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Ocean health and sustainable seafood news articles are appearing with increasing frequency in newspapers, magazines, and industry journals, on television and radio and on websites and blogs. View the latest sustainable seafood-related news items along with Seafood Choices Alliance's own press releases below.

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11.20.08 - The Washington Post
USDA Panel Approves First Rules for Labeling Farmed Fish 'Organic'

11.12.08 - Caterersearch.com
M&J seafood launches Sea of Change guide

11.11.08 - CBC News
Enviro group lures restaurants toward 'sustainable sushi'

11.09.08 - The Seattle Times
West Coast council approves overhaul of commercial fishing

11.06.08 - The Vancouver Sun
Something's often fishy; The fish you buy is not necessarily the one you thought you were getting

10.30.08 - Naples Daily News
Vote to allow fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico postponed

10.28.08 - Canwest News Service
Fishing for eco-conscious seafood

10.24.08 - IUCN - News
New Impetus for the High Seas following IUCN World Conservation Congress

10.23.08 - Fis U.S.
Woolworth implements sustainable seafood policy

10.22.08 - Monterey County Herald
Sustainable sushi guides released today

10.19.08 - The Sunday Times
EU fleets fish bluefin close to extinction

10.19.08 - Los Angeles Times
U.S. fishing flleet pursues pollock in troubled waters

10.16.08 - The Economist
Global Fishing

10.16.08 - Time
Sustainable Sushi

10.16.08 - UNESCO
Scientists confirm oceans acififying at unprecedented speed

10.14.08 - The Age
The krilling fields: study fears catastrophe in Antarctic food chain

09.29.08 - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
New labels to say where in the world your food comes from

09.28.08 - Staten Island Advance (New York) Is that fish on your plate really what you ordered?

09.19.08 - Los Angeles Times
Sharing the catch is good for fishermen - and fish - study shows

09.18.08 - The Economist
A new way of saving fisheries shows it can work; it deserves attention

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Seafood News

Sustainable Seafood News From:

October 2008

One on One
Sourcing sustainable seafood not simple
Clearly, the sustainable seafood movement has legs. So why are U.S. seafood buyers, who have lagged behind their European counterparts in supporting sustainable seafood, suddenly going green?

Newsline: Supply
Study offers overfishing solution
A study published in the journal Science last month shows catch share management systems can reverse declining fish stocks.

Newsline: Aquaculture
MMS rule meets resistance, support
A proposed ruling authorizing the Minerals Management Service to issue leases, easements and rights of way for offshore fish farms in federal waters is receiving both resistance and support.

Top Story
The need for feed
The price of farmed fish is rising and a major reason why is the cost of fish feed. Along with increasing costs, environmental pressures are leading to fish feed reformulations.

 

 

 

 

News Releases

Fishing boat Seafood Choices' News Releases:
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09.16.08 - Leading Chefs Put Sustainability First at "Good Catch" Launch During Seafood Fortnight

05.05.08 - Seafood Choices Alliance Releases Latest Research on U.S. Market for Sustainable Seafood
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04.23.08 - Seafood Choices Alliance Launches 'Guide des espèces' at European Seafood Exposition

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04.23.08 - Premier guide des espèces destiné aux professionnels pour un marché des produits de la mer durables

02.24.08 - Seafood Champions Honored at Boston Trade Show

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