News covering global seafood environment & sustainability issues.
By SeafoodSource staff
09 September, 2010
Results of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) meeting this week will play a critical role in setting catch limits for struggling Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks.
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 September, 2010
The World Wildlife Fund, Edeka and Kutterfisch-Zentrale GmbH on Monday called on European Union Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki to pursue “ambitious” reform to the EU’s Common Fishery Policy (CFP).
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By SeafoodSource staff
07 September, 2010
Zhangzidao Fishery Group America Corp. (ZF America) and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) on Monday announced a new partnership centered on developing a sustainable seafood strategy.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 September, 2010
A collection of six scientists led by Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia’s Fisheries Centre are calling for major reform of the Marine Stewardship Council in a report published in Thursday’s issue of the journal Nature.
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By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
02 September, 2010
The much-publicized dumping of decommissioned military tanks into the Gulf of Thailand is only part of a long-term project to increase local fish stocks and prevent overfishing by creating artificial reefs in the Gulf of Thailand.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 September, 2010
The Marine Stewardship Council on Thursday immediately responded to a report the 2 September issue of the journal Nature criticizing the sustainable seafood program.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 August, 2010
Sea Port Products announced on Wednesday that it is partnering with the New England Aquarium to assess the fisheries and farms from which it sources seafood.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
25 August, 2010
The draft Sustainable Fisheries Act recently approved by Spain’s Council of Ministers aims to foster “rational, responsible and sustainable fisheries resources” in accordance with European Union legislation, international regulations and the Food and Agricultural Organization’s Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries, Spain’s Ministry for Rural and Marine Affairs said this week.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 August, 2010
The controversial Fraser River sockeye fishery may get vindication for obtaining Marine Stewardship Council certification by possibly reaching its largest run in 60 years.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 August, 2010
The World Wildlife Fund on Tuesday announced that it will help King & Prince Seafood assess the fisheries from which it sources and develop a sustainable seafood purchasing strategy.
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By Lisa Duchene, SeafoodSource contributing editor
20 August, 2010
There's a lot of uncertainty surrounding the oil disaster's impact on the Gulf of Mexico ecosystem and the seafood species that rely on it.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
19 August, 2010
The Marine Stewardship Council fires back at the Pew Environment Group for urging its members to oppose the sustainability certification of the Florida-based swordfish and yellowfin and bigeye tuna fisheries and providing them with limited information on the MSC assessment process.
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By SeafoodSource staff
13 August, 2010
The 16-vessel Cornish sardine fleet receives funding from both Marks & Spencer and Seafish to complete its Marine Stewardship Council assessment.
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By SeafoodSource staff
06 August, 2010
The California-based retailer, whose stores include Raley's, Bel Air Markets, Nob Hill Markets and Food Source, will now source raw and cooked shrimp from Best Aquaculture Pracitices-certified facilities.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 August, 2010
The 21 member boats of the Association des Bolincheurs de Bretagne and holders of a purse seiner license can now utilize the Marine Stewardship Council eco-label.
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By Lisa Duchene, SeafoodSource contributing editor
03 August, 2010
From the early 1990s to 2007, when California kings migrated from the Pacific to the Sacramento River Delta, the fishery thrived. Now the collapse of the fishery has led to local coastal economies losing 1,823 and USD 118.4 million in income.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 August, 2010
Conservation groups in Canada are launching a campaign encouraging European consumers to avoid Fraser River sockeye salmon, calling the Marine Stewardship Council certification "rubber stamped."
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 August, 2010
After lengthy review, the Marine Stewardship Council drops its sustainability objection procedure fees by two-thirds.
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By SeafoodSource staff
30 July, 2010
Products from Canada's Pacific sablefish fishery are now eligible to carry the Marine Stewardship Council eco-label for sustainable seafood.
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By SeafoodSource staff
30 July, 2010
The decision was expected after an independent adjudicator upheld a determination recommending that the Fraser River sockeye salmon fishery be certified as sustainable and well managed.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 July, 2010
The San Francisco seafood distributor is phasing out orange roughy and Chilean sea bass and, by year’s end, bluefin tuna.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 July, 2010
The Dutch seafood supplier’s Pacific white shrimp is farmed in Vietnam and offered in six product forms.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 July, 2010
The new site details Young’s sustainable seafood sourcing program and will serve as an industry-wide forum for debate on sustainable fisheries and aquaculture.
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By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
23 July, 2010
Melissa Carrasquillo talks to SeafoodSource about her new role as City Sea Foods' chief sustainability officer and about the future of the sustainable seafood movement.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 July, 2010
A President Obama-appointed task force recommends making marine spatial planning a priority as part of an ecosystem-based approach to managing U.S. fisheries.
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