News covering global seafood environment & sustainability issues.
By SeafoodSource staff
21 December, 2009
According to a new University of Stirling report, seafood eco-labels and buying guides are inconsistent and therefore confusing to consumers.
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By Nicki Holmyard, SeafoodSource contributing editor
16 December, 2009
The Dutch Producers’ Organization Mussel Culture will seek MSC certification for its blue mussel harvest in the Waddenzee and Zeeland deltas.
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By Mercedes Grandin, SeafoodSource contributing editor
16 December, 2009
The environmental community applauds the decision to prohibit porbeagle shark fishing and slash the spurdog shark quota by 90 percent.
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By SeafoodSource staff
15 December, 2009
International Seafood Sustainability Foundation pushed for a temporary closure of the purse seine tuna fishery in the western and central Pacific.
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By SeafoodSource staff
14 December, 2009
A panel of fisheries experts convened by the Food and Agriculture Organization failed to reach a consensus regarding international trade of Atlantic bluefin tuna.
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By Mercedes Grandin, SeafoodSource contributing editor
14 December, 2009
Shark Trust, Shark Alliance and other environmental NGOs are pressuring the European Council of Ministers to protect spurdog and porbeagle sharks.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 December, 2009
The more than 82 metric tons of seafood served at the 2012 summer Olympic Games in London will be "demonstrably sustainable."
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 December, 2009
Red drum and goldlined seabream from Ferme de Mahebourg proved sustainable following an independent audit.
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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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