News covering global seafood environment & sustainability issues.
By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
10 December, 2009
The region sees the Slow Fish movement as an opportunity to support one of its last line-fishing villages — Kremmervika in the Lofoten Islands.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 December, 2009
Bandon Pacific, a subsidiary of Pacific Seafood Group, is appealing a violation and resulting fine from the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 December, 2009
The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation says the temporarily closure is necessary to protect western and central Pacific bigeye and yellowfin tuna stocks.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 December, 2009
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute board will take up the matter again at its meeting in early March.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 December, 2009
Alaska legislators and officials fear NOAA’s proposed Cook Inlet beluga whale critical habitat could restrict fishing activity in the area.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 December, 2009
The first-ever roundtable discussion aims to identify the needs and opportunities for industry leadership and collaboration on ocean stewardship issues.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 December, 2009
Fishing subsidies are contributing to overfishing and ultimately climate change, says Oceana.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
02 December, 2009
The Greens/European Free Alliance is wary of the EU’s fisheries partnership agreements with developing countries.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 December, 2009
Ron Rogness returns to the National Fisheries Institute to guide the organization’s renewed focus on sustainability.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
30 November, 2009
A team of scientists and environmentalists says certifying the Ross Sea toothfish harvest as well-managed and sustainable under the MSC program would be “completely inappropriate.”
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By SeafoodSource staff
30 November, 2009
The Marine Stewardship Council appoints Kerry Coughlin as regional director of its Americas office. She’s currently serving as the communications director.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 November, 2009
However, United Fishermen of Alaska's support is contingent on six conditions.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 November, 2009
The Dutch Fisheries Organization's Dover sole gillnet fishery is the 59th worldwide to earn the distinction.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 November, 2009
Scallops produced by Acuacultura y Pesca Group (Acuapesca) are the world’s first scallops to earn Friend of the Sea sustainability certification.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 November, 2009
The Illinois distributor will supply retail and foodservice markets with certified farmed seafood.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 November, 2009
The Pangasius Aquaculture Dialogue draft standards for sustainability are now in the final public comment period.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
19 November, 2009
Officials emphasize the role of responsible fisheries and aquaculture in the pursuit to end hunger and ensure food security worldwide.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 November, 2009
The European Commission applauded ICCAT’s decision to set the 2010 eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna quota at 13,500 metric tons, but the environmental community is not pleased.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 November, 2009
The certification will apply to all U.S. seafood exports to the EU, including product exported to a third country for secondary processing.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 November, 2009
Vietnam's Ben Tre clam harvest is the region's first fishery to earn Marine Stewardship Council sustainability certification.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 November, 2009
Salmon products bearing the Friend of the Sea eco-label from Fjord SpA and Sjotroll Havbruck AS will be on shelves within a year.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 November, 2009
The North East Atlantic stocks in question have declined 40 to 60 percent in the past two years and are overfished, according to Friend of the Sea.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 November, 2009
A documentary by Canadian filmmaker Damien Gillis intended to reveal the environmental and socio-economic impacts of salmon farming in Norway premieres next week.
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By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
04 November, 2009
The Australian Southern Bluefin Tuna Association says there will be a substantial loss of jobs and money due to the 30 percent quota reduction.
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 November, 2009
The Japanese Tosakatsuo Suisan Group lands about 10 percent of the fishery’s total catch of 40,000 to 50,000 metric tons.
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