Whole Foods Market has implemented its own standards for all farmed seafood sold at the Company’s 270 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom

A Canadian government report released last week, gives high grades to British Columbia’s salmon farmers and demonstrates that the industry continues to achieve high levels of compliance with regulatory standards designed to protect the marine environment and wild salmon

Applauds efforts to promote sustainable aquaculture in U.S. waters

Construction of first plant to commence late 2008 or early 2009

GAA welcomes the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s decision to launch a pilot program to test third-party certification of shrimp farms

FDA seeking pilot program participants

Relief in sight for Thai feed manufacturers

Validated list of known ocean species surpasses 120,000, over halfway to goal of complete inventory by October, 2010

French and US marine science organizations joint research will include aquaculture

Modular design mill scheduled for commissioning by May 2009.

The International Fishmeal and Fish Oil Organisation has published a new datasheet on the healthiest omega-3 fatty acids, EPA and DHA

United States will undertake a detailed review of safety issues regarding fish and fishery products exported from Viet Nam to the United States

Ann Cecilie Hansen from NIFES received an award for the best PhD-student presentation at ISFNF, Brazil.

Rabobank will present a report at Aqua Vision 2008 on the impact of the price increases of global commodities and on the cost of production of key proteins; discounted registration closing

Retailers displaying logo guarantee to use nationally standardized fish names, helping to remove consumer confusion

Standards address environmental and social responsibility, food safety and traceability through quantitative guidelines and auditing procedures

The scope of the MSC’s wild capture certification and labelling program will not be expanded to include aquaculture productions systems

Malcolm Smith and Thomas James join AIA

First-ever supermarket ranking identifies best and worst; group notes some progress has been made

Greenpeace is demanding that stores remove almost half of their seafood available for sale, in a marketing campaign that Salmon of the Americas said is geared towards misleading the public away from healthy protein alternatives