Integrating tourism and aquaculture could bring boosts for the economy and the marine environment.
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Most of the seafood Australians consume comes from overseas. This includes products from illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing operations. We can fix this.
Attempts to farm salmon in China have not been successful but importing is expensive and environmentally costly.
A recent study has found that seafood mislabelling is running rampant in Calgary, and that certain product names are more likely to hide species of conservation concern.
Governments all over the world are propping up overfishing. Now scientists have penned an open letter calling on trade ministers to implement stricter regulations against harmful fisheries subsidies.
Canada is an outlier in its failure to hold buyers and retailers accountable for labour abuse in seafood supply chains.
Traditional food provenance methods are typically designed to identify one species at a time. So we worked out a new approach, as part of a broader effort to combat seafood fraud and illegal fishing.
As few as 100 companies produced 60% of revenues in eight ocean industries in 2018.
Supply chain transparency is important, but countries like Australia also must do more to support the justice process, such as securing compensation for fishermen and putting traffickers in jail.
Bushfires not only destroy things on land, they can also have an impact on our seafood industry including our oyster farms.
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Aquaculture, University of Stirling
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Professor of Aquatic Resources Development, University of Stirling
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Professor, School of International Development and Global Studies, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa
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Director, Ocean Policy Program, Duke University
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Research Associate, Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Environmental Science, Stockholm University
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PhD Candidate, The University of Western Australia
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Professor & Director, Sea Around Us - Indian Ocean, The University of Western Australia
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Wen Family Chair in Conservation, The University of Western Australia
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PhD Candidate in Geography, York University, Canada
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Associate professor & Principal Research Fellow, La Trobe University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability Science, Stockholm University
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Senior Research Fellow, Bielefeld University
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Professor; Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor of Biology, Ambrose University