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Failure of CFP Reform is too High a Cost |
| May 21, 2012 - EU - The price of a failed Common Fisheries Policy (CFP) is high, said Guus Pastoor, President of the European Fish Processors Association and the European Federation of National Organisations of Importers and Exporters of Fish (AIPCE-CEP). Charlotte Johnston, TheFishSite editor reports. | |||
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World Trade Organization rules against dolphin safe labeling |
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May 18, 2012 - A World Trade Organization panel has ruled the US "dolphin safe" tuna labeling may unfairly discriminate against Mexico. According to Reuters, this now raises the possibility of sanctions on US goods. The dolphin safe labeling system was introduced 20 years ago to protect dolphins in the eastern tropical Pacific, the source for almost all of America's tuna. |
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Vietnam protests China's S. China Sea fishing ban |
| May 15, 2012, HANOI, Vietnam—Vietnam is protesting China's fishing ban in parts of the South China Sea that Hanoi claims as its own. | |||
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Fisheries Congress attracts more than 1,300 delegates from 65 countries |
| Addressing “Sustainable Fisheries in a Changing World”, the Congress was opened by HRH The Prince of Wales and, over the course of five days, tackled the science that underpins sustainable fishing; adaptive management and tools to cope with changing environments and the social and economic cost of failure. | |||
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Scientists debate seafood certification systems |
| May 11, 2012 - The efficacy of seafood certification systems has been debated at the 6th World Fisheries Congress in Edinburgh, as part of a series of topical sustainability panels. | |||
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
