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Throw Backs 1984 Value-added ventures 'Seafood Catalog' issue highlights latest product forms N early three decades ago, seafood suppliers targeting the U.S. market picked up on consumers' desire for "natural" looking pieces of value-added fish cut from fillets rather than blocks. Our New Products, A Look to 1985 feature detailed this and other product trends. Previously underutilized species like squid and mussels were made available in sauces and portions, making for easy 1994 Flat fish Retailers bemoan lack of wholesale push Sept/Oct 1994 Vol. 13, No. 5 Y ou could take much of the 1994 Retail Survey article, Riding Out the Doldrums, and apply it to current events. "We are not losing ground, but we're not gaining," was the common refrain among retailers who also said seafood was losing the protein battle with chicken and beef and that consumers seemed unaware of seafood's health benefits. "Seafood will never be more than 2 percent of 2004 Jumbo spat Antidumping petition throws shrimp importers into a boil F or such a small creature, it sure causes big problems. Shrimp, the United States' favorite seafood, was the focus of a contentious trade dispute. With 60 percent of the nation's shrimp supply constantly fluctuating in price, buying shrimp was pure guesswork. "I've never seen the market so confused and unsettled," said one industry veteran in the article Shrimp Buyers' Enigma. Southern shrimpers 12 SeaFood Business September 2012 filed an antidumping petition in 2003 against imports from China, Vietnam, Tailand, Ecuador and Brazil, which represented about three-quarters of all imports. Some exporters were hit with preliminary dumping margins of up to 113 percent and importers were forced to post equivalent cash deposits or bonds. But even these barriers never seriously shrimp's No. 1 status. For updated NEWS, go to www.SeafoodSource.com threatened Sept 2004 Vol. 23, No. 9 supermarket sales," said Al Kober of Clemens Markets, who should have played the lottery more often. And how's this for crystal ball gazing: Roger Anderson of Seafood Partners predicted that increased global demand and a weak U.S. dollar would strengthen distribution channels in Asia and Europe. "With increasing consumption there, the U.S. is not as attractive a market," he said. preparation. Chowders, ready to heat and eat, were being manufactured all over the country. And finally, value- added wild salmon products were coming of age. But as Rick Muir of Peter Pan Seafoods pointed out, the fresh-versus-frozen debate remained big. "We're all facing a problem marketing frozen product," he said, "because the big push countrywide is on fresh." Sept/Oct 1984 Vol. 3, No. 4