Experience

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  Seafood Datasearch

  • President Seafood Datasearch; Writer of Winding Glass Column at SeafoodNews

    • Oct 2019 - Present

    Having stepped down as Publisher and Editor of Seafood News, I am now continuing my seafood market consulting projects covering shrimp, crab, groundfish, salmon and other species; doing numerous speaking engagements, and writing my Winding Glass column for SeafoodNews.

  • President

    • Jun 1996 - Present

    Seafood Datasearch is a consulting company providing market analysis, forecasting, and strategic advice on seafood markets. Specialties include presenting economic data in a way that is helpful to both harvesters and processors, and presenting trends in the industry to wider audiences. Seafood Datasearch also does analysis of seafood projects for individual companies

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  Seafood.com News

  • Greater Boston Area

  • Founder and Publisher

    • Jun 1997 - Present
    • Greater Boston Area
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  Seafood.com

  • Editor and Publisher of Seafood.com News

    • 1994 - Present

    Founder of Seafood.com, and editor and publisher of Seafood.com News since 1997. Seafood.com News is the most widely read daily seafood industry electronic trade publication in N. America. By subscription only. We have a non-subscription news summary available as well at http://www.seafood.com

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  Baader North America

  • General Manager

    • Sep 1984 - May 1994

    Started as marketing manager, became VP of Sales for fish and meat machines, then general manager; left company after helping plan corporate move from Massachusetts to Florida.

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  Seafood Business Magazine

  • Associate Editor

    • Jan 1984 - Jun 1986

    conceive and write articles on seafood industry

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  Sackton Seafood Imports

  • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

  • Owner

    • Jan 1984 - Sep 1984
    • Boston, Massachusetts, United States

    Worked as US representative for small Chilean exporter of swordfish, merluza, sea bass, and king crab. One of the worst experiences of my life was trying to sell 3 about to expire LDCs of fresh swordfish in LA on a summer Friday afternoon while I was supposedly on vacation in Nantucket. Importi...

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  New England Fisheries Development Foundation

  • Program Director

    • Jan 1980 - Jan 1984

    Managed S-K grant program of hundreds of thousands of dollars per year to promote underutilized species, quality, and marketing for New England seafood processors and harvesters.