurants offering holiday deals to boost sales
Dec. 1 - Long Maine shrimp season starts today with record abundance, but market uncertainty
Dec. 1 - Alaskans consider how ouster of Sen. Stevens may affect flow of federal funds
Dec. 1 - Alaska marine biologist opposed to ANWR drilling sends her book and oiled rocks to Gov. Palin
Dec. 2 - As food costs rise, wasted food and trash disposal demand attention
Dec. 1 - Proliferating store brands help supermarket operators battle both Wal-Mart and Whole Foods
Dec. 1 - Lee Alverson looks back through his memoir book ''Race to the Sea''
Dec. 4 - Nearly 400 tons of crab seized in Russia's Far East will have to be destroyed
Dec. 1 - FDA declares trace levels of melamine are safe
Dec. 2 - NMFS reports second reapportionment of shore based Pacific whiting allocation
Dec. 3 - First Russian fish exchange to open Jan 1 in Sakhalin
Dec. 3 - $170 million appropriated by Congress to aid businesses hurt by 2008 salmon closure
Dec. 1 - Reviewer finds Long John's Freshside Grille nonfried line not-so-fast food
Dec. 2 - Zubkov reaffirms Russian plan to control port clearance of fishing vessels
Dec. 2 - Scientists think salmon and turtles use magnetic fields to find their way home
Dec. 1 - New FDA report claims progress in food safety
Dec. 3 - Aker Seafoods Holding buys Aker Ocean Harvest
Dec. 4 - Eleven die in Qingdao seafood factory dorm fire
Dec. 2 - Salmon accounts for half of Alaska's fishing industry workforce, says state report (fish radio)
Dec. 1 - Salmon-tracking network findings already challenging conventional wisdom
Dec. 4 - Global Aquaculture Alliance chosen as partner by FDA for shrimp certification
Dec. 2 - Canadian sealers wary of new safety regulations
Dec. 2 - Abbreviated Maine scallop season opens
Dec. 4 - Port of Bandon, Ore., requires Pacific Seafood to leave its waterfront retail store site
Dec. 4 - Rhode Island lobsterman traps rare mutant four clawed lobster
Dec. 2 - Market bids up Nash Finch shares
Dec. 2 - Thai airports to reopen to international passengers Friday
Dec. 3 - GMA conference co-sponsored by seafood industry, focuses on harmonizing global food safety audits
Dec. 1 - Thai protesters reinforce besieged airports
Dec. 2 - Supreme Court will consider whether older power plants must invest to protect fish
Dec. 3 - Findus launches three new fish products in Sweden
Dec. 1 - Pacific commission calls for 30 percent yellowfin tuna quota cut
Dec. 2 - Vietnam's seafood export earnings beating forecast despite challenges
Dec. 1 - Russian government predicts domestic fish market share may reach 76 percent by 2012
Dec. 3 - McCormick & Schmick's opens in Naples, Florida
Dec. 3 - Sam Tancredi named COO of the Mitchell's Fish Market brand
Dec. 3 - Vitarich expanding pangasius venture on Mindanao
Dec. 1 - Boilerplate warning to ill-fated sealer L'Acadien II deemed insufficient
Dec. 1 - Japan resumes whale meat imports from Iceland
Dec. 1 - Bonneville Dam sea lion cull approved by judge
Dec. 3 - Mass Marine Fisheries Advisory Commission member fined for ethics violations in opposing Cape Wind
Dec. 2 - Louisiana tryng to figure out allocation of federal fisheries aid money
Dec. 1 - Great Lakes Fish acquires Kingsville Fishermen's Company
Dec. 3 - Indonesian official says fishery exports holding steady so far
Dec. 3 - Seafood.com News Summary, Wednesday, Dec 3, 2008
Dec. 1 - Virginia freezes inactive blue crab licenses
Dec. 1 - Seafood.com News Summary, Monday, Dec 1, 2008
Dec. 4 - Bacterial infection bankrupts Australian yellowtail kingfish farm
Dec. 4 - Major disruption in Japan seafood shipments to Russia foreseen in January due to new import rules
Dec. 2 - Supreme Court refuses gas pipeline appeal traversing Long Island Sound shellfish beds
Dec. 4 - Canada seafood exports going less to U.S., more to Europe and China; 6th largest global exporter
Dec. 1 - European demand for Nile perch fillets fuels indiscriminate Ugandan fishery
Dec. 2 - Seafood.com News Summary, Tuesday, Dec 2, 2008
Dec. 4 - Faced with Shell-shocked Economy, Enterprising Mainers Are Launching Innovative Ways to sell Lobster
Dec. 4 - Darden stock upgraded by analyst, "best in class" for casual dining, forecast improved 1st qtr sales
Dec. 2 - Oceanus protects investors with aquaculture insurance at its Chinese abalone farm
Dec. 1 - Malaysian officials confident EU will approve resumption of seafood imports
Dec. 3 - India to use satellite system for tracking fishing vessels and other boats
Dec. 4 - N.S. lobster fishermen end protest over low prices, ask for government aid
Dec. 4 - Florida may enact four month federal grouper closure in state waters as well
Dec. 1 - Finnish scientists looking into converting fishwaste to biodiesel in Vietnam
Dec. 4 - For second year, Japan will sponsor a country pavilion at the Boston Seafood Show
Dec. 4 - Orkney skipper's variable mesh size net allows juvenile cod to escape while retaining larger fish
Dec. 1 - Western Isles may link salmon farm permits to local processing requirement
Dec. 1 - Maine DMR budget cuts could threaten vital red tide monitoring program
Dec. 4 - Taiwan's Uni-President Group to add two shrimp farms in Vietnam
Dec. 4 - Irish chip shops turnnig to hake as cod becomes scarce
Dec. 2 - Debris from Hurricane Ike threatens Galveston Bay oyster resource