Mackerel back on the Fish to Eat list
World Fishing | 16 May 2013
The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has upgraded European and Norwegian mackerel to a yellow 'three' rating on its Fish to Eat List, meaning people can eat it occasionally without endangering the species.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries

Groundbreaking video technology to improve stock surveys
World Fishing | 14 May 2013
A new method of using video data collection to improve groundfish and flat fish stock surveys has been developed, which is showing promise to improve accuracy by increasing spatial coverage and to allow the conducting of surveys without fish mortality.
 Fish | Fisheries | Research

Herring sanctions plan welcomed
fishupdate.com | 14 May 2013
On Monday's (13 May) European Union Fish Council meeting in Brussels, the EC outlined a scheme to impose sanctions against the Faroes for its over-fishing of herring.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management

EU fish stocks continue to suffer
World Fishing | 13 May 2013
The World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) new scientific analysis has revealed that the recovery of overfished European fish stocks could take more than 100 years under the current EU proposals.
 Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management

Swedish salmon sales 'breached ban'
BBC | 08 May 2013
Firms in Sweden have sold about 200 tonnes of Baltic salmon in Europe despite an EU ban targeting toxic chemicals in fish.
 Atlantic Ocean | Fish | Water Pollution

New report links illegal fishing to seafood fraud
fishupdate.com | 08 May 2013
Oceana, the ocean conservation organisation, has released a new report finding that illegal, unregulated and unreported (IUU) fishing leads to seafood fraud and threatens fishing economies, seafood consumers and vulnerable marine species on a global scale.
 Fish | Fisheries

Valuable US stocks rebuilt
World Fishing | 07 May 2013
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) 2012 annual report to Congress on the status of US fish stocks reveals that a number of valuable American species have successfully been rebuilt.
 Fish | Fisheries

Waitrose makes new sustainable seafood pledge
fishupdate.com | 07 May 2013
WAITROSE has given a pledge? to source all its seafood from independently certified sources, with an industry leading deadline of the end of 2016.
 Fish | Fisheries | Seafood Certification

Annual US report on fish stocks brings good news
fishupdate.com | 06 May 2013
THE 2012 Annual Report to Congress on the Status of US fish stocks points to the rebuilding of a number of valuable American species.
 Fish | Fisheries | Marine Management

Health defects found in fish exposed to Deepwater Horizon oil spill
EurekAlert | 02 May 2013
(University of California - Davis) Three years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, crude oil toxicity continues to sicken a sentinel Gulf Coast fish species, according to new findings from a research team that includes a University of California, Davis, scientist.
 Atlantic Ocean | Accidents and Spills | Fish