World Oceans Day was Thursday, June 8, and this year companies and politicians alike shared how they were celebrating.

SeaPak and Morey’s announced that they have joined Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), which was designs to help eliminate abandoned and discarded fishing equipment, also known as “ghost gear.”

ST. SIMONS ISLAND, Ga. — SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood (seapak.com) and Morey’s Fine Fish & Seafood (moreys.com) are proud to announce on World Ocean Day that they have joined Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI) (ghostgear.org) to help eliminate one of the most harmful forms of marine debris: abandoned and discarded fishing equipment known as “ghost gear.”

Gear loss happens throughout the world, wherever fishing takes place, and is extremely lethal to sea life and one of the biggest contributors to plastic pollution in oceans. Research shows that a single abandoned fishing net is estimated to kill about 500,000 marine invertebrates, 1,700 fish, and four seabirds, and that ghost gear has led to a 30% decline in certain fish stocks. Along with its member partners like SeaPak and Morey’s, the GGGI aims to improve the health of aquatic ecosystems and protect marine life from harm through the prevention, mitigation, and remediation of ghost gear. 

World Oceans Day was Thursday, June 8, and this year companies and politicians alike shared how they were celebrating.

SeaPak and Morey’s announced that they have joined Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI), which was designs to help eliminate abandoned and discarded fishing equipment, also known as “ghost gear.”

Saint Simons Island, Georgia, U.S.A.-based SeaPak Shrimp & Plymouth, Minnesota, U.S.A.-based Seafood and Morey’s Fine Fish & Seafood have joined the Ocean Conservancy’s Global Ghost Gear Initiative (GGGI). The initiative aims to eliminate discarded fishing equipment and gear known as “ghost gear," as well as to improve aquatic ecosystems and protect marine life.

US seafood mainstays SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood and Morey's Fine Fish & Seafood have joined the Global Ghost Gear Initiative of Ocean Conservancy.

To give back to the community and promote environmental health during Earth Month, employees from SeaPak Shrimp & Seafood and Morey’s Fine Fish & Seafood teamed up with Ocean Conservancy for a Coastal Cleanup at Massengale Park, Ga., on Thursday, April 27.

The cleanup took place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the waterfront park, 1350 Ocean Blvd., St. Simons Island, Ga. SeaPak and Morey’s employees picked up 35 pounds of trash during the event, part of Ocean Conservancy’s International Coastal Cleanup program. 

Sales of air fryers boomed during the pandemic, and today, frozen food brands are developing products specifically for the device, while social media influencers outdo themselves finding more to cook in it. This is Part 3 of a series.

If there’s a bar and bat mitzvah moment for a food appliance, a time when it puts away childish things and crosses the threshold to adulthood, it’s when established food brands go to the trouble and expense of including the device in the precious real estate of on-package cooking instructions.

St. Simons Island, Ga.-based grocery seafood category leader SeaPak Shrimp and Seafood has added a new item to its branded program with beer king Budweiser.

SeaPak Budweiser Beer Battered Flounder Strips joins a lineup that also includes SeaPak Budweiser Beer Battered Cod, SeaPak Budweiser Beer Battered Shrimp, and SeaPak Budweiser Beer Battered Crab Poppers.

Never mind all the smoke and headlines involving plant-based products. Real meat, poultry and seafood items generate the fire and flame in supermarket sales.

IRI, 210 Analytics and Marriner Marketing joined forces to study meat department sales and trends. In an end-of-year review, 210 Analytics President Anne-Marie Roerink noted that department sales have increased more than $9 billion between 2018 and 2022. Moreover, sales reached a record high of $87.1 billion, up 5.8% from 2021 levels. Roerink reported that unit sales declined for the second year in a row, by 2.8%. However, unit sales continued to trend slightly above the pre-pandemic 2019 levels, despite the substantial increase in prices seen since then.

Seafood suppliers and restaurant operators have worked to increase brand awareness throughout the Lenten season, which runs from 22 February through 6 April.

Red Lobster is among the restaurant chains heavily promoting seafood dishes throughout the season, while Morey’s and SeaPak offer recipes and contests.

St. Simons Island, Georgia, U.S.A.-based Morey’s, owned by Rich Products, is sponsoring a Morey’s Friday Night Cooking Club. The seafood manufacturer is partnering with a food influencer every Friday during Lent to “share a delicious chef-crafted dinner recipe that features Morey’s seafood products,” the company said in a news release.