News covering global seafood environment & sustainability issues.
By SeafoodSource staff
17 January, 2013
The Fiji Tuna Boat Owners Association hopes to get better prices for
their albacore tuna after receiving certification from the Marine
Stewardship Council.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 January, 2013
A new report from the Salmon and Trout Association (S&TA) on the RSPCA/Freedom Food certification of Scottish farmed salmon reveals serious concerns over the failure of Freedom Food to take proper account of the wider environmental impact of the accredited farms.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 January, 2013
A new study from the University of Washington has found that most
fishery management plans, which base quotas on the abundance of fish
stocks, may be inaccurately guessing how much fish is actually out
there.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 January, 2013
The American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA) in San Diego has achieved Marine Stewardship Council certification for a second time for the North and South Pacific albacore fisheries.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 January, 2013
Akeri BioMarine announced it has been recognized by Nutrition Business Journal for its role in building krill fishery infrastructure. For its efforts, Aker has been given the journal’s 2012 Investing in the Future award.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 January, 2013
An Auckland-based commercial fishing company has been fined USD 1.9
million after being found guilty in a U.S. court of dumping oily waste
in waters off American Samoa.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 January, 2013
Scientists have released a new stock assessment report for Pacific
bluefin tuna showing devastating effects of overfishing on the species
in the northern Pacific Ocean.
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
09 January, 2013
In early December, the European Parliament approved new rules empowering
the European Commission to ban European Union imports of overfished
mackerel.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 January, 2013
The Hess Collection is joining an ongoing program that seeks to educate
consumers and businesses about sustainable seafood, associating its wine
offerings with the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program
starting in January.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 January, 2013
U.S.-based Panos’ has obtained Friend of the Sea certification for its Yankee Clipper brand of anchovies from Morocco.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 January, 2013
Three British Columbia chum salmon fisheries have been awarded Marine Stewardship Council certification.
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07 January, 2013
Nicolas Guichoux, regional director for MSC Europe, discusses the harmonization of global certification standards, and the importance of recently-MSC certified Icelandic cod and haddock fisheries.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 January, 2013
Trans Global Products has joined the National Fisheries Institute (NFI)
Crab Council, in support of the council’s work to promote
sustainability.
In a statement, Trans Global’s Irene Chen
specifically mentioned the council’s work funding blue swimming crab
sustainability projects in southeast Asia.
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 December, 2012
An EU fisheries deal on catches for next year was hailed by the UK today
as good for the fishing industry and good for "the health of our seas."
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By SeafoodSource staff
20 December, 2012
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has awarded certification to the
North Sea plaice and sole fishermen’s Cooperative Fisheries Organization
(CVO), following an assessment of the plaice fishery and its Dover sole
bycatch in the Netherlands.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 December, 2012
Retailers on three continents now are objecting to unsustainable fishing
practices in the South Pacific, as South Africa’s Pick n Pay has
announced an interest in Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)-certified
skipjack tuna sourced from the area.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 December, 2012
Ireland and Scotland have warned that cuts called for in EU fishing
quotas will mean the loss of hundreds of jobs and sharp increases in
discarded fish.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 December, 2012
Small-scale fishermen have joined Greenpeace in protests outside the EU
council building in Brussels this week, as the EU negotiates over
fishing quotas to be set for 2013.
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By SeafoodSource staff
18 December, 2012
World Wildlife Fund (WWF) advocates praised the European Parliament’s
vote today to support a draft report on fisheries reform, which included
five items on the WWF’s wish list.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 December, 2012
Spanish Conservas La Gaviota’s Arroyabe brand tuna recently received
Friend of the Sea certification, according to a release from Friend of
the Sea.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 December, 2012
A new study by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) claims that fisheries
ministers rarely follow the scientific advice when making decisions
about fishing quotas.
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By SeafoodSource staff
13 December, 2012
Fancy buying South Australian snapper for a Christmas barbecue, or
casting a line for wild barramundi in Queensland, but worried about the
pressure on fish stocks? There's comfort in new data showing most fish in Australia are caught in sustainable numbers.
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By SeafoodSource staff
13 December, 2012
Switzerland seafood company Dyhrberg’s Krista Top Seafood brand black
tiger shrimp has been certified as Friend of the Sea sustainable,
according to an announcement form Friend of the Sea.
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By SeafoodSource staff
13 December, 2012
The Fiji Albacore Tuna Long Line fishery has been awarded Marine
Stewardship Counncil (MSC) certification, the fourth fishery in the
South Pacific and the first in Fiji to do so, according to an
announcement from the MSC.
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By SeafoodSource staff
13 December, 2012
Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE) launched a national boycott of farmed smoked salmon for Christmas has been launched as part of the protest against the expansion of the salmon farming along the Irish coast.
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