http://fish2fork.com/blog Sustainable Seafood Restaurant Guide Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:16:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en   [caption id="attachment_1402" align="aligncenter" width="576" caption="Severn Estuary. Picture: Andrew Kerr"][/caption] 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 ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/03/barrage-plan-threatens-severn-estuary/ [caption id="attachment_1390" align="aligncenter" width="500" caption="Grey reef shark. Picture:| Peter Faulkner Marine Photobank"][/caption] 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 ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/03/chief-scientists-firm-makes-500000-from-chagos-fishery/ [caption id="attachment_1373" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Eels for sale in a Japanese market. Picture: Telstar Logistics"][/caption] 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 ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/02/french-opting-for-quick-profit-on-eel-harvest/ [caption id="attachment_1355" align="alignleft" width="286" caption="Tsukiji Fish Market, Tokyo. Picture: cranrob"][/caption] 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 ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/02/japanese-dont-understand-sustainable-seafood/ 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 ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/02/mj-take-eel-and-halibut-off-the-menu/ [caption id="attachment_1321" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Oceana/Eduardo de Ana. Portal picture: Tom Pychner"][/caption] 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 ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/02/the-end-of-the-line-launched-in-spanish/ [caption id="attachment_1263" align="aligncenter" width="448" caption="Bluefin for sale at Tokyo fish market. Picture: Sanctu"][/caption] Portal picture: Greenpeace A worldwide ban on trade in the endangered bluefin tuna has moved a step closer after France pledged its support for the move. In a significant move the French said they would support the listing of bluefin ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/02/bluefin-ban-moves-closer-after-french-u-turn/ By David Suzuki and Faisal Moola Pictures: Charlotte Kinzie [caption id="attachment_1247" align="alignleft" width="448" caption="Sockeye salmon run"][/caption] Salmon have played a central role in the lives and culture of Pacific Northwest people throughout history. Their abundance in the oceans and rivers made them a major source of protein for hundreds ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/02/david-suzuki-attacks-msc-over-sustainable-sockeye-salmon/ [caption id="attachment_1233" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Sardine harvest.Picture: Alaska Teacher"][/caption] Scientists have developed an alternative to fishmeal used across the world to feed farmed fish. By using micro-nutrients as a supplement they have been able to cut the amount of fishmeal in the food to 15 per cent without affecting the quality or taste ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/02/breakthrough-in-farmed-fish-food/ The assumption that fish from farms can feed the world as catches of wild fish decline is “a fiction” and based on official figures now known to be suspect, Dr Daniel Pauly, a leading scientist said yesterday. Dr Pauly said official UN figures showed farmed fish account for nearly half of ... http://fish2fork.com/blog/2010/01/fish-farming-will-not-feed-the-world-says-top-expert/