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Coverage of Seafood Summit 2008:
Global Challenges, Local Solutions (Barcelona, Spain)

2.01.08 - Fish Farmer: First European summit concludes
The first European Seafood Summit came to a close with a visit to the Mercabana Central Fish Market in Barcelona. The tour of the iconic Spanish market concluded three packed days during which some of the best and brightest minds from the industry, conservation and scientific communities and government explored the challenges and potential solutions facing the sustainable seafood movement.

1.29.08 - IntraFish: Forecast: U.S. seafood consumption to set new record
U.S. per capita seafood consumption will hit a record 16.8 pounds per person when 2007 numbers are officially released later this year, predicts seafood industry consultant Howard Johnson of H.M Johnson & Associates. (subscription required)

1.29.08 - Canada Newswire: Conference seeks local solutions to global challenges
New Brunswick salmon farmers are creating local solutions to the global challenge of seafood sustainability. Seafood sustainability is the focus of an international conference organized
by the Seafood Choices Alliance in Barcelona, Spain.

1.28.08 - IntraFish WebTV: Party time at Seafood Summit
Attendees at the 2008 Seafood Summit in Barcelona, Spain, gathered Sunday for the opening night cocktail reception. More video coverage >

1.28.08 - IntraFish: Industry needs leadership on ocean acidification issue
The global seafood industry needs to quickly develop a program to address acidification of the oceans caused by increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, Brad Warren of the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and the National Fisheries Conservation Center told attendees Sunday at the 2008 Seafood Summit in Barcelona. More IntraFish coverage (subscription required)

1.28.08 - FishUpdate: Seafood Champion finalists announced
The Seafood Choices Alliance announced its 2008 finalists for the annual Seafood Champion awards at the opening reception of the Seafood Summit in Barcelona, Spain yesterday.

1.28.08 - Sustainable Food News: Chefs, retailer vie for sustainable seafood award
The Seafood Choices Alliance Monday named the 2008 finalists for its annual Seafood Champion awards at the kick-off reception of the Seafood Summit in Barcelona, Spain. (subscription required)

1.28.08 - SeaFood Business: SCA seafood champion finalists announced
Seafood Choices Alliance yesterday announced the 2008 finalists for its annual Seafood Champion awards. The finalists were named during the Seafood Summit in Barcelona, Spain.

1.28.08 - Canada Newswire: International report emphasizes need for urgent change in aquaculture industry
The global aquaculture, or fish farming, industry is not a solution to overfishing and must dramatically change in order to become sustainable, says a new Greenpeace report.
Challenging the Aquaculture Industry on Sustainability, which was presented to the 2008 Seafood Summit in Barcelona today, documents how fish farming is damaging marine and freshwater ecosystems by destroying coasts to make way for ponds, polluting water with fecal waste and depleting wild fish caught for feed and farm stock.

1.28.08 - WWF press release: Join retailers' Mediterranean bluefin tuna boycott
As more and more major European retailers boycott Mediterranean bluefin tuna, WWF used the occasion of the Barcelona Seafood Summit to call on more to join the ban until the imperilled species is out of the danger zone.

1.27.08 - el Periódico: Una campaña llama a dejar de comer 15 pescados tradicionales
Las recomendaciones de comer pescado de forma frecuente ya comienzan a tener matices. La asociación ecologista WWF/Adena presentó ayer en Barcelona una campaña que llevará a toda España para evitar el consumo de 15 peces en peligro y repartió unas 5.000 guías de compra responsable de pescados y mariscos entre los consumidores. Adena aprovechará los días del Seafood Summit, el encuentro anual de representantes del sector que intenta poner coto a la devastación pesquera, y que se celebrará desde mañana hasta el miércoles en Barcelona, para repartir otros 5.000 ejemplares de la guía del bolsillo en la que se especifican las especies de pescado que se recomiendan consumir (15), las que su captura supone cierto riesgo al medioambiente (23) y aquellas que su compra contribuye a su devastación (15).

1.21.08 - INCOFISH press release: Seafood consumers have new tool to protect resource
There’s a new mobile phone service available to people who want to eat only fish caught in an environmentally sustainable way. Whether in a restaurant, at the fishmonger or in the sushi bar, consumers in 17 countries can now quickly look up the latest consumption recommendations for over 4,000 sea foods, using an internet-enabled mobile phone. The International Seafood Guide for mobile phones will be presented under the theme "Global Challenges, Local Solutions" at the exhibition of this year’s Seafood Summit, in Barcelona, Spain, January 28 and 29 between 9am-7pm.

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