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Alaska pollock recommended for recertification

By SeafoodSource staff
13 January, 2010
The Alaska pollock fishery is one step closer to Marine Stewardship Council recertification after receiving the certification body’s blessing.
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Partnerships key to Coral Triangle Summit

By Neil Ray, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Bangkok
12 January, 2010
Dr. Lida Pet-Soede, head of the WWF Coral Triangle Program, talks to SeafoodSource about the upcoming summit’s objectives.
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Spain reaches out to yellowfin tuna fishery

By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
08 January, 2010
The country is aiming to achieve balanced, sustainable exploitation of the species.
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Allfish launches Web site

By SeafoodSource staff
07 January, 2010
The public-private partnership between industry, FAO, Global Environment Facility and World Bank focuses on sustainable seafood.
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Consumer guide gives EcoFish an A+

By SeafoodSource staff
06 January, 2010
The Better World Shopping Guide ranks the New Hampshire supplier as the best environmental choice in the seafood industry.
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WWF: Bluefin tuna isn’t a gimmick

By SeafoodSource staff
06 January, 2010
The World Wildlife Fund is calling on consumers to sign a petition asking the restaurant group that purchased a giant bluefin tuna to stop the practice of using the species as a promotional gimmick.
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San Diego seafood supplier goes solar

By April Forristall, SeafoodSource assistant editor
05 January, 2010
Catalina Offshore Products, which supplies sea urchin and sushi products, now runs on about 90 percent solar power.
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Seafish: Certification schemes lack consistency

By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
22 December, 2009
Consumers will lose confidence in seafood eco-labels and buying guides until fishery certification schemes seek greater standardization and harmonization, says the industry organization.
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Seychelles fishermen promote line-caught fish

By SeafoodSource staff
22 December, 2009
Hook-and-line fishermen from the Indian Ocean archipelago nation establish a labeling program in partnership with the French Sea Bass Association.
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Are eco-labels confusing consumers?

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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Dutch mussels pursue MSC eco-label

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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EU restricts shark fisheries

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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ISSF: WCPFC’s actions ‘fall short’

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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FAO panel recommends trade limits

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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NGOs push for end to shark fisheries

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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Olympics commits to sustainable seafood

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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First Mauritius seafood certified by FOS

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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Slow Fish comes to Ballstad, Norway

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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Ore. seafood processor to appeal fine

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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ISSF: Close purse seine tuna fishery

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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Vote on ASMI as MSC client delayed

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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Proposed Alaska whale sanctuary criticized

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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GAA to participate in oceans debate

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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Scientists call on WTO to stop overfishing

By SeafoodSource staff
02 December, 2009
Fishing subsidies are contributing to overfishing and ultimately climate change, says Oceana.
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Greens: Make small-scale fisheries a priority

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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