Aquaculture

The lowdown on UN's SOFIA report: 89.5% of fish are now fully or overfished

Posted by Fiona Nicholls — 23 September 2016 at 4:39pm - Comments

The SOFIA report is a biennial publication that outlines the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture of the previous two years, hence the name. Commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (‘for a world without hunger,’ is their tagline), the report is a big deal in the world of fish. It’s considered a check up on the state of the world’s fish stocks and our consumption.

Article tagged as: aquaculture, fisheries, fishing, MSY, Ocean, oceans, overfishing, SOFIA, SOFIA16, United Nations

Fishing for plankton is ridiculous.

Posted by Willie — 1 June 2016 at 5:04pm - Comments

Plankton is justifiably outraged.

In the ocean, plankton is food.

There are two types of plankton – tiny plants (phytoplankton) and tiny animals (zooplankton).

Zooplankton includes some eggs and larvae of things like fish and crabs, as well as some minute animals that feed on phytoplankton. That makes them the first link in any food chain, and the basis for all of the ocean’s food webs.

Article tagged as: aquaculture, arctic, climate change, copepods, farmed fish, Ferrero rocher, fishing, fishmeal, Food Standards Agency, herring SpongeBob SquarePants, krill, mackerel, ocean acidification, oceans, plankton, pollock, whales

Get ready for the Big Fish Fight

Posted by jamie — 7 January 2011 at 11:24am - Comments

Hugh and Jamie during filming of the Fish Fight series

Hugh and Jamie during filming of Fish Fight outside Westminster

We're only a few days in to 2011, but already this year is shaping up to be a big one in our campaign to end the plunder of the oceans.

Article tagged as: aquaculture, big fish fight, bycatch, channel 4, discards, hugh fearnley-whittingstall, oceans, tinned tuna

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