McDonald’s fish sandwiches in Europe to have blue eco-label
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McDonald’s in Europe said on Wednesday that beginning October its fish sandwiches sold across the continent will have a blue-eco label.
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The International Politics of Bluefin Tuna
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, or NOAA, drew ire from some environmental groups when it announced last week that the Atlantic bluefin tuna does not warrant a listing under the Endangered Species Act despite widespread decline the species over the past several decades. Despite its unpopularity, this is the correct decision from both a legal and a conservation standpoint.
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Japanese scallop production expected to be down; countries look to US and EU Products
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SEAFOOD.COM NEWS [Japan Reports] Tokyo - June 6, 2011 -- The impact of the earthquake holds the key to the course of sales of frozen scallops this season; China is stepping up buying from U.S., Latin America in fear that supply from Japan may decrease
(The following is a summary of the analysis presented by Mr. Takashi Kato, a high-ranking official of the Hokkaido Fisheries Federation, at a recent meeting of major scallop dealers in Japan.)
This article is reproduced with permission from Seafood News, a subscription website.
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Global fish supplies 'will disappear in four decades'
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"In 2006, a study published by a colleague suggested that by 2048 we would be in trouble," said Dr. Ussif Rashid Sumaila, an associate professor of economics at the University of British Columbia. "Most of the world's fisheries would have crashed."
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EU fishing quotas 'taken over by traders'
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Westcountry coastal communities are under threat because commercial fishing quotas have become stock market "commodities", MPs have warned.
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