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(July 2, 2019) Currently, more than 50% of the seafood consumed in the world comes from aquaculture. Principal species include salmon, shrimp, tilapia, swai, sea bass, and catfish. Some upcoming species in aquaculture are tuna, hamachi (yellowtail kingfish), grouper, cobia, and snapper. Shrimp, catfish, and swai culture typically occurs in

(March 6, 2019) The Bahamas Marine Export Assoc. was instrumental in completing a Fishery Improvement Plan (FIP) for the Bahamian lobster fishery. As a result, The Bahamas lobster fishery is now fully certified by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) as a sustainable fishery for Caribbean Spiny Lobsters (Panulirus argus). Tropic

(March 6, 2019) University of Miami’s Rosentiel’s School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, and Director of Aquaculture Dr. Daniel Benetti, have delivered Tropic Seafood 1000 baby Olive Flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus) to promote aquaculture in the Bahamas. These new fingerlings will allow Tropic Seafood, to continue their aquaculture research and determine

(March 5, 2019) At Tropic Seafood, we manage and control the quality of each and every Bahamian Lobster tail we sell. We do this by utilizing a high speed, computer controlled, Morrell lobster tail grading-machine which accurately grades 90 tails a minute into 10 weight categories from 4 oz. to

(February 15, 2019) Tropic Seafood Ltd. is currently working with the Bahamian Department of Marine Resources and the Bahamian Government to undertake a population survey for a new species of crab that could possibly be the start of a new fishery in The Bahamas: the Golden Crab (Chaceon fenneri). Known

Natalie Miaoulis and the Bahamas Spiny Lobster FIP – Working to ensure a thriving sustainable industry for generations to come. The Nature Conservancy’s Natalie Miaoulis has been working in the Bahamas, resilience of that country’s fisheries. The Bahamas is among the top three seafood producing countries in the Caribbean, behind

IntraFish – August 15, 2017 Beaver Street Fisheries subsidiary touts breakthrough in grouper farming. Tropic Seafood manages to spawn Nassau grouper in tanks for the first time. After several attempts, Beaver Street Fisheries’ Bahamian subsidiary, Tropic Seafood, finally found a breakthrough in its attempt to farm Nassau grouper. Jon Chaiton,