2026 Annual Meeting – March 19-20
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Dominick’s Seafood, founded in 1992 by Dominick Ficarino, is just the latest venture in four generations of shrimp and seafood processing in the Ficarino family. With a fleet of seven boats named after family members like Dominick’s mother (Miss …
KATIE DIXON THE BIRDHOUSE CAFE Katie’s love for food was born from a desire to fuel her body while developing a passion for healthy eating. Her heart is to nourish and heal lives with good nutrition that leaves your body & your tastebuds …
Have you ever eaten shrimp and noticed a thin black strip along their back? The technique to remove this strip is called deveining, but it’s actually not a vein: it’s the shrimp’s digestive tract, and the dark shade is from grit in …
Within the shrimp industry, the commonality of a family-run business holds as much pride as the Wild American product they harvest from domestic waters. Of course, not all processing plants that line the Gulf and South Atlantic have a rich story of …
For nearly 700 years, the shrimpers of Oostduinkerke, Belgium, have been using draft horses to help them pursue the local catch. Typically weighing more than 2,000 pounds, these horses are well suited to the task of carrying shrimp fishermen through …
CHRIS HASTINGS HOT AND HOT FISH CLUB & OVENBIRD Christopher Hastings is the Chef and co-owner of Hot and Hot Fish Club and OvenBird in Birmingham, Alabama. A native of Charlotte, North Carolina, Hastings is a graduate of the Johnson & Wales …
Picture this: it’s before work and everyone is gathering their things before heading out the door for the day. That’s when the lightbulb goes off: what’s for lunch? What can I make quick and easy that will fill everybody up over a long day? Does that …
Gulf Crown Seafood Company Inc. has been in operation since 1987 when it opened in Delcambre, Louisiana, which is a city centrally located on the Gulf of Mexico, and is about the halfway point between the Texas and Florida coastlines. Every morning, …
It’s October once again, which means that it’s our favorite time of the year: National Seafood Month! This month is about celebrating all the good that sustainable seafood brings to our lives, specifically all the fantastic qualities of wild-caught …
