Just five of the world’s 19 commercial tuna stocks have earned a passing "Principle 1" score from the Marine Stewardship Council, the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) notes in a report issued recently. Written by: editorial / Undercurrent news In “ISSF 2019-02: An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria”, the latest of...
Việt Nam’s shrimp exports are expected to grow this year to a value of more than US$4 billion thanks to free trade agreements, said the Vietnam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP). Wirtten by: editorial / VietnamNews.vn VASEP said the shrimp sector would make a breakthrough in exporting to 28 European Union countries – enjoying low import tariffs once...
Written by: editorial / 303 Magazine.com As fish consumption gains popularity in health trends, the world’s population is eating seafood at a rate that cannot be sustained by the world’s oceans. The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported earlier this year that since 1961 the average annual growth in global fish consumption has been twice as high as population...
Salmon advocates tackle climate and orca issues in Washington Legislature, as part of coastal restoration package. Written by: Jess Helsley / Wild Salmon Centre With climate change and Southern Resident orca recovery taking center stage at the Washington Legislature this session, Wild Salmon Center and our allies at the Coast Salmon Partnership are tackling both issues as part of a new habitat restoration...
One of China’s leading seafood production regions is embarking on an ambitious project to test-run offshore aquaculture integrated with wind farms. Written by: Mark Godfrey / Sea Food Source.com At a government press conference to launch the “Shandong Province Modern Ocean Farming Comprehensive Pilot Scheme Construction Project,” several officials from the Agriculture Department and provincial Ocean Affairs Bureau announced they...
Uganda will soon have a new Fisheries and Aquaculture law, if the proposed Fisheries and Aquaculture Bill, 2018, being reviewed, is approved by Cabinet. Written by: Samuel Nabwiiso / Busiweek.com Photo credit: Busiweek.com The proposed law is a revision of the Fish Act of 2000 Cap 197, which only regulates capture fish and does not address aquaculture activities. These include...
Most consumers' exposure to toxic methylmercury occurs when they eat fish. New research could help clarify why methylmercury concentrations in tuna vary geographically. Witten by: editorial / ScienceDaily.com Date: January 23, 2019 Source for information:American Chemical Society Most consumers' exposure to toxic methylmercury occurs when they eat fish. But research just published in the ACS journal Environmental Science &...
Aquaculture – unlike the production of red meat and dairy – has a key role to play in ensuring the world’s growing population receive sufficient nutrients, according to a ground-breaking new report on feeding the planet. Written by: Rob Fletcher, senior editor at The Fishe Site.com Food in the Anthropocene: the EAT–Lancet Commission on healthy diets from sustainable food systems, published this...
EU aquaculture project Fishboost led by Norwegian firm Nofirma concludes this month after five years working to improve European aquaculture. Written by: editorial / UnderCurrentNews.com The NOK 75 million (€7.7m) project started in 2014 with the goal of improving European aquaculture of Atlantic salmon, common carp, European seabass, gilthead seabream, rainbow trout and turbot. "Fishboost is one of the last...
“Future expansion of seafood should come from aquaculture, which is one of the fastest growing food production sectors in the world” – Eat-Lancet Commission Report Written by: Fabian Dawson / Seawest news.com Global aquaculture production, if expanded sustainably, will be crucial for a radical change in food production that is being called for by a commission convened by the prestigious medical...
The judging panel for the 2019 Aquaculture Awards has been announced, at a time when aquaculture companies around the world are busily preparing their entries and nominations before the 1 March deadline. Written by: editorial / The fish site.com The awards, which will be presented on 29 May at a formal event in Edinburgh, showcase the great innovators and most...
The glut in the global supply of shrimp that persisted throughout 2018 will remain in 2019, as cold storage facilities in the United States continue to have supplies lasting months in storage. Written by Chris Chase / Associate editor seafoodsource.com A panel of experts at the Global Seafood Market Conference in Coronado, California on 17 January said cold storage facilities...
