Family-owned shrimp exporting company OMARSA, based in Ecuador, is the first shrimp producer to gain Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification, the ASC announced on Wednesday (October 1st). OMARSA's Camaronera Cachugran, Camaronera Chongon and Camaronera Puna sites were recognised as responsible and well managed farms following independent, third party assessment conducted by the certification body Institute for Marketecology (IMO).
"Tasmanian salmon producers want to double the size of the industry over the next 15 years to keep up with growing demand. But environmentalists and the rival abalone industry want the expansion stopped, accusing salmon farms of polluting Tasmania's waterways and killing off marine life," wrote ABC on Tuesday (September 30, 2014). A 6-minute video report quotes locals, the eNGO Environment Tasmania, the 'rival' abalone (fishing) industry, and eco-tourism interests concerned. ABC also extensively quotes Tassal's Head of Sustainability, Linda Sams, who answers some of the critics.
Day Boat Seafoods, a registered stakeholder, has filed an objection with the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to the outcome of an independent assessment of the Sustainable Swordfish LLC (SSLLC) US North Atlantic swordfish longline fishery, the MSC announced Tuesday (September 30, 2014).
Washington, DC – Monday, September 29: Between 1970 and 2010 populations of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish around the globe dropped 52 percent, says the 2014 Living Planet Report released today by World Wildlife Fund (WWF). This biodiversity loss occurs disproportionately in low-income countries—and correlates with the increasing resource use of high-income countries.
As part of the effort to responsibly source more than 50% of their seafood by 2018, Hyatt will work towards purchasing more than 15% of its supply from Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certified farms and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified fisheries. This is the first phase of a long-term seafood sustainability strategy in partnership with the World Wildlife Fund (WWF).