Paul Eccleston Mar 5th 2010
Severn Bridge picture: Chris J Bowley
A proposed barrage across the Severn Estuary could destroy one of Britain’s most prized natural resources, a new report warns.
The scramble to harness the massive renewable power the Severn tides could generate threatens an internationally important wildlife site, according to the Wildlife Trusts’ report.
It claims that none of the five [...]
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Charles Clover Mar 1st 2010
by Charles Clover and Jon Ungoed-Thomas
Portal Picture of shark poaching in Chagos: MRAG
THE government’s chief scientist and his wife have made £500,000 in the past year in a company overseeing commercial fishing that allegedly threatens one of the world’s most pristine marine environments.
Professor John Beddington and his wife, Caroline, are joint shareholders in Marine Resources [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 18th 2010
French fishermen are flouting EU rules and selling baby eels to China at a massive profit, a conservation group alleges.
One in every three eels caught should go towards a recovery plan aimed at restocking European wetlands and rivers which have suffered a dramatic decline in eel numbers.
Already three tons of eel have been sold to [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 16th 2010
The Japanese are the world champions when it comes to eating seafood.
They eat more fish per head than any other nation – putting away on average 65 kilos every year – three times the amount eaten by Americans and Chinese, and 13 times more than they eat in India.
But the Japanese know nothing about over-fishing [...]
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Paul Eccleston Feb 10th 2010
Portal picture: Pinprick
Britain’s biggest seafood supplier has dropped European eel and North Atlantic halibut from its product list.
Both species are on the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List as critically endangered – only one step away from extinction in the wild.
The move by M&J Seafood was widely welcomed by conservation groups who [...]
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Charles Clover Feb 7th 2010
The Spanish version of The End of the Line, the first major feature documentary film revealing the impact of overfishing on our oceans, was launched by MarViva Foundation, Oceana Europe and renowned singer Miguel Bose in Madrid on Feb 3.
The film examines the imminent extinction of bluefin tuna, brought on by increasing western demand for [...]
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Paul Eccleston Jan 26th 2010
All fish sold by Marks and Spencer will be guaranteed to be from sustainable stocks within five years.
The High Street giant has become the first big food retailer to sign the WWF Seafood Charter aimed at halting over fishing.
It will now work with the conservation organisation to protect the oceans, work towards sustainable fisheries management [...]
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Paul Eccleston Jan 21st 2010
The eel is fast disappearing from London’s River Thames and may soon be gone completely.
New research by the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) shows that numbers have crashed by 97 per cent in the past five years.
In 2005 1500 eels were caught in traps in the river’s tributaries but last year the number plummeted to [...]
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Paul Eccleston Jan 18th 2010
Seafood eco-labelling schemes have come under fire in a new report looking at their effectiveness.
They are under-performing and need to be improved across the board, according to an assessment sponsored by the conservation organisation WWF.
Seven fishery certification schemes were assessed by management consultancy Accenture against a number of indicators designed to test their effectiveness in [...]
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Fish2Fork Jan 14th 2010
Sushi restaurants are the worst for serving up fish that are endangered or over-fished in the wild, according to a survey of 50 restaurants in 14 states.
The first online survey of its kind also found, ironically, that the best restaurant in the United States for sustainability was a sushi restaurant.
The survey was carried [...]
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