WORLD'S LARGEST SHRIMP PRODUCER IN THROES OF OPEN POND WOES
Posted 3/24/10
The problems instrinsic to all open pond aquaculture dealt CP Prima crippling financial blows. [more...]

PERU AQUACULTURE EXPANSION MOVES TO SITE SPECIFIC PLANNING
Posted 2/28/10
Peru is moving foreward with is effort to expand its aquaculture sector. [more...]

AIRCRAFT CRASH TAKES SIR BARRY BOWEN
Posted 2/27/10
Belize lost one of its most prominent businessmen Friday. [more...]

DAVID WILLS: ON IFCNR'S NEW DIRECTION
Posted 2/23/10
A straight from the heart declaration by David Wills on IFNCR and where we're going from here. [more...]

PERU TO BUILD AQUACULTURE INDUSTRY - IFCNR CAN HELP
Posted 2/18/10
Peru announced a ten-year plan to create a national aquaculture industry [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Autumn 2009
Posted 9/18/09
IFCNR's reaction to items in the news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Fall 2009
Posted 9/15/09
IFCNR's opinion of items in the news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Summer 2009
Posted 8/31/09
IFCNR's views on the news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Summer 2009
Posted 8/26/09
Our unique take on items in the news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - Summer 2009
Posted 8/18/09
IFCNR's comments on items in the news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - 5 August 2009
Posted 8/5/09
Our views on Fishery and Aquaculture news. [more...]

IFCNR's Weekly Blog - 31 July 2009
Posted 7/31/09
Our view on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 24 October 2008
Posted 10/24/08
IFCNR's views of items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 10 October 2008
Posted 10/9/08
IFCNR's views on items in the news on capture fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 9 October 2008
Posted 10/8/08
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry in general. [more...]

Short Takes: 8 October 2008
Posted 10/7/08
IFCNR's views on items in the news regarding fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 7 October 2008
Posted 10/6/08
IFCNR's veiws on items in the news regarding capture fisheries, aquacultue and seafood. [more...]

Short Takes: 5 October 2008
Posted 10/5/08
IFCNR's take on items in the news related to fisheries, aquaculture, and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 18 April 2008
Posted 4/18/08
IFCNR's views on items in the news regarding capture fisheries, aquaculture, seafood and the oceans. [more...]

Short Takes: 14 February 2008
Posted 2/14/08
IFCRN's views on items in the enews. [more...]

Short Takes: 28 January 2008
Posted 1/28/08
IFCNR's views of items in the news regarding capture fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry in general. [more...]

Short Takes: 16 January 2008
Posted 1/16/08
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with commercial fisheries, aquacultre and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 19 December 2007
Posted 12/19/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news related to capture fisheries, aquaculture and seafood in general. [more...]

Short Takes: 13 December 2007
Posted 12/13/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with fisheries, aquaculture and seafood. [more...]

Short Takes: 06 December 2007
Posted 12/6/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with capture fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 27 November 2007
Posted 11/27/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with seafood, fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

Short Takes: 12 November 2007
Posted 11/12/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news regarding capture fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

Short Takes: 1 November 2007
Posted 11/1/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with seafood from capture fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

Short Takes: 17 October 2007
Posted 10/17/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news regarding fisheries, aquaculture, and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 9 October 2007
Posted 10/9/07
IFCNR's views of items in the news concerning fisheries, seafood, and aquaculture. [more...]

Short Takes: 2 October 2007
Posted 10/2/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news related to seafood, commercial fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

Short Takes: 26 September 2007
Posted 9/26/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 18 September 2007
Posted 9/18/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 9 September 2007
Posted 9/9/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 27 August 2007
Posted 8/27/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Passing of IFCNR Founder Stephen Boynton
Posted 8/27/07
IFCNR's Founder Stephen S. Boynton has died. [more...]

Short Takes: 22 August 2007
Posted 8/22/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 15 August 2007
Posted 8/15/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 28 June 2007
Posted 6/28/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 26 June 2007
Posted 6/26/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations the 10th and Final Day
Posted 6/15/07
Budget and voting systems were the focus of COP14's final day. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 9
Posted 6/14/07
The impasse on ivory sales is over. [more...]

Short Takes: 14 June 2007
Posted 6/14/07
IFCNR's view of items in the news. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 8
Posted 6/13/07
Rancor between African nations on both sides of the ivory sales issue continues to keep the parties from voting on this important item. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 7
Posted 6/12/07
Debate over elephants was again postponed but the issue filled the day none the less. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 6
Posted 6/11/07
The emotional battle over African elephant proposals is postponed. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 5
Posted 6/8/07
Director Dick Monroe details the debate halfway through COP 14. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 4
Posted 6/8/07
Follow the scene at CITES through IFCNR Director Dick Monroe's perpective. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 3
Posted 6/7/07
IFCNR Director Dick Monroe's view of the often contradictory logic used by delegations opposed to sustainable use. [more...]

CITES COP 14: Observations Day 2
Posted 6/5/07
IFCNR Director Dick Monroe offers his take on the day's debate at CITES COP 14. [more...]

CITES COP 14: OBSERVATIONS & OTHER RAMBLINGS
Posted 6/4/07
IFCNR Director Dick Monroe reports on the daily activities of CITES' COP 14. [more...]

Short Takes: 16 May 2007
Posted 5/16/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 6 May 2007
Posted 5/6/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 24 April 2007
Posted 4/24/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Short Takes: 20 April 2007
Posted 4/20/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

Atlantic Shark Decline Linked to Vanishing Bay Scallops
Posted 3/30/07
Overfishing one species will have a definite affect on others down the foodchain. [more...]

Short Takes: 29 March 2007
Posted 3/29/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

CITES LOOKS TO RESTRICT SOME LOBSTER AND SHARKS
Posted 3/16/07
CITES is a venue few commercial seafood interests understand or attend. That's a big mistake. [more...]

Short Takes: 14 March 2007
Posted 3/14/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

The Final Session of COFI-27
Posted 3/9/07
IFCNR's summary of events at COFI-27 [more...]

IFCNR at COFI-27: Day 4's Events
Posted 3/9/07
IFCNR reports on daily activities at the COFI meetings in Rome. [more...]

IFCNR Reports From COFI-27: Third Day
Posted 3/7/07
IFCNR is covering the daily discussion and debate at the FAO in Rome. [more...]

Short Takes: 7 March 2007
Posted 3/7/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news. [more...]

COFI Day 2 - Building Global Aquaculture
Posted 3/6/07
The second posting by IFCNR's personnel on premises at the 27th COFI meetings. [more...]

FAO COFI OPENS TO A RECORD ATTENDANCE!
Posted 3/6/07
The world's fishing policies are being discussed this week in Rome. IFCNR will report daily. [more...]

Short Takes: 28 February 2007
Posted 2/28/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with fisheries, aquaculture and the global seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 22 February 2007
Posted 2/22/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with commercial and recreational fisheries, aquaculture, and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: 15 February 2007
Posted 2/15/07
IFCNR's views on items in the news dealing with fisheries, aquaculture, and seafood industry. [more...]

President Bush v Al Gore: Action v. Words to End Overfishing
Posted 2/15/07
President Bush sets his sights on ending overfishing by 2010. [more...]

PEW's Prints Smudge Seafood Doomsday Report
Posted 11/3/06
News reports of Seafood's eminent demise are deliberate scare tactics with the PEW touch all about them. [more...]

NGO Eco-label for Aquaculture: No Guarantees
Posted 11/2/06
Before diving into the eco-label bed of WWF, aquaculture should revisit history. [more...]

An Importance Notice Re: IFCNR
Posted 9/14/06
IFCNR's commitment to sustainability caused an untimely break in providing updated information on this website. We ask your understanding. [more...]

Hawaiian National Monument & a Monumental Media Memory Lapse
Posted 6/16/06
George Bush won a day of thanks from his arch enemies in the environmental movement. Was that politics or good stewardship? Don't ask the national media. They haven't a clue. [more...]

Big Tuna Chalks Up Key Win in California
Posted 5/15/06
Tuna is not a danger to consumer health. California Supreme Court Judge Robert Dondero ruled against Prop 65 this past Firday. [more...]

Pan Fish Stockholder Challenge: A Wakeup Call for Industry
Posted 4/28/06
Partnering with the enemy is never a good idea. So why is the seafood industry so eager to do it? [more...]

NGO Anti-long Line Effort Deliberately Dupes U.S. Scientists
Posted 2/16/06
The Sea Turtle Restoration Project wants to shut down sea turtle research in the Pacific. They're asking scientists to help in that effort. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - Feb -December 2005
Posted 12/29/05
News briefs on issues of fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

Skewing Science: PEW's Crucifixion of Farmed Salmon
Posted 12/8/05
The public, the environment and science is badly served by NGO manipulation of scientific research. [more...]

Pombo & IFCNR Must Be Doing Something Right!
Posted 10/21/05
Posturing as investigative journalists, the minions of the animal rights movement try mudslinging to discredit Congressman Pombo's efforts to correct the Endangered Species Act. [more...]

Opinion: Everyone and Everything Will Benefit from ESA Reform
Posted 10/19/05
Conservation of natural resources is imperative. The ESA may yet become a truly useful tool in that endeavor. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - 09 September 2005
Posted 9/9/05
News briefs on issues dealing with capture and farmed fisheries. [more...]

U.S. Congressman Rehberg Named New SUPU Chairman
Posted 7/6/05
SUPU, the global communications nexus for officials of nations subscribing to the principles of sustainable use of natural resources, named Rep. Dennis Rehberg its new chairman. [more...]

Target Red Lobster: A Lesson for Corporations & Others
Posted 6/13/05
Red Lobster is the object of a worldwide NGO protest aimed at stopping Canada's seal cull. The lessons learned apply to many more than the seafood chain. [more...]

New Edition of IFCNR's NGO "Who's Who" Handbook Available
Posted 3/8/05
The 2005 edition of IFNCR's "Guide to Influential Environmental and Animal Rights Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs)" is a must read. [more...]

IFCNR ENDORSES FAO-COFI SEA TURTLE MORTALITY GUIDELINES
Posted 2/22/05
IFCNR agreed to join with STRP in endorsing the FAO guidelines for reducing conservation threats to sea turtles by commercial fisheries. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - 17 February 2005
Posted 2/16/05
News briefs on topics of fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

YEAR 5: COFI is One Step Away from an FAO Fishery Eco-label
Posted 2/14/05
Since 1999, IFCNR has worked to convince FAO that the "right thing to do" is for the UN agency to issue certification that seafood offered consumers is sustainable, environmentally sound, and socially just. The upcoming COFI meetings bring that hope one step closer to becoming a reality. [more...]

New Year Bring NGO Assault on
Posted 1/4/05
Say goodbye to the U.S. "dolphin safe" eco-label. The NGOs have its destruction on their agenda. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - September - December 2004
Posted 12/30/04
News briefs on issues related to capture fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

A Salt Flat is a Marsh is a Mangrove Stand is a ...
Posted 12/10/04
NGOs are now equating salt flats with vibrant coastal eco-systems in the latest ploy to halt global shrimp farming. [more...]

Cleveland Amory’s Vision Closer to Reality as HSUS & Fund Merge
Posted 11/22/04
2005 is shaping up as a seminal year for NGO vigor in presenting increasingly sophisticated, well-financed, and highly coordinated assaults on those who would exploit naure's resources. [more...]

For NGO’s 2005 Promises to be “The Year of Shrimp!”
Posted 11/12/04
The U.S. seafood industry needs to take a hard look at why Public Citizen is entering the fight over farmed shrimp. [more...]

FAO Near Decision on IFCNR Eco-label Initiative
Posted 10/19/04
Two years ago IFCNR urged FAO to issue its own fisheries eco label. This February FAO will make its final decision. [more...]

NRDC Slams Red Lobster & Sysco for Miskito Fishing Scandal
Posted 10/18/04
NRDC is leading off a hurrican-force campaign against Red Lobster and Sysco over how the firms purchase seafood. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - 6 October 2004
Posted 10/6/04
News briefs on issues related to fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - July - September 2004
Posted 9/29/04
News briefs on topics related to wild caught fisheries, aquaculture and the seafood industry. [more...]

NGOs Continue to Hammer MSC OK of Pollock Fishery
Posted 8/27/04
Eco-labels issued by industry or NGOs are not credible. [more...]

NGO Tide Turning Against Recreational Fishing
Posted 8/27/04
Recreational fishermen are seeing the first signs of their sport becoming a major target of NGO "reform" campaigns. [more...]

Industry's Lack of Self Esteem: Oregon Dungeness Fishery & MSC
Posted 8/18/04
Oregon is making a mistake seeking to certify the Dungeness fishery as sustainable. [more...]

Fed Fisheries Reform Bill: PEW, NGOs Vs Industry
Posted 8/16/04
Pending legislation, HR 4706, to "reform" fisheries management policy is little more than codifying the NGO environmental agenda. [more...]

Tariffs Levied Against Non-Communist Shrimp Importers
Posted 7/30/04
The final "four" nations named in the U.S. trade inquiry over shrimp dumping on the U.S. market learned their fate yesterday. [more...]

Short Takes: Feb. - June 2004
Posted 6/29/04
News briefs on issues of wild caught as well as farmed seafood. [more...]

Consorting with the Enemy No Defense Against Prop 65
Posted 6/24/04
The big three of canned tuna are vowing to fight litigation under Proposition 65. A loss will cost billions. [more...]

Shrimp Prices Set to Skyrocket as U.S. Tariffs are Pondered
Posted 2/20/04
A preliminary vote to continue looking into anti-dumping allegations against six shrimp exporting nations poses the possibility of signficant price increases. [more...]

NGOs Reject "Model" Pacific Swordfish Fishery
Posted 1/26/04
The NGO community appears more interested in ending all swordfish fisheries rather than in solutions to perceived problems. [more...]

PEW’s Attack on MSC Explains Why NGO-Driven Eco-labels Fail
Posted 1/20/04
A report that PEW will challenge the integrity of the Marine Stewardship Council doesn't mean dissent within the NGO community. Quite the opposite. [more...]

Eco-Labeling Set for COFI Fish Trade Meetings
Posted 1/13/04
After three years labor, the IFCNR initiative to place seafood eco-labeling in the hands of FAO has become a key agenda item for the COFI meetings next month in Bremen. [more...]

Problems Within IUCN's Red List & Environmentalism in General
Posted 12/11/03
The flaws in IUCN's Red List of Threatened Species mirror those inherent in the enviornmental movement. [more...]

Part 1-Target FAO: A Give & Take Dialogue with an NGO Insider
Posted 12/5/03
IFCNR engages an NGO insider in an open and frank discussion on why NGOs invest so much time and effort at international venues such as FAO. [more...]

PEW is Coming Out of the NGO Closet
Posted 11/20/03
Fisheries and aquaculture beware. The ranks of the NGOs will become even more formidable on January 1st. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief - fourth quarter 2003
Posted 11/17/03
News briefs on issues of aquaculture and wild caught fisheries. [more...]

Once Again the Seafood/Mercury Issue is Challenged by Science
Posted 11/7/03
More scientific research suggests the mercury in seafood scare is more political than factual. [more...]

The Not So Hidden Agenda Behind NGO Listing Southern Blufin Tuna
Posted 10/31/03
Conserving Southern blufin tuna may not be the real motive for NGO interest in listing the fish as endangered. [more...]

Short Takes: July to September 2003
Posted 10/21/03
News in brief on issues of aquaculture and capture fisheries. [more...]

NEON: It's Not a Car. It's a Network of Eco-Research Facilities
Posted 9/24/03
Throughout virtually every fishery echoes the cry that research is lacking. NEON strings research observatories across the country. If Congress funds it. [more...]

Resource Tax Pushed for Pelagics, Chilean Salmon Next
Posted 7/3/03
The idea of imposing an environmental "use" or "clean-up" tax on capture and farmed seafood is heating up. [more...]

Short Takes: April to June 2003
Posted 6/18/03
News briefs on issues relating to fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

STUDY SAYS SEAFOOD POSES “NO DETECTABLE RISK” FROM MERCURY
Posted 5/16/03
The latest findings from a 14-year study say mercury from seafood consumption poses no risk. [more...]

CANADIAN CRABBERS UNWILLING TO BITE AT UPPED QUOTA
Posted 5/14/03
Canada is losing a significant portion of its fishery income from the crabber boycott. [more...]

FAO: Global Production Down, Aquaculture Up, Shrimp Tops All
Posted 5/13/03
Final production data from the FAO on the world fishery (both capture and aquaculture) production are in. [more...]

Canada’s Cod Fisheries Closings Raise Unanswered Questions
Posted 5/1/03
Where have all the cod gone? Canada is willing to put up $6 million to know. [more...]

Seafood Restaurant’s Sued in California over Mercury Labeling
Posted 4/15/03
As promised California's major seafood restaurant chains are not facing legal action under Proposition 65 because of mercury content in swordfish, tuna etc. [more...]

NGOs Win Round One in Dolphin-Safe Tuna Court Challenge
Posted 4/11/03
Earth Island Institute won the first round of its planned legal action against Mexico and Venezuela's yellowfin tuna industry. [more...]

NGOs Await Court Decision on "Dolphin-Safe" Tuna
Posted 4/9/03
The Federal Court is expected to decide within days whether to issue a preliminary injunction against the Commerce Department's allowing tuna imports to bear the dolphin safe logo. [more...]

SHRIMP WARS STARTING UP AGAIN
Posted 4/8/03
Shrimp is a very valuable commodity and quite controversial. Conditions appear ripe for a major war by NGOs and domestic shrimpers to close U.S. markets to foreign shrimp. [more...]

NOAA TURTLE/LONGLINE STUDY DISPUTES DOOMSDAY SCENARIO
Posted 3/19/03
The campaign to end longlining for swordfish took a hit with the release of the NOAA report on mitigating sea turtle interactions with pelagic longline gear. Nothing indicates a lethal threat to leatherbacks. [more...]

Short Takes: January - March 2003
Posted 3/17/03
News briefs on issues related to fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

COFI Day 2: Eco-labels, IUU, & NGO Ire over Shrimp
Posted 2/26/03
Issues of importance and relevance including a renewal of the NGO campaign against shrimp farming kept delegates busy during COFI's second day of deliberations. [more...]

COFI to call for Guidelines for Eco-labeling
Posted 2/26/03
Support was voiced at COFI for FAO to begin the formal process of developing an international eco-label for fisheries, aquaculture and seafood in general. [more...]

SUZUKI CAMPAIGN TO DEMONIZE FARMED SALMON GETS BOOST FROM UK
Posted 2/25/03
The on-going campaign to create consumer fears of farmed salmon continue. [more...]

OPENING SESSION OF COFI TACKLES CITES/FAO RELATIONSHIP
Posted 2/25/03
The opening day of the FAO's Committee on Fisheries saw delegate line up in partisan disagreement over which agency best controls fisheries. [more...]

The NGO Assault on U.S. Food Producers is Proceeding as Planned
Posted 2/14/03
The U.S. food industry - from seafood to meat and grains - is facing a true fight for its economic life. But is it willing to fight? [more...]

SUPU Chairman Pombo Elected to Congress' Top Environmental Post
Posted 1/10/03
Richard Pombo, chairman of SUPU, is the new chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Resources. [more...]

Short Takes: 1 October to 31 December 2002
Posted 12/31/02
News in brief on issues related to fishing and aquaculture. [more...]

Aquaculture Notes for 18 December 02
Posted 12/18/02
Brief news items on aquaculture issues and circumstances. [more...]

Aquaculture Notes for 08 November 02
Posted 11/8/02
Short news items of interest to aquaculture interests. [more...]

Atlantic Swordfish Recovery: Credit Science, Not Emotion
Posted 10/9/02
Good management and nature has produced a dramatic recovery of Atlantic swordfish. [more...]

Untangling a Hasty Court Suit & Flawed Fish Count
Posted 10/1/02
New England's fishermen are hopeful that the impending drastic cut in their 2003 fishing season can be reversed if the mess caused by NMFS flawed fish surveys can be sorted out. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief for August-September 2002
Posted 10/1/02
News briefs on issues of interest to fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

U.S. Ocean Commission Report Gives Hope to NGOs and Use Groups
Posted 9/27/02
The Interim report of the U.S. Ocean Commission included elements supporting NGOs and use groups alike. [more...]

U.S. Eyes Off-Shore Waters for Aquaculture Expansion
Posted 9/16/02
The U.S. wants to bump up its aquaculture production over the next two decades. Officials think off-shore is the way to go. [more...]

Vote Due on California's Attempt to Label/Ban Transgenic Salmon
Posted 8/29/02
Three potential votes by two Assembly Committees and the Department of Fish and Game over biotech-improved fish are expected today. [more...]

Short Takes: News in Brief up to July 2002
Posted 8/27/02
News briefs about fisheries and aquaculture. [more...]

Nutreco Discovers the Value of Dealing with NGO Critics
Posted 8/23/02
Nutreco thought it could deal with hostile NGOs and found itself the target of a campaign against its salmon farms. [more...]

New Surimi Process: Higher Protein Yield, Fat and Dioxin Free
Posted 8/12/02
A new process promises to create virtually a protein-richer, fat/lipid free surimi in barely two minutes. [more...]

IFCNR Invited to Address IUCN at World Summit
Posted 8/2/02
IUCN invited IFCNR to address the role of corporations in the global process of sustainable development at the World Summit for Sustainable Development in South Africa. [more...]

P.E.I. Fish Kill: the Lethal Legacy of Anti-GMO NGOs
Posted 7/17/02
Prince Edward Island, Canada is in the midst of yet another massive fish kill. Fingers point to the anti-GMO potato campaign waged by NGOs as the guilty party. [more...]

Clay May Tame Red Tides
Posted 7/10/02
Science is turning to a simple solution for a deadly problem. [more...]

French Fries & Fried Foods Target of Toxic Bounty Hunters
Posted 7/5/02
Fried foods are the immediate target of legal bounty hunters under California's Prop 65. But every industry including fisheries needs to be warned. [more...]

EPA Dumping in Potomac Story Gets Murkier
Posted 6/21/02
It's bad enough that the feds got caught dumping toxic sludge into the Potomac, but, now there's an endangered fish there that they've threatened. [more...]

EPA Calls Toxic Sludge "Good" for Fish.
Posted 6/19/02
The EPA dumps 200,000 tons of sludge toxic to fish in the Potomac river every year. [more...]

Short Takes: News In Brief 27-06-02
Posted 6/14/02
Brief items of newsworthy interest. [more...]

Solid-Wall & Land-Based Salmon Farms Drawing Attention
Posted 6/14/02
British Columbia's pilot land-based tank raised salmon project just shipped a first batch to chinook to market under the watchful eyes of government, industry, and the NGOs. [more...]

Heritage Salmon & NGOs Agree to Settle 2-Year Lawsuit
Posted 6/6/02
The two year legal action brought by US PIRG and the National Environemntal Law Center ended in a mutual agreement among the parties. [more...]

UN Oceans Atlas Site Crowns World Environment Day
Posted 6/5/02
Unlike NGOs that alienate with caustic rhetoric, the FAO's Fisheries Resource Division and other agencies demonstrated how to work together to provide an important tool for Ocean conservation. [more...]

Short Takes: News In Brief 14-06-02
Posted 6/3/02
A compilation of fishery and aquaculture related news articles. [more...]

Sea Lice & Location Threaten Scottish Salmon Farm Status Quo
Posted 6/3/02
WWF warned Scottish salmon farmers that something had to be done about sea lice and farm locations if wild salmon numbers are to be renewed. [more...]

Replacing Chilean Sea Bass on Menus
Posted 5/29/02
With a reluctance to purchase Chilean Sea Bass, the question arises over what fish will replace the popular dish. [more...]

New England Groundfish Ruling Reversed
Posted 5/24/02
Judge Gladys Kessler reversed her controversial ruling that would have crippled New England's groundfish fleet. [more...]

Displaced Maine Fishermen Get Federal Make-Work Grant
Posted 5/20/02
The NGO led effort to conserve fish stocks at the expense of U.S. fishing cultures has resulted in another federal handout to Maine fishermen. [more...]

Short Takes: News In Brief 29-05-02
Posted 5/20/02
A compilation of fisheries and aquaculture news in brief [more...]

Wild Oregon Salmon Get CRP
Posted 5/8/02
Oregon's "resuscitation" rule for Columbia River Basin wild salmon seems to be working for salmon and fishermen alike. [more...]

NOAA Finds Texas Shrimp Closure Good for Shrimpers
Posted 5/8/02
The 2002 Texas shrimp trawl closure actually helps shrimper income, NOAA discovers. [more...]

Study Sees Omega-3 as Helpful for Diabetics
Posted 4/26/02
Omega-3, the fatty acid found in "oily" marine species including salmon, herring, seals etc. is now being linked to increasing sensitivity to insulin in diabetes. [more...]

Is Light a New (?) Biotech Growth Stimulant
Posted 4/23/02
Researchers at Texas A&M are confirming that prolonged exposure to ligth does stimulate rapid growth in species of fish. [more...]

Alaska Poised to Ease Shellfish Farming Permit Process
Posted 4/23/02
Alaska's traditional bias against aquaculture may be fading. While salmon farming is still taboo, attitudes are starting to change regarding the industry. [more...]

Caspian Caviar: Sustainable Trade or Poached Riches
Posted 3/13/02
CITES says trade Caspian Caviar and use funds generated to rebuild Caspian stugeon populations. NGOs say nay. [more...]

Good News and Bad Accusations from U.S. Seafood Stats
Posted 3/13/02
U.S. imports for three species topped exports of poultry. That's the good news. [more...]

El Niño Watch Set for New Few Weeks
Posted 3/13/02
A matter of weeks will determine if the warming trend along South America's Pacific Coast is the birth of a new El Niño. [more...]

8th COFI Meeting Focuses on Seafood Eco-labeling
Posted 2/20/02
The 8th meeting of FAO's Committee on Fisheries met in Bremen, Germany, February 11-16, to discuss a range of issues from CITES to Eco-labelling. IFCNR was there. [more...]

UK Capture & Farmed Fish Panned by NGOs
Posted 2/4/02
Fish farms and fishermen can't get a break from harsh criticism of NGOs. [more...]

British Columbia Ends 7-Year Salmon Farm Moratorium
Posted 2/4/02
Aquaculture is seen as the key area of economic hope for British Columbia's economically blighted condition. [more...]

Norwegian Farmed Cod Hit 600 Tons in 2001
Posted 1/8/02
Norway's farmed cod industry is gaining credibility. [more...]

Jellyfish Prove Factor in Black Sea Fish Decline/Return
Posted 1/7/02
Jellyfish are both the cause of the decline and resurgence of fish populations in Black Sea. [more...]

Russian Crab Quota Auction Attracts Hot Bidding
Posted 12/31/01
Russia auctioned off half of its national crab quota in a high but predictable bidding war. [more...]

Abalone and Free Trade Have Chile's Hopes High for 2002
Posted 12/14/01
Chile appears on the verge of landing a Free Trade Agreement with the U.S. and seeing its abalone farms boom next year. [more...]

Satellite Maps Help with Tuna Hunt
Posted 12/13/01
Cutting costs in the hunt for tuna is almost as important as landing the fish themselves. Satellite data maps are helping those willing to pay the monthly price. [more...]

"Straddling Stocks" Treaty Now in Effect
Posted 12/13/01
The UN treaty on straddling and highly migratory fish stocks is now global law. [more...]

Norwegians Concerned over Consumer Reaction to Sick Salmon
Posted 12/7/01
ISA infected salmon may be okay to eat but it is off-putting to consumers. [more...]

2002 European Fishing Quotas to be set
Posted 12/7/01
European fishermen will be confronted with a critical new wrinkle when the European Commission sets the 2002 total allowable catch quotas. [more...]

Brazilian Shrimp Farms On Growth Spurt
Posted 12/7/01
Brazil is making its way to the top of the shrimp farm food chain. [more...]

"Value Added" Industry Keeps China Searching for Product
Posted 11/20/01
China's "value added" seafood production industry is searching for new imports to keep its plants running. [more...]

U.S. Shellfish Market Strong in 2000
Posted 11/13/01
Exports and domestic consumption of oysters, mussels and clams was strong in 2000. [more...]

Dungeness Crab Poaching Rings Foiled Near Vancouver
Posted 11/13/01
Canadian authorities broke two Vancouver crab poaching rings. [more...]

GoFish.com Folds/Seafax Returns
Posted 11/7/01
Online information is something everyone enjoys. Online business is still at least a generation away from business community acceptance. [more...]

Chilean Salmon Farmers Hit with High Air Costs/Low Market Prices
Posted 11/6/01
Chilean salmon farmers are trying to weather a catastrophic economic crunch affecting their ability to compete on the world market. [more...]

Red Tide Forces El Salvador Shellfish Ban Extension
Posted 11/2/01
Seventeen people are ill from red tide shellfish contamination in El Salvador. A ban on catching shellfish is leaving 13,000 fidshermen out of work. [more...]

WTO May Force Norway to Accept Farm Imports
Posted 11/2/01
If Norway wants to take a leadership role in global fish trading, it will have to make some concessions to Third World farmers. [more...]

Heritage Sale Poses Questions & Hopes for Norway
Posted 11/1/01
Norwegian salmon interests are hoping the impending sale of Heritage salmon will reopen the U.S. market to their product. [more...]

ICES Issues Warnings on North Sea Cod & Haddock
Posted 10/30/01
ICES says North Sea Cod and haddock are in dire need of immediate action. [more...]

American Rivers/NOAA Partnership To Help Coastal Fisheries
Posted 10/30/01
A three-year partnership between American Rivers NGO and NOAA aims to open obsolute dams to allow fish passage to spawning grounds. [more...]

Bio-Prospecting For Cures From The Sea
Posted 10/23/01
Modern biotech medicines come from terrestrial trees, plants and animals. Now researchers are looking for cures from the sea. [more...]

WTO Rules U.S. Turtle Protection Not Restraint of Trade
Posted 10/22/01
The U.S. rules barring shrimp imports from non "turtle safe" nations were ruled Okay by WTO. [more...]

Pessimistic Outlook for Alaskan Tanner & Red Crab Fisheries
Posted 10/19/01
Prices,, quotas and diminished biomass make for bleak times. [more...]

US Imports Up/Global Salmon Growth Projected
Posted 10/15/01
The six months before the terrorist attack, U.S. salmon imports jumped 24 percent. [more...]

Economic Predictions Conflicting for US Seafood Market
Posted 10/12/01
In the wake of the September 11th attack on the U.S., some analysts are predicting slow consumer growth, while others see increasing consumer demand for seafood. [more...]

Siberia: Promising Fish for Oil
Posted 10/11/01
The crisis need for heating oil and diesel fuel in Siberia has the regional government bartering its 2002 fish quota. [more...]

Birds Eye UK Denies Phasing Cod From its Fish Fingers
Posted 10/10/01
UK consumers love their cod. Rumors of substituting hoki for cod, saw a hasty damage control exercise from Birds Eye. [more...]

Norwegian Firm Buying Its Way to Salmon Farm King
Posted 10/10/01
When herring prices are high and salmon are selling low, Norway's Austevoll Havfiske knows which to buy. [more...]

UK Fishermen Fear Farmed Cod Will Decrease Income
Posted 10/9/01
Within 12 months the UK hopes to see production from cod and halibut farms ease import demands. Fishermen are worried over the affect on their income. [more...]

Rotting Fish Recycled As Biofuel
Posted 10/8/01
A cargo of rotting fish raised from the bottom of the sea were used to produce electricity and heat in Denmark. [more...]

A Mild El Nino Predicted for 2002
Posted 10/8/01
Next year's El Nino is seen as being very docile compared to the 1998 version. [more...]

Norway Loses EU Salmon Market Share to Smaller Producers
Posted 10/5/01
The European Union's Salmon Agreement is cutting into Norway's dominant market share. [more...]

Algae-Free Season Saves Canadian Salmon Farms Millions
Posted 10/4/01
Calling it the most algae bloom free season in the industry's history, Canadian salmon farmers predict millions in savings. [more...]

UK Oks EU Report on Common Fisheries Policy
Posted 10/4/01
The United Kingdom expressed its approval of the European Commission's analysis of the shortcomings of the EU Common Fisheries Policy. [more...]

US Government Offers Grants to Study Harmful Algae Blooms
Posted 10/4/01
Three year grants to study harmful algae blooms are available from the US Government. Proposals must be in by October 31st. [more...]

Shellfish Farming Good Neighbors in France, Coming Soon to BC
Posted 10/3/01
French shellfish farmers are working to meet the growing demand for their product and to establish themselves as earth friendly. Canada is looking to shellfish farms for economic help. [more...]

Cod: Sought by Fishermen and Fish Farmers Alike
Posted 10/1/01
Cod farming holds great promise for consumers but raises mixed reviews among fishermen. [more...]

Fishing, Crabbing & Vegetable Farming: Tenuous at Best
Posted 9/26/01
The effects of the terrorist attacks on the U.S. as well as conditions without that stress are playing havoc with fishermen and farmers. [more...]

U.S. Wants Exclusive Rights to "Catfish" Label
Posted 9/21/01
U.S. catfish farmers are again turning to Congress for protecive measures against import competition. [more...]

Canadian Fishermen Clash Over Fishing Rights
Posted 9/20/01
So-called "ethnic" and "non-ethnic" commercial fishermen in Canada's New Brunswick province are battling over First People's exclusive autumn lobstering rights. [more...]

New Bedfellows: Seaweek, Sea Urchins & Salmon
Posted 9/20/01
Research in Scotland and Ireland are showing that salmon farms' best friends may be green sea urchins and seaweed. [more...]

Oregon Coho Not Threatened Says the Judge
Posted 9/19/01
A federal judge ruled that wild bred and hatchery bred coho salmon are not distinct breeds. [more...]

Commission on Ocean Policy Officially Opens for Business
Posted 9/18/01
The U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy officially opened its doors creating three committees, naming a chairman, and extending a hand to NGOs and fishermen alike. [more...]

EU Patent for Biotech Salmon Infuriates Greenpeace
Posted 9/10/01
Greenpeace finally noticed that a patent was granted by the European Patent Office for growth-enhanced salmon. [more...]

Irish Seahorse Farm Aims at Chinese Market
Posted 9/6/01
A proposed seahorse farm in Ireland hopes to capitalize on the Chinese Traditional Medicine market. CITES may have other plans. [more...]

Nippon Suisan Becomes Major North American Owner
Posted 8/23/01
Nippon Suisan purchased Unilever's North American seafood holdings: Groton's and Blue Water. [more...]

Farmed Atlantic Salmon: Growing Ever More Global
Posted 8/23/01
With the bid by Dutch-owned Nutreco and Norway's Cermaq to buy out Canada's Heritage Salmon aquaculture holdings, the national pedigree on Atlantic salmon is blurring for consumers. [more...]