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...

Nutreco Develop All-vegetarian Salmon Feed
GENERAL - Nutreco have developed a new salmon feed which is said to be 100 per cent vegetarian.

Impressive First Quarter from HQ Sustainable
GENERAL - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., a leader in natural aquaculture processing has announced that its gross profit for the first quarter of 2009...

New Project to Prevent the Escape of Fish
SINTEF Fisheries and Aquaculture have been awarded a major European Union 7th Research Framework project to tackle the problem of fish escaping from aquaculture...

GLOBALGAP Certify Tilapia and Pangasius Standards
GENERAL - GLOBALGAP developed the Tilapia and Pangasius standards based on demand for sustainable sources, focusing on food safety, animal welfare, environmental...

Aquaculture Dialogue to Set Trout Standards
GENERAL - The process of creating global standards for responsible trout aquaculture will move forward when the Freshwater Trout Aquaculture Dialogue meets next...

Skretting Reports Big Reduction in Salmon Fish Meal
GLOBE - Results from a series of salmon feeding trials run by Skretting Aquaculture Research Centre (ARC) revealed a new low limit for fishmeal in salmon grower...

Coral Triangle Shapes a Brighter Fishing Future
GENERAL - Asia Pacific fishing nations could use the presence of tuna spawning grounds to negotiate better prices and fairer fishing arrangements with foreign fishing...

Worldwatch Report: Farming Fish for the Future
GLOBE - From Asia to North America, people are eating more seafood, but as the demand for fish rises, populations of both marine and freshwater species are being...

Oceans Hunger in Place of Fish Farm Feed
GENERAL - This week, Oceana released a new report, "Hungry Oceans: What Happens When the Prey is Gone?" that shows how overfishing, aquaculture feed and climate...

WWF Cry Out for Sustainable Fish Farms
GLOBE - The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) have responded to a recent UN report, highlighting the need for a sustainability boost in fish and shrimp farms.

Unsustainable Fishing Needs International Law
GLOBE - More than 40 per cent of world fish production is unsustainable according to a new study, which finds that the 53 countries that account for 96 per cent...

Rural Fishing Communities Shackled by Global Rules
GLOBE - Sustaining natural resources is regarded as an important component of ecological resilience and commonly assumed to be of similar importance to social...

The Real Price of Farmed and Wild Cod
UK - The cod farming industry might have hoped that the prolonged decline in prices experienced in the run up to Christmas could be turned round bringing an improved...

Understanding Life History and Physiology of Fish
GLOBE - Knowledge of life-history traits is increasingly recognised as an important criterion for effective management and conservation of fish, but a recent paper...

Fisheries: The Nations at Risk of Climate Peril
GLOBE - Research on Fisheries Worldwide Warns Climate Change Combined with Fisheries Dependency and Limited Capacity to Adapt Pose Dangerous Triple Threat...

Whole World at Fault for Falling Fish Stocks
GLOBE - Climate change, pollution and overfishing have left the oceans in crisis, experts agree. Now a new study reveals that every national government with a fishing...

North Sea Sees Recovery of Cod Stocks
GENERAL - Cod stocks in the North Sea are showing encouraging signs of a "rapid" recovery after being on the brink of extinction.

WWF: Next Step Towards Global Fish Sustainability
GLOBE - Comprehensive certification for sustainable aquaculture came closer to fruition today with an announcement by WWF that it would co-found the Aquaculture...

Global Warming and the Suffocating Oceans
GLOBE - Continuously high greenhouse gas emissions could lead to long-term oxygen depletion in the global ocean, potentially with significant negative effects...