Seafood

The Swedish Seafood Award was presented to ex-fisheries commissioner Joe Borg and the Namibian Fisheries Minister, at the Gothenburg Opera during Fish Week last week.

Marks & Spencer has become the first UK retailer to sign WWF’s Seafood Charter, making a commitment that its fish products will all be from sustainable sources by 2015.

French shoppers will find it easier to choose certified sustainable seafood when a new, nationwide awareness campaign, Les Jours Bleus, is launched in Carrefour stores in January.

Carnitech has now joined with Marel to pool resources, and at Seafood Processing America will be highlighting some of the equipment and systems that the companies have to offer.

Owen Symmans, chief executive of the New Zealand Seafood Industry Council has announced he will be resigning from the position early in 2010.

The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) has released the results of its Sustainable Seafood Supermarket Survey, scoring eight major UK supermarkets for their performance in selling sustainably sourced seafood.