Preparing for Seafood Expo.

Once again, Tropic Seafood, Ltd., will be joining our sister company, Beaver Street Fisheries at Seafood Expo North America (Boston Seafood Show). This year, Tropic Seafood will be exhibiting our Bahamian Spiny Lobster and American Red Snapper in a new display tank measuring 4 x 4 x 2 feet. Tropic

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Cultivating The American Red Snapper.

The American Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a species native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, but can also be found in the warm waters of the Bahamas. This commonly sought out game fish lives at depths of 30-200 ft, and although they’re commercially fished and

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Future Seafood Supplies.

(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

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Berried Female Lobsters.

(July 1, 2019) Each year in spring, after lobster season ends (August 1st—March 31st) , there are many lobsters that are left behind at Tropic Seafood and not air shipped to Asia. These lobsters didn’t make the cut because they were weak, missing antennae or had a soft shell due

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