06 October, 2009 - By Lisa Duchene, SeafoodSource contributing editor
The Gulf of Maine Research Institute is bringing fishermen, processors, chefs, scientists and retailers together to tackle sustainability for the region’s fisheries.
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29 September, 2009 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
Two of the world’s largest whitefish fisheries are feeling the heat from the environmental camp, which says much more than nature is to blame for the recent falloff of the hoki and pollock stocks. If New Zealand and Alaska aren’t getting it right, then aren’t all sizable fish stocks in trouble?
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24 September, 2009 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
Three of the world’s largest whitefish fisheries — Bering Sea pollock, Barents Sea cod and New Zealand hoki — made international headlines this week, in addition to Atlantic bluefin tuna. Here’s why.
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23 September, 2009 - By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
With the arrival of autumn, mainstream media outlets were bursting with seafood news, led by The New York Times’ story about New Zealand’s hoki fishery.
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16 September, 2009 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
Innovation, determination and an invincible entrepreneurial spirit have fueled the growth of the seafood industry over the years. Ernie Voisin embodied all of those qualities. Sadly, we now say goodbye to one of seafood’s true pioneers.
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10 September, 2009 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
The European Commission’s decision to support an international trade ban on Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna topped this week’s SeafoodSource coverage.
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08 September, 2009 - By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
The summer months are typically slow on seafood news. But talk of mercury in fish still managed to make headlines.
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02 September, 2009 - By James Wright, SeaFood Business senior editor
Ocean acidification may prove to be irreversible. But as this symptom of climate change gains awareness, hope remains that global leaders can slow its progress. They have to try, and seafood companies can push them.
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31 August, 2009 - By Lisa Duchene, SeafoodSource contributing editor
The Food Marketing Institute’s Sustainable Seafood Working Group is rolling up its sleeves and addressing such issues as bycatch head-on. It’s a intimidating task, but one that’s bound to pay dividends for the sustainable seafood movement.
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27 August, 2009 - By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
This week’s SeafoodSource coverage ranged from a Q&A with a prominent food toxicologist to an innovation that’s bound to bolster the mid-Atlantic blue crab industry.
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