News covering global seafood environment & sustainability issues.
By SeafoodSource staff
25 October, 2012
More than 500 chefs are calling on the United States government to take action on seafood fraud and mislabeling.
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By SeafoodSource staff
25 October, 2012
Baja Marine Foods, a subsidiary of Tri Maine, and French deep-sea fishing company Sapmer have been certified sustainable by Friend of the Sea.
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24 October, 2012
Speaking recently at a seminar in London organized by the Westminster
Food & Nutrition Forum, Jon Walker from UK charity Sustain shares
his experience in striving to establish London as the world's first
sustainable fish city, and how the Olympic games was the ideal
springboard to propel...
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By Christine Blank, SeafoodSource contributing editor
23 October, 2012
Harmonizing the many global sustainability standards will be a focus of seafood traders attending the Global Aquaculture Alliance’s GOAL Conference in Bangkok, Thailand on 30 October to 2 November.
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By SeafoodSource staff
23 October, 2012
Members of the Maritime seafood sector say they’re looking at making adjustments in the lobster industry as the Atlantic Ocean continues to heat up.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 October, 2012
International environmental watchdog group Greenpeace has released its
fourth Canned Tuna Guide, and this time the guide is targeting a popular
brand of Australian canned tuna.
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By SeafoodSource staff
22 October, 2012
The Philippine government hopes to replenish fish populations in key
marine areas around the country through a program called “Ecofish,” a
joint project with the United States Agency for International
Development (USAID).
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 October, 2012
Armed with a clip board and wearing bright yellow waders, Rima Jabado
looked the part of a government inspector at the Dubai fish market as
workers sawed the fins off hundreds of dead sharks from Oman and bagged
them for export to Asian restaurants.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 October, 2012
While more than two dozen salmon companies in Alaska went on record earlier this
year saying they were no longer working with the Marine Stewardship
Council on sustainability certification for wild salmon, it seems at least five other companies will continue working with the London-based group.
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By SeafoodSource staff
19 October, 2012
UK- based seafood supplier Simsons Fisheries has gained Marine Stewardship Council chain of custody certification allowing it to supply certified sustainable seafood to numerous major foodservice clients in the UK.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 October, 2012
U.S. retailer Roche Bros. and seafood processor Foley Fish have launched a traceability program to allow shoppers to get information on the origin of certain fish by scanning QR (Quick Response) codes in-store.
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 October, 2012
New Zealand aquaculture and fish farming company Sanford Limited
announced today that it has become the first New Zealand company to join
the World Ocean Council (WOC), a global corporate alliance that
supports ocean sustainability.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 October, 2012
The Fisheries Agency yesterday denied accusations that Taiwan is complicit in overfishing in the western and central Pacific Ocean, saying the building of fishing vessels is strictly controlled by the government and that all newly built fishing vessels are replacements of old boats.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 October, 2012
The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (ASMI) has announced six Alaska seafood processors recently became Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)-based Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) chain of custody certified.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 October, 2012
This month’s Frieze Art Fair in London sees the world’s first QR-code
sushi firmly on the menu. A select number of art lovers will be invited
to take part in a trial, scanning edible QR-codes on their salmon bento
boxes to discover the sustainability story behind their sushi.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 October, 2012
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, in coordination with the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals, Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry, LSU AgCenter, Louisiana SeaGrant, Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board and fisheries industry leaders, launched the Louisiana Certified Seafood Program this week.
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By SeafoodSource staff
12 October, 2012
American and Taiwanese activists with Greenpeace occupied one of Taiwan's largest shipyards Friday morning,
accusing the Taiwanese government of "undermining" international
agreements designed to curb overfishing worldwide.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
11 October, 2012
Value chain of farmed rainbow trout revealed in pioneering carbon footprint study.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 October, 2012
Deep-sea fishing operator Sapmer has received Friend of the Sea certification for its tuna activity.
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By Lisa Duchene, SeafoodSource contributing editor
10 October, 2012
In Wilkinson’s Basin, an area in the Gulf of Maine east of Boston, University of Maine marine scientist Jeffrey Runge is looking for a fat-rich copepod called Calanus finmarchicus. Herring eat these teeny animals, a type of zooplankton.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 October, 2012
Young’s Seafood Ltd. recently announced it’s making Fish for Life its whole business philosophy.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 October, 2012
The National Marine Fisheries Service has relaxed its limits on the number of endangered sea turtles that can be captured and possibly killed by Hawaiian swordfish fishermen using a long hooked fishing line.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 October, 2012
Kings Food Markets has partnered with FishWise to develop and implement a sustainable seafood program.
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By SeafoodSource staff
05 October, 2012
Both the World Wildlife Fund and Pew Environment Group are speaking out on recommendations for management of Bluefin tuna from the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
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By SeafoodSource staff
04 October, 2012
Baltimore-based crab supplier and restaurant operator Phillips Foods on Wednesday announced the launch of a sustainability blog dedicated to sharing various global seafood initiatives.
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