World Fishing & Aquaculture March 5, 2013 The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has published a new report that shows a big improvement in volumes of sustainable fish, but also shows that many fisheries are failing to improve. Covering 51 principal whitefish fisheries around the world, the report found that 41.5% of the total volume of whitefish supplied to market comes from Read More…

Fish News EU March 5, 2013 A symposium discussing the effects that climate change is having on Arctic ecosystems is to be held in Anchorage on March 26-29. Sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean melted away to a record low in 2012, according to the US National Snow and Ice Data Center and the conference seeks to illustrate how individual marine species—from arctic cod, to seals, whales, polar Read More…

Fish News EU March 7, 2013 The US Congress is creating a national seafood traceability system that could combat rampant seafood mislabelling, after a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers today re-introduced the Safety and Fraud Enforcement for Seafood Act. The House legislation, of which Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) is the lead sponsor, has the potential to lay the groundwork for a national Read More…

PhysOrg March 5, 2013 The study, reported in the journal Biological Conservation, is one of the first to look closely at how protected areas in small nearshore fisheries can affect where fishers operate on the ocean and, as a consequence, their livelihood. "Where MPAs are located in relation to how fishers operate on the seascape is critical to understand for fisheries management and this Read More…

Tuoi Tre News March 6, 2013 The provinces in the Mekong Delta exported 670,000 tons of rice in the first two months of 2013, generating $304 million  in revenue – an 18 percent increase in value compared to the same period last year. Asia is the region’s largest market, with 65 percent of consumption, followed by America, Africa, Europe and Oceania. Read Read More…