I’m seeing more and more fish and shellfish coming from China.
I see that stamped on the package and put it right back.
Not taking any chances....
Just 9 percent of the seafood eaten in the United States is domestically caught, the federal government estimates. In New England, locally caught cod was just a slightly larger fraction of all cod eaten, 12 percent, according to fisheries economist Jenny Sun of the Portland, Maine-based Gulf of Maine Research Institute. And she estimates that could drop to 4 percent after the coming cuts.
Much of the imported cod is caught and frozen in Norway and cut in China, and there’s plenty of it, Sun said. If the local cod catch dips to near nothing, fish processors “could easily fill in with imports,” Sun said. http://news.yahoo.com/fishings-decline-looms-fish-eaters-notice-155623383.html
I’ve noticed the same thing. I went to pick up a bag of frozen crawfish meat the other day, and it was all from China. I passed, and found some domestically-raised shrimp instead. The etouffee was just as good, and I rested a bit easier that night.