Quota Cuts for Southern Bluefin 'Insufficient'
GLOBAL - A 20 per cent cut in the Southern Bluefin Tuna take could still be too little, too late for the species which is on the brink of collapse, WWF and the wildlife...

Fish in Tropics Hardest Hit by Climate Change
GENERAL - Major shifts in fisheries distribution due to climate change will affect food security in tropical regions most adversely, according to a study led by...

EU, Solomon Islands Make New Fisheries Agreement
GLOBAL - A new tuna fisheries partnership has been agreed between the European Union and the Solomon Islands.

Study Sheds Light on European Eel Migration
GLOBAL - A multinational team has published a paper in Science that solves some of the migration mysteries of the European eel.

Some Positive News over Restoring Fish Populations
GLOBAL - Three years ago, a study assessing the health of global fisheries caused a stir when it predicted that the populations of all commercially fished ocean...

EC Backs Bluefin Tuna Trade Ban – WWF Urges EU To Follow
GENERAL - The European Commission has given its its backing for a suspension of international trade in endangered Atlantic and Mediterranean bluefin tuna – expressing...

New Treaty Leaves 'Fish Pirates’ No Safe Haven
GLOBAL - Ninety-one members of the UN's Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) have agreed on an international agreement to implement 'port state measures'...

New Measures Not Enough For Central Pacific Tuna
GLOBAL - Following a recent assessment, World Wildlife Fund (WWF) says that tuna conservation and management measures for the western and central Pacific approved...

HQS: New Feed Mill Increases Omega3 Content
GLOBE - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., (HQS) a world leader in aquaculture, has announced that the construction of the Company's new feed mill has been...

Atlantic Bluefin are Highly Vulnerable
GLOBE - Atlantic bluefin tuna spend long periods in highly predictable locations, which makes them easy targets for fishermen and leaves them highly vulnerable...

Global Fish Stocks Show Signs of Recovery
GLOBE - Scientists have joined forces in a groundbreaking assessment of the status of marine fisheries and ecosystems.

DIOBAS Claim Breakthrough in Cod Rearing Research
GLOBE - After 16 years of intensive research, DIOBAS claim they have found a completely new way to rear cod in a controlled freshwater environment at any location...

WWF and GlobalGap Create Fish Farm Certification
GENERAL - Food standard certifier GLOBALGAP will offer an expansion to its programme so aquaculture producers can be certified in one step for implementing practices...

New and Improved MSC Ecolabel
GLOBE - The Marine Stewardship Council has announced the first outcome of their partner support marketing programme – the introduction of an evolved and improved...

Award for FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture
GLOBAL - The FAO Fisheries and Aquaculture Department, in recognition of its vision, leadership and innovation in geographic information system (GIS) technology,...

Report Counts Fishing Capacity of World Tuna Fleets
GLOBE - A new scientific paper has been released by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation addressing the issues of fishing capacity in the world tuna...

North Sea Cod Stocks See Big Improvement
GENERAL - New data to be released by ICES, the independent international scientific body, will reveal that numbers of cod in the North Sea sufficiently mature to...

Bycatch and Fishing Threaten Shark Extinction
GLOBE - The first study to determine the global conservation status of 64 species of open ocean (pelagic) sharks and rays reveals that 32 per cent are threatened...

Agrimine Develop Sustainable Aquaculture Plan
GLOBE - AgriMarine Holdings Inc. continues its rapid corporate development towards the sustainable production of finfish in its proprietary closed containment...

MSC Chief Executive Wins WWF Award
GENERAL - Rupert Howes, chief executive of the Marine Stewardship Council, has been presented with a WWF ‘Leaders for a Living Planet’ Award.

2048: End of the Line for Seafood?
GLOBE - Scientists predict that if we continue fishing as we are now, we will see the end of most seafood by 2048.

85 Per Cent of World’s Oyster Reefs have Vanished
GLOBE - “Shellfish Reefs at Risk” analysis shows habitat loss has widespread impacts for ecosystems and economies, identifies solutions for bringing oyster...

Farming Up the Food Web in the Mediterranean
GENEREAL - As overfishing has depleted larger fish, or those from higher tropic levels, the commercial fishing industry has been turning to catching species...

Protest Over WWF’s Aquaculture Certification
GLOBAL - Human rights and environmental groups from around the world are protesting over the planned launch of the World Wildlife Fund's Aquaculture Stewardship...

Asian Countries Join in Shrimp Alliance
ASIA - The seafood associations of Viet Nam, Indonesia, Thailand and China have joined forces to boost marketing and sales within the shrimp industry in the reg...