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Join us... Inside This Issue 4 SeaFood Business April 2014 SFB Staff and Contributors n SeaFood Business Contributing Editor Christine Blank has been covering the seafood industry for several years, and the retail and restaurant industries for more than 15 years. Blank, who pens our monthly What's in Store feature, resides in Lake Mary, Fla. Her articles have appeared in leading newspapers and trade magazines, including the New York Times, USA Today and Advertising Age. For Top Story, Blank reveals why the milllenial and baby boomer demographic groups are so vital to seafood marketers. She shares the top ways that manufacturers, retailers and restaurants can cater to these potentially lucrative groups. "If you don't understand what makes millennials tick and the type of foods they want to purchase, you defnitely need to read this article," Blank says. "Millennials are the current and future lifeblood of your business." n Contributing Editor Lauren Kramer is a freelance journalist who lives in British Columbia with her husband and four children. She loves to read, write and travel. She writes about the business of food, travel and weddings, and about literature, religion and family life. n SeaFood Business Art Director Laura Lee Dobson has been a graphic designer for more than 25 years, with SFB for 11 of those. She relishes assignments requiring original art that best illustrates content from the writers, as seen on this cover and on the March issue. At home, photography and sketches fll her studio where she resides with her husband and three children in Saco, Maine. Go online to receive FREE News at or email editor@seafoodsource.com SEAFOOD BUSINESS (ISSN 0889 3217), April 2014, Vol. 33, No. 4, is published monthly by Diversifed Business Communications of 121 Free St., Portland, ME 04101; P.O. Box 7438, Portland, ME 04112-7438. SUBSCRIPTIONS: In the United States, $57 per year. In Canada, $69 per year. In all other countries, $99 per year, air mail only. For subscription information, call (978) 671-0444. Periodicals postage paid at Portland, Maine, and at additional mailing offces. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to SeaFood Business, P.O. Box 1741, Lowell, MA 01853. Canada Post International Publications Mail product (Canadian Distribution) Sales Agreement No. 40028984, SeaFood Business. Return Undeliverable Canadian Addresses to Circulation Dept. or DPGM, 4960-2 Walker Road, Windsor, ON N9A 6J3. Printed in U.S.A. From time to time, we make your name and address available to other companies whose products and services may interest you. If you prefer not to receive such mailings, please send a copy of your mailing label to SeaFood Business' Mailing Preference Service, P.O. Box 7438, Portland, ME 04112-7438. 56 12 49 Departments 10 News Recap 16 Throw Backs 18 Market Report 20 Retail Report oysters 22 Trade Tracker 2013 in review 48 People in the News 49 Product Update 49 Seafood Calendar 51 Seafood Marketplace 55 Seafood Classifeds 55 Advertiser Index Columns 6 Editor's Note 8 Point of View Kevin Voisin, Ignite Marketing 56 NetWorking Cory Bahr, Cotton ON THE COVER Marketing to millennials is key to the seafood industry's future. Cover and Top Story photos taken at Boone's Fish House and Oyster Room in Portland, Maine. Photo by Laura Lee Dobson 02_04TableOfContents.indd 4 3/25/14 2:22 PM