Latest News
“Seafood stewardship in crisis”, experts say
02/09/2010
In an opinion piece in the current issue of Nature magazine, six leading scientists claim that the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the world’s most established eco-labelling system for seafood, is “rapidly failing on its promise”.
Sweden testing chips’n fish
02/09/2010
A new technique for making seafood traceable down to the where-when-and-what of every individual catch is being tested in Swedish stores.
STECF advices reduced effort for Baltic cod
01/09/2010
The EU Commission’s main scientific advisory body has generally agreed with earlier scientific advice on next year’s Baltic catch quotas, but adds that fishing effort should be reduced for the dominant eastern cod stock.
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Upcoming events
- 07/09/2010 "Challenges and possibilities in the pelagic sector. Looking towards the future", Tórshavn, Faroe Islands
- 08/09/2010 FSAM 2010 (Fish Sampling with Active Methods), Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
- 08/09/2010 Belgian EU Presidency Conference: "Biodiversity post-2010 - biodiversity in a changing world", Ghent, Belgium
- 09/09/2010 4th annual International Clean up the Baltic 2010 Campaign, Poland
- 13/09/2010 DINFISH2010 symposium, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic