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Changing the Definition of Sustainability

SeaFood Business
May 16, 2008 - Sustainable seafood really comes down to trusting not just a product, but the company behind it. If the industry is going to move forward on the sustainable seafood front, this is exactly what is needed....
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Tax Rebates Not Helping Restaurants

SeaFood Business
May 14, 2008 - Taxpayer rebate checks are out, but consumers' plans for the money aren't necessarily what the federal government had in mind. Does it spell trouble for the foodservice and seafood industries?...
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Suddenly Silent Solidarity Center Needs to Speak Up

SeaFood Business
May 12, 2008 - The Solidarity Center identified only one of the 25 shrimp-processing facilities in Thailand and Bangladesh it cited for extensive labor abuse in its report, "The True Cost of Shrimp." Now it's time for the workers' rights organization to come out of hiding and name names....
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Supply & Trade

Ghana: Fishermen Urge Government to Ban Chinese Fishing Vessels

BBC Monitoring Africa
May 16, 2008 - Over 300 fishermen from across the coastline of Ghana have gathered here in Accra to appeal to government to intervene in the operations of pair trawlers which they say is killing the industry....
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Slow Down, Fla. Fishermen Tell Feds; Ban Too Much, Too Soon

Florida Keys Keynoter, Marathon, Fla.
May 16, 2008 - Slow down on the rush to require circle hooks in the Atlantic Ocean's snapper-grouper fishery, both commercial and recreational fishermen will tell federal managers....
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Lawmakers Blast Federal Fishery Officials Over Salmon Losses

Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
May 16, 2008 - West Coast Democrats amassed at a House hearing on the collapse of salmon stocks. Brimming with anger, they pointed fingers at federal fishery officials for writing scientific reports that let it happen....
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Food Safety & Health

Biologists Fear Bad Year for Red Tide

Bangor Daily News
May 16, 2008 - Marine biologists say 2008 could be a bad year for red tide in coastal Maine waters based on recent shellfish surveys and current weather patterns....
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Pieces Are in Place for a Red Tide Outbreak Along New England Coast

USA TODAY
May 13, 2008 - Conditions are ripe for a "red tide" outbreak this spring and summer along the New England coast, scientists at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution report this week. ...
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Pesticide and Industrial Pollution Reduced in U.S. Coastal Waters

Knight Ridder Washington Bureau
May 12, 2008 - Some good news from the government scientists who study pollution in U.S. coastal waters: A newly released 20-year study shows overall levels of pesticides and industrial chemicals are generally decreasing....
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Reader Feedback

Canada Dropping the Ball on Net Weights

SeaFood Business
May 07, 2008 - One reader writes in on the Canadian Food Inspection Agency....
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Readers Respond to Red Tide Editorial

SeaFood Business
May 06, 2008 - SeafoodSource News readers respond to SeaFood Business' Associate Editor James Wright's commentary from Monday's newsletter....
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Readers Respond to Wednesday's Commentary

SeaFood Business
May 01, 2008 - SeafoodSource News readers respond to commentary from SeaFood Business' Associate Editor James Wright....
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SeaFood Business

Congress Hands Farm Bill to President Bush

SeaFood Business
May 16, 2008 - Congress this week passed a final version of the Farm Bill....
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Louisiana Chefs to Battle for Cook-Off Spot

SeaFood Business
May 16, 2008 - Twelve of Louisiana's top chefs will compete for the title of King or Queen of Louisiana Seafood....
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Pacific Seafoods Closes British Columbia Plant

SeaFood Business
May 16, 2008 - Pacific Seafoods Group has closed its Sidney, British Columbia, seafood processing facility....
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Retail & Foodservice

A New Crowd Cultivates a Taste for Caviar

USA TODAY
May 16, 2008 - At some of the USA's hottest and hippest restaurants, young chefs are rediscovering a food once revered by their grandparents but largely ignored by today's jet-set diners: It's those salty little fish eggs, better known as caviar....
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N.Y. Fish Joint Gets the Hook

Times Union
May 16, 2008 - L-Ken's, a popular fish fry and ice cream stand on Central Avenue, won't be opening this spring. In fact, it won't be opening ever again....
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Loch Fyne Oysters Nets Prestigious Prize

Evening Times; Glasgow (UK)
May 16, 2008 - LOCH Fyne Oysters took the top retail award for fish and seafood at the Food & Drink Excellence Awards....
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Aquaculture

Solidarity Center Defends Labor Abuse Report

SeaFood Business
May 16, 2008 - The Solidarity Center yesterday explained why it declined to identify the shrimp processing plants it cited in its 40-page report....
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Falling Tra Prices Hurt Vietnamese Farmers

SeaFood Business
May 15, 2008 - The price of Vietnamese tra catfish has been declining over the past couple of months, with estimated total loss of over $18,500....
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Recommendations for Sustainable Shrimp Fishery Management Off Calif. Coast

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology
May 15, 2008 - The Baja California Peninsula is considered Mexico's most productive in terms of commercial fisheries. Very few quantitative assessments of the economic importance of this region exist, especially considering artisanal fisheries and their relationships with ecological data....
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