Editorial commentaries on the domestic and global seafood industry.
By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
17 July, 2012
It wasn’t 10 years ago that social media was just a buzz word, MySpace was the No. 1 social-networking site and Facebook was limited to college students. But these days social media is an influential tool in U.S. politics, and now even seafood is involved.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
17 July, 2012
Unprecedented volumes of European cod are due to hit the market in 2013. While exporters fear further price drops, producers of alternative whitefish stand to lose the most ground.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
13 July, 2012
Only about half of the Vietnamese companies that were dealing in pangasius last year are still in business, and around another 100 such companies are expected to halt production after the autumn harvest.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 July, 2012
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
10 July, 2012
The virus that has devastated Pacific oyster stocks in France is threatening to impact the structure of the Scottish oyster industry.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
05 July, 2012
This was the message that Martyn Boyers, CEO of Grimsby Fish Dock Enterprises, had for guests at the UK’s National Federation of Fishmongers 80th Anniversary Luncheon, which was held at Fishmongers’ Hall in London on 25 June. ‘We need fishmongers and their expertise,’ he said.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
29 June, 2012
New Zealand’s Pacific oyster industry has been navigating rough seas for the last two years due to an OsHV-1 outbreak, but there are at last signs that the worst of the storm has passed.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
26 June, 2012
It can take a hefty sum to get your brand featured in a movie or on a TV show. But one salmon producer got the same exposure free of charge.
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
26 June, 2012
Seafood is the most globally traded food commodity, yet there are no international standards related to documentation and record keeping nor to tracking protocols.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
25 June, 2012
A new documentary and book in Germany are questioning the practices of the World Wildlife Fund, including its ties to Marine Harvest, the world’s largest farmed salmon producer.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
25 June, 2012
Here’s a rundown of SeafoodSource’s five most-read stories and commentaries of June 2012.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
15 June, 2012
A resolution to drag out to the end of the decade the implementation of maximum sustainable yields in European seas has taken considerable shine off last week’s breakthrough negotiations.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
13 June, 2012
European fisheries ministers have finally agreed to implement a series of bans on discarding fish at sea, but it’s not the deal many were hoping for.
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
12 June, 2012
An emphasis on premium quality products, a focus on new destinations such as Russia and Brazil and the recovery of traditional markets for frozen mussel meats are once again fueling the growth of Chile’s mussel trade.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
11 June, 2012
Something must be done to improve yield and increase automation in Norway if its whitefish processing industry is to continue at its current capacity.
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
01 June, 2012
While it’s true that most British shellfish end up in other European markets, initiatives are under way to reverse this trend.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
30 May, 2012
Here’s a rundown of SeafoodSource’s five most-read stories and commentaries of May 2012.
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By Mike Urch, SeafoodSource contributing editor
29 May, 2012
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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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
29 May, 2012
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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By SeafoodSource staff
24 May, 2012
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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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
24 May, 2012
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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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
23 May, 2012
What’s that in the sky? It’s a bird, it’s a plane, it’s a … salmon?
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By Jason Holland, SeafoodSource contributing editor reporting from London
18 May, 2012
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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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
15 May, 2012
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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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
09 May, 2012
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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