sustainable fishing

The Washington State Department of Natural Resources announced a potential new path for aquaculture after recent net pen controversy. Sustainable Blue, a Nova Scotia-based fish farm that uses upland tanks to raise Atlantic salmon, is looking to lease land from the state.

Only 12 commercial fishing captains hold permits to go reefnet fishing in the Pacific Northwest, out of a fleet that once numbered in the hundreds. The remaining practitioners of the traditional Indigenous fishing method say the gear should be the preferred way to harvest healthy salmon runs while avoiding fragile stocks.

Making sure seafood is both healthy and sustainable can be complicated.A new label called Smart Catch is trying to change that. Launched in Seattle, Smart…

Responsible fishing and fish consumption were among the agenda items at the annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society in Seattle. The conference…

Hope I'm not getting all touchy-eely and making a bass of myself but before I clam up and call for kelp I should point out that if you tuna in to this…