While Nile perch popularity in the German market was enhanced by Naturland certification, the US will probably face strong competition from Australian barramundi.
The herring has much to learn from potatoes and coffee when it comes to marketing and developing new products, according to Audun Iversen, Research Scientist at the food research institute Nofima
In an effort to find new markets for the Gulf Coast oyster industry, Subramaniam Sathivel, associate professor of food engineering in the LSU AgCenter’s Department of Biological and Agricultural Engineering and Department of Food Science, investigates...
This short discussion paper by Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) examines the arguments in favour of public access to environmental information around salmon aquaculture and the benefits for producers, and reviews the current arrangements in...
There is a strong level of consensus among the aquaculture industry, NGOs and consumer organisations that certified organic aquaculture offers credible ways to overcome the sustainability deficits of this sector. Speaking at Aquaculture Europe 2011,...
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) panel has determined that the US restrictions on tuna imports from Mexico violate fair trade rules. Carlos Navarro of SourceMex investigates.
After an investigation by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ) identifies that nearly one in 10 products sold at major markets in Spain are mislabelled, Europe’s largest department store pulls fish from its shelves. Fish...
At AquaNor 2011, FHL (the Norweigan Seafood Federation) along with the seafood industry, launched a new bar code system, which will offer traceability of fish. Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor spoke with Director Per Dag Iverson about the syste...
Less expensive fish species are being labelled and sold as cod in Ireland, while the environmental impact of purchases is being concealed by product labels, according to a study published in the journal Fish and Fisheries.
Andrew Mcdonald, Angela Caporelli, Shawn Coyle and James Tidwell from Kentucky State University look at local farmers' markets as possible direct retail outlets for fresh, whole, freshwater prawn.
Siddhartha Dasgupta, Kelly Probst and Scarlett Wesley from the Aquaculture Research Centre at Kentucky State University look at direct marketing of aquaculture products to Hispanic consumers in the University's newsletter, Kentucky Aquatic Farming....
The Regulation on organic aquaculture animal (fish, molluscs, crustaceans) and seaweed production entered into force on 1 July 2010. Certification in the Member States used to be based on private standards or national specifications, but the new Regulation...
This study, by N. Ahmed from the Department of Fisheries Management, Bangladesh Agricultural University, describes the existing marketing systems of low-valued cultured fish with its value chain analysis. The aim of this paper is to highlight key issues...
The rising prevalence of self service prepacked fish is opening the door for co-product specialists, like Francois Meurice, the founder of Valofish, writes Peter Crosskey in the last in the series of features on teh French fishery industry.
"Good for the sea and good for you" is the slogan of Mr Goodfish, a quality and sustainability label that sets out to encourage consumers across Europe to enjoy sustainable fisheries in season, writes Peter Crosskey in the third in the series of features...
















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