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  Unlikely alliance salutes recognition of ocean acidification in Copenhagen

  COPENHAGEN – An unlikely alliance of commercial fishing and conservation leaders today welcomed the announcement that ocean acidification—a little known peril of rising carbon dioxide emissions—will be a major subject of scientific advice for the next round of global negotiations to limit greenhouse gases. “We were very pleased to hear the…

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  Sustainable aquaculture feeds – a growing Issue

  The issue of sustainable aquaculture feeds is growing in importance and poses significant threats and opportunities to the seafood supply chain according to a briefing published today by not-for-profit group Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP). The briefing – based on data from the SFP fisheries database Fishsource, a telephone survey with key…

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  Sustainable Aquaculture Feeds and Wild Fisheries – Briefing

  A briefing on aquaculture and the sustainability of feeds from wild fisheries.

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  New Zealand hoki fishery deserves praise, not condemnation

  The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), a non-governmental organization committed to maintaining healthy ocean and aquatic ecosystems, challenges recent media assertions about the sustainability of the New Zealand hoki fishery. SFP rates the fishery as one of the best managed whitefish fisheries in the world, in spite of declines in stock…

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  Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Documentation Program – Briefing

  Full title: Effectiveness of the Catch Documentation Program for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna and Alternative Measures for Promoting Sustainable and Legal Bluefin Tuna Supplies

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  Progress by Russian Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery

  The Russian pollock Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) Partnership discussed its progress today with participants at the International Fishery Congress in Vladivostok. Russian pollock fisheries take place in the West Bering Sea and Sea of Okhotsk, two of the most productive and diverse seas on earth. The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP)…

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  First Russian fishery certified as sustainable

  The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) announced today that it has awarded certification to a pink and chum salmon fishery on the Kuril Island of Iturup managed by the Russian Government and Gidrostroy, a joint stock company which owns and operates the fishing, processing, and transport operations. The MSC certification program…

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  Jim Cannon named IntraFish Media’s 2009 Person of the Year

  IntraFish Media named Jim Cannon, CEO of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP), its 2009 Person of the Year, after readers chose him in online polling from six candidates selected by IntraFish editors. Cannon was nominated for his work with SFP, a nonprofit organization he founded in 2006 to bring meaningful…

• eNewsletter

  SFP Update March 2009

• eNewsletter

  SFP Update February 2008