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Gulf Seafood Foundation Announces New Board Officers

Gulf Seafood Foundation Announces New Board Officers

The Gulf Seafood Foundation has announced a new slate of officers for 2019.  Former Sysco Louisiana Seafood chairman Jim Gossen, a native of Lafayette, LA living in Houston, TX, will remain as the President of the organization formed to support and promote the high standards of the Gulf’s vast commercial and recreational fisheries industry.

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Gulf Seafood Foundation Member Prestige Oysters First to Enter MSC Assessment

Gulf Seafood Foundation Member Prestige Oysters First to Enter MSC Assessment

The first oyster fishery in the United States has entered the Marine Stewardship Council fisheries standard assessment. Prestige Oysters of San Leon, Texas has entered full assessment for oysters harvested in Texas and Louisiana.

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Trump Signs Omnibus Spending Bill With Legislation Adding 63,000 H-2B Guest Workers

Trump Signs Omnibus Spending Bill With Legislation Adding 63,000 H-2B Guest Workers

President Donald Trump has signed a new 2,232-page Omnibus Spending Bill sent to him by the Senate after it passed the House of Representative that includes an increase in the H-2B Guest Worker Program for the remainder of the year.

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Gulf Seafood Foundation Prepares Fishermen Glove Distribution

Gulf Seafood Foundation Prepares Fishermen Glove Distribution

GULF SEAFOOD FOUNDATION – More than 1000 pair of foam insulated and fleece-lined work gloves have been delivered to the Gulf Seafood Foundation to be distributed to Gulf Fishermen, especially those affected by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma.

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Gulf Oysterman Raz Halili Displays Heroics During Hurricane Harvey Flooding

Gulf Oysterman Raz Halili Displays Heroics During Hurricane Harvey Flooding

GULF SEAFOOD FOUNDATION – Sitting in his Kemah, TX home on Galveston Bay, Raz Halili was sure the small tropical storm named Harvey hovering off the coast of Texas was of little concern. A week later with his family’s oyster damaged, shrimp boats sunk, fishermen’s homes underwater or destroyed he realized his miscalculations on the impact of Hurricane Harvey.

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In the Bag: Volunteers Wow as Another NOAA Fish Fry Sells Out

In the Bag: Volunteers Wow as Another NOAA Fish Fry Sells Out

There no denying Gulf seafood is delicious, and now the nation’s most influential maritime officials — including newly minted Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross and Secret Service agents attending NOAA’s 2017 Fish Fry — know it, too.

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GSI Members Speak Out on H-2B in New Orleans Times-Picayune

GSI Members Speak Out on H-2B in New Orleans Times-Picayune

For a second time in one week, the Gulf Seafood Institute is making headlines. In an article for the New Orleans Times-Picayune three members are quoted by reporter Jed Lipinski on the importance of recently passed H-2B legislation for the survival of the Gulf seafood industry.

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GSI Expands Board of Directors

GSI Expands Board of Directors

One of the strongest voices for the Gulf of Mexico and the seafood it produces has taken the first step in an ongoing process to enlarge its board of directors. The Gulf Seafood Institute has installed William (Bill) T. Hogarth, Ph.D., Jennifer Jenkins and Raz Halili as new board members.

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