News covering global seafood environment & sustainability issues.
By SeafoodSource staff
17 September, 2009
Greenpeace spokesperson John Hocevar responds to the SeafoodSource story “NFI sounds off on Greenpeace campaign.”
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By SeafoodSource staff
17 September, 2009
The hot-button issue is top of mind at this week’s World Fishing Exhibition and AQA Conference in Vigo, Spain.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
16 September, 2009
The National Fisheries Institute is trying to head off a Greenpeace campaign by warning the media that NMFS, not the environmental activist organization, is the authority on the Alaska pollock fishery.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 September, 2009
The system is expected to keep more than 300,000 pounds of Styrofoam out of landfills annually.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 September, 2009
The first-ever conference will feature speakers from Asia, the European Union and North America, including government officials, environmentalists and major seafood buyers.
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By SeafoodSource staff
16 September, 2009
Australian inventors Phil Ashworth and Dr. Graham Robertson were awarded the USD 30,000 grand prize in WWF’s International Smart Gear Competition for their underwater baited hook.
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By Lindsey Partos, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Paris
14 September, 2009
Greenpeace is accusing France of reversing its position on the proposed international trade ban on Atlantic bluefin tuna by suggesting that the species be listed on the less-restrictive Appendix II.
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By Steven Hedlund, SeafoodSource editor
14 September, 2009
The Monrovia, Calif., retailer continues to work on the details of a partnership with the Monterey Bay Aquarium to improve its sustainable seafood purchasing policy.
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By SeafoodSource staff
11 September, 2009
By 2015, all of the foodservice provider's contracted wild seafood purchases in North America will come from Marine Stewardship Council-certified fisheries.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 September, 2009
Norway-based GC Rieber’s cod liver oil and other fish oils can now carry the Friend of the Sea eco-label.
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By SeafoodSource staff
10 September, 2009
The Iturup Island pink and chum salmon harvests are Russia’s first fisheries to receive Marine Stewardship Council certification.
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By SeafoodSource staff
09 September, 2009
Galicia’s Pan do Mar is Spain’s first company to market certified organic canned seafood.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 September, 2009
The alliance’s purpose is to encourage implementation of an ecosystem-based approach to managing South Africa’s fisheries.
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By SeafoodSource staff
08 September, 2009
EU nations will accept or reject Tuesday’s joint position at a CITES Management Committee meeting on 21 September.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 September, 2009
To assist the world’s largest fishery in its quest for Marine Stewardship Council certification, the Peruvian government established an observatory to help with monitoring and regulation.
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By SeafoodSource staff
03 September, 2009
The Atlantic deep-sea red crab harvest is the first U.S. East Coast fishery to be certified sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council.
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By SeafoodSource staff
02 September, 2009
A joint resolution passed by the California legislature asks the U.S. government to protect sea turtles and other marine mammals by restricting swordfish imports.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 September, 2009
The environmental activist organization says 70 million tins of pole-and-line South Pacific skipjack tuna have been pre-ordered since its online campaign launched in April.
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By SeafoodSource staff
01 September, 2009
Pew Environment Group, along with 14 other organizations, are urging NMFS to rethink its proposal allowing Gulf longliners to keep more bluefin tuna.
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By SeafoodSource staff
31 August, 2009
The northeast Atlantic mackerel fishery produces 87 percent of Ireland's total mackerel catch.
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By SeafoodSource staff
31 August, 2009
The Danish Fishermen’s Association says all of the country’s fisheries will be certified sustainable by 2012.
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By SeafoodSource staff
27 August, 2009
The World Wildlife Fund is urging the European Commission to support a temporary international trade ban on overfished bluefin tuna species.
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By SeafoodSource staff
26 August, 2009
According to a new assessment, conservation and management efforts for Pacific bigeye and yellowfin tuna adopted in December will have a small, if any, effect on reducing overfishing.
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By Chris Dove, SeafoodSource contributing editor, reporting from Malaga, Spain
25 August, 2009
The project is designed to help organizations establish measures to mitigate the environmental impact of bottom fishing in North Atlantic waters.
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By SeafoodSource staff
24 August, 2009
The plan bans expansion of commercial fishing in nearly 200,000 square miles of U.S. waters north of Alaska until sustainable fishing schemes are established.
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