New Aquaculture Journal Launched
GLOBAL - The new journal is entitled Aquaculture Environment Interactions.

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...

HQ Sustainable Shrimp and Tilapia Certified By ACC
GLOBE - HQ Sustainable Maritime Industries, Inc., a leader in all natural integrated aquaculture and aquatic product processing, has announced that its tilapia...

World Fish Highlights Dangers of Climate Change
GENERAL - With over 400 million of the world's poorest depending on fish for food, 'climate-proofing' fisheries and aquaculture needs to be high on the climate change...

Huge Energy Saving Potential for Herring
GENERAL - A recent research report by SINTEF Energy Research and the Norwegian Seafood Federation (FHL) points out that there is a huge potential for energy savings...

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,...

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.

FAO Brings Climate Focus to Fisheries
GLOBE - Saying that vulnerable fishing and coastal communities around the world will bear the brunt of climate change's impacts, a group of 16 international organizations...

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...

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

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...

WWF: First Draft of Global Pangasius Standards
GLOBE - The rapid growth of the pangasius aquaculture industry has raised a number of environmental and social concerns. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF),...

Marine Harvest Update: Less Sites, Poorer Quality
GENERAL - Struggling Marine Harvest recently published an update on the company's situation at the end of this year's first quarter.

Study: 75 Per Cent of Fish Oils Can be Replaced
GENERAL - A new study, examining the possibility of replacement lipids in fish diets has claimed that 75 per cent of fish oil can now be substituted.

GLOBALCAP's New Aquaculture Standard
GENERAL - A new certification system promises full segregation and traceability of certified products which can be checked with a supporting Chain of Custody ce...

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...