29 May, 2012 - By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
Scotland’s salmon output is set to rise 4 percent annually through 2020, with growth coming from a 50:50 mix of new farm sites and an increase in the capacity at existing sites. But this process is not as a straight forward as it may appear.
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29 May, 2012 - By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
Stephen Cameron of the Scottish Shellfish Marketing Group says mussels are rapidly gaining in popularity with consumers in the UK and beyond.
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24 May, 2012 - By SeafoodSource staff
The following is a op-ed piece published in the New York Times and submitted by Ray Hilborn, a University of Washington fisheries science professor, and Ulrike Hilborn, a retired organic farmer. They are the authors of “Overfishing: What Everyone Needs to Know.”
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24 May, 2012 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
Don’t hold your breath waiting for the mainstream media ease up on the sensationalism or the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to drop its zero-tolerance policy for banned animal drugs.
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23 May, 2012 - By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
What’s that in the sky? It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … salmon?
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18 May, 2012 - By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
The Scottish salmon smoker’s director says the company continues to watch demand for its premium products grow in the Middle East, Far East and Europe, despite the current economic uncertainty.
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15 May, 2012 - By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
Thailand’s seafood exports have more than doubled to USD 5 billion in the past decade, according to Panisuan Jamnarnwej of the Thai Frozen Foods Association.
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09 May, 2012 - By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
The mood is upbeat at the 6th World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh, Scotland, as keynote speakers temper doom and gloom messages of the past decade with notes of optimism.
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07 May, 2012 - By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
It’s a sustainability jungle, was how Nguyen Huu Dzung, VP of the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP), summed up the morass of aquaculture certification schemes currently being pushed by various NGOs.
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04 May, 2012 - By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
Project Ocean — the flashy campaign led by high-end London retailer Selfridges & Co. — is marking its first anniversary with a focus on educating youth on the importance of seafood sustainability.
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