News covering global seafood environment & sustainability issues.
By SeafoodSource staff
15 April, 2013
A new report from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation
(ISSF) shows that the world’s tuna fisheries are all working toward
setting their own reference points and harvest control rules, but only
one fishery has actually finished the task.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 April, 2013
The certification of seafood as “sustainable” by the nonprofit Marine Stewardship Council is too lenient and discretionary, a study by a consortium of researchers has found.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 April, 2013
Japan and Taiwan have signed a deal allowing Taiwan to fish near a group of disputed islands, prompting China to express “extreme concerns.”
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 April, 2013
It appears as though aspirations for compromise on the proposed Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the Russian Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery will be unsuccessful.
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09 April, 2013
The food and technology policy campaigner for Friends of the Earth reveals the new supermarket chains that have signed on to the Campaign for Genetically Engineered-Free Seafood, and the campaign's goals for this year.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 April, 2013
The Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch program has upgraded more than half of all Patagonian toothfish (Chilean sea bass) fisheries from “avoid” to “best choice” or “good alternative.”
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By Pilar Caride, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Vigo, Spain
05 April, 2013
On 1 March, the new point system for serious infringements of the
newly-revamped common fisheries policy (CFP) took effect in Spain, amid
criticism from the Spanish fisheries sector.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 April, 2013
An online seafood retailer is switching its business model to eliminate
distributors, in order to improve the connection between customer and
source, and to save money.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 April, 2013
A program called “Seafood Savers” initiated by WWF Indonesia is
targeting getting more players in the fishery industry to participate
toward improving sustainable fishing practices in the country.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 April, 2013
Salmon aquaculture firm Marine Harvest has joined up with a leading
wetland conservation group in a new agreement to help protect areas in
and around the Georgia Basin in British Columbia, Canada.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
03 April, 2013
The Tampa-based Florida Aquarium recently soft-launched its Seafood Now
sustainability program with partners that include Mitchell’s Fish
Market, The Columbia, Parkshore Grill, 400 Beach, and Mise en Place.
Sweetbay Supermarket, which carries MSC-certified seafood, is also a
partner in the Seafood Now program and will likely utilize its
educational materials in the future.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 April, 2013
Federal managers for Gulf of Alaska groundfish fisheries are crafting a
plan that will reduce bycatch by trawlers, and will very likely result
in catch shares. Now is the time for fishing residents to make sure the
program protects their access to local resources and sustains their
coastal communities.
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 March, 2013
Two seafood processors charged with violating the Clean Water Act have separately agreed to settle violations and pay fines with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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By SeafoodSource staff
29 March, 2013
Atlantic Shrimpers Prim7stars shrimps will now carry the Friend of the
Sea label, after the company’s Nigerian trawlers recently completed the
nonprofit group’s audit for tiger shrimps.
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By SeafoodSource staff
28 March, 2013
Day Boat Seafood, based in Lake Park, Fla., has received Marine Stewardship Council certification for the U.S. North Atlantic swordfish pelagic longline and handgear buoy line fishery.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 March, 2013
A new fishery, dubbed the U.K.’s first “community supported fishery,”
opened this week in Brighton, geared toward supporting responsible
fishing practices.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 March, 2013
Intertek Moody Marine on Tuesday announced a delay in completing the Marine Stewardship Council re-assessment of the Alaska salmon fishery.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 March, 2013
Three more Alaska seafood companies have been certified under the Food
and Agriculture Organization-based responsible fisheries
management (RFM) program.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 March, 2013
In the latest development in determining if the Russian Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery will obtain Marine Stewardship Council certification, the independent adjudicator for the case has asked the objectors to reach a compromise.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 March, 2013
A coalition of conservation groups seeking aquaculture reform is
praising a decision by the British Columbia provincial government to
delay issuing new or expanded tenures for net-cage salmon farms in the
Discovery Islands until at least 30 September 2020.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 March, 2013
The Marine Stewardship Council on Monday announced five appointments to its board of trustees.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 March, 2013
Greenpeace’s New Zealand division is calling out a major tuna company
there for supporting the use of Fish-Aggregating Devices (FAD)s.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 March, 2013
In the 1990’s many U.S. fisheries found themselves in crisis. The fish they relied on were deeply depleted from decades of getting caught faster than they could reproduce.
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By SeafoodSource staff
21 March, 2013
The company in charge of certifying the Russian Sea of Okhotsk Pollock fishery under the Marine Stewardship Council certification scheme has responded to objections lodged by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the At-sea Processors Association (APA).
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
21 March, 2013
Laura Rodríguez, MSC Spain and Portugal country manager, said she is pleased with the campaign’s first-week results indicating a healthy 6 percent increase in consumer awareness of the blue eco-label in participating outlets. Rodríguez explained that such joint marketing campaigns enable consumers to identify with the label in their daily shopping and commit to participating brands.
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