SeaFood Business

DEC 2012

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Editor's Note Publisher Mary Larkin / mlarkin@divcom.com Associate Publisher / Editor Fiona Robinson / frobinson@divcom.com Senior Editor, SeaFood Business James Wright / jwright@divcom.com Assistant Editor, SeaFood Business Melissa Wood / mwood@divcom.com Online Editor, SeafoodSource Sean Murphy / smurphy@divcom.com Assistant Editor, SeafoodSource April Forristall / aforristall@divcom.com Contributing Editors Resilience tested — again A t this point it seems like living near a coastline is more heartache than it's worth: oil spills, hurricanes, tsunamis and now "super storms." What's next on the list, rising sea level overtaking coastal villages? Living by the sea is a way of life for many, and if disaster strikes they'll always rebuild. For those who rely on the seafood industry there's no choice but to live by the water and pray you're prepared for when the next storm hits. For most in the Northeast United States, 2011's Hurricane Irene was "the massive storm that wasn't" — it was a gentle nudge before "the big one." Tose who thought they were over- prepared for Irene are now struggling to dig out and salvage what they can from Sandy. Before Tanksgiving there were still thousands of people living in shelters, 160,000 were still without power and the tally for economic losses in New York state alone was $30 billion. For additional Sandy news, see the News Recap on page 6. Container ships were sitting off New York and New Jersey waiting for a place to offload after the storm hit in late October. Seafood retailers and restaurants will struggle to rebuild during the year-end holidays, which normally would be their most profitable time. Like with other tragedies, which are happening all-too frequently these days, members of the seafood industry are not worried about the market impacts — they are worried about people. Whether it's helping supply materials for rebuilding, ensuring families get a hot meal or helping displaced animals, these are just a few of the many charities (in no particular order) offering Sandy relief: Red Cross: www.redcross.org/hurricane-sandy United Way: www.unitedway.org Salvation Army: https://donate.salvationarmyusa.org/disaster American Humane Association: www.americanhumane.org As N.J. Gov. Chris Christie put it, "Our resilience has always been our biggest strength." Tis perseverance could apply to any coastal area around the world ravaged by similar tragedies. No matter your proximity to the area, please do what you can to help the many people in need. Christine Blank, Chris Dove, Anthony Fletcher, Joanne Friedrick, Jason Holland, Lauren Kramer, Chris Loew Production Director Randy LeShane / rleshane@divcom.com Art Director Laura Lee Dobson / ldobson@divcom.com Production Associate Doug Stewart / dstewart@divcom.com Production Web Designer Katie Emery / kemery@divcom.com Advertising Coordinator Wendy Jalbert / wjalbert@divcom.com ADVERTISING SALES Sue Kogan, Sales Manager U.S. East Coast/Europe (305) 598-0757 / skogan@divcom.com Marjorie Ferris, Sales Manager U.S. West Coast/Asia/South America (207) 842-5631 / mferris@divcom.com CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING SALES Wes Doane (207) 842-5496 / wdoane@divcom.com SALES FAX: (207) 842-5611 www.twitter.com@SeaFoodBusiness www.facebook.com/SeaFoodBusinessmagazine @SeaFoodBusiness, @SeafoodSource .com/SeaFoodBusinessmagazine DIVERSIFIED BUSINESS COMMUNICATIONS 121 Free St., P.O. Box 7438 Portland, ME 04112-7438 (207) 842-5606 Fax: (207) 842-5603 Published by Diversified Business Communications Publisher of National Fisherman and WorkBoat Copyright © 2012 Diversified Business Communications PRINTED IN U.S.A. Producer of The International Boston Seafood Show, Seafood Processing America, New England Food Show, European Seafood Exposition, Seafood Processing Europe, Asian Seafood Expo, Seafood Barcelona and www.seafoodsource.com Editorial Advisory Board DISTRIBUTION Rich Polins, North Coast Seafoods Jim Wallace, C&S; Wholesale Grocers RETAIL Robert Cerullo, Wakefern Food Corp. Jack Gridley, Dorothy Lane Market 4 SeaFood Business December 2012 FOODSERVICE Roger Bing, Darden Restaurants Roger Berkowitz, Richard Vellante, Legal Sea Foods Steve LaHaie, Shaw's Crab House Andrew Wilkinson, Skipjack's Nancy Hasselback President/CEO Mary Larkin VP Seafood Expositions Liz Plizga Show Director, IBSS, ESE, SB Hilary Manning Sales Director, Seafood Expositions Karen Butland Sales Manager, IBSS Victoria Hennin VP Strategic Marketing and Business Intelligence (207) 842-5500 / Fax: (207) 842-5505 www.divbusiness.com

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