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Will London Serve Only Sustainable Fish With Its Chips?

When the 2012 Olympic Games come to London, the city is going to be serving a lot of fish and chips. And one organization has challenged the city to get every last serving of it from sustainable sources. Launched this week, the Sustainable Fish City initiative aims to get everyone in the city, from fish and chips shacks...

SKorean Fishing Boat Sinks in Antarctic; 22 Feared Dead

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Dec. 13) - A South Korean fishing boat sank in the Antarctic Ocean's frigid waters Monday, with 22 sailors feared killed in the open sea where vessels trawl for deep-water fish. Five sailors were confirmed dead and 20 survivors were rescued shortly after the 614-ton vessel went down some 1,400...

Slavery Found on Fishing Boats Supplying Europe

(Sept. 30) -- African fishing crews are sometimes kept in slave-like conditions on boats illegally supplying fish to the European market, according to an investigation published today. The Guardian has published excerpts from an Environmental Justice Foundation report that documents how African fishing workers are kept...

Your Guide to Safe and Responsible Seafood Purchases

(Aug. 26) -- The average consumer eats about 16 pounds of seafood a year, and fishmongers say their customers are loaded with questions on everything from which fish have fewer contaminants, like mercury and PCBs, to what can I buy that tastes like the fish I shouldn't eat? The gang at Food & Water Watch have come up with...

Hungry for Genetically Engineered Fish?

(Aug. 4) -- A major U.S. fish research company has tampered with the DNA of Atlantic salmon by adding a quick-growth gene that allows the fish to eat year-around and grow more quickly. And the Food and Drug Administration is about to allow these genetically engineered salmon to head to market, the company says. But food...

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05/29/12 Md. 'True Blue' program promotes homegrown crabs Source: WTOP Radio - Washington DC If you have ever wondered where the crab meat used in restaurants comes from, Maryland state officials have an answer.
05/29/12 Nova Scotia vows to improve aquaculture Source: Metro Canada Nova Scotia's fisheries minister is promising to increase oversight of the province's aquaculture sector.
05/29/12 ARS researcher honored for work on plant-based fish... Source: Capital Press - Salem OR Most aquaculture feeds are based on fish meal, using anchovies and sardines harvested from the wild.
05/29/12 Dead seas net result of fish policy Source: Taipei Times Overfishing has reached the point where our capacity to catch fish has exceeded the ability of fish stocks to replenish themselves with the result that global marine resources are being rapidly depleted.
05/29/12 Shrimp Season Opens Early Source: ABC - WTOK-TV NewsCenter 11 - Meridian MS officials are moving up the opening of shrimping season.

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The fishing industry includes any industry or activity concerned with taking, culturing, processing, preserving, storing, transporting, marketing or selling fish or fish products.

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