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…

Summit County Voice February 28, 2013 Just a few decades after Jaws, there’s been a sea change in public attitudes about sharks, as people recognize the importance of the ocean’s apex predators. Along with other recent shark conservation measures, the shift is reflected by the efforts to list great white sharks under the California Endangered Species Act. Starting March 1, great whites Read More…

University of Washington February 21, 2013 “The sea is a big place. Most fish are small. So it stands to reason that it is difficult to work out with any degree of accuracy just how many fish live in the sea. One way is to measure how many fish we pull out of it. But is that the best way? Or even an accurate way?” asks an editorial in this week’s (Feb. 21) issue of Nature. The topic Read More…