Tag Archives: sustainability

Seafood Expo North America 2019

Posted on 17 March 2019 by

Today is the first day of Seafood Expo North America 2019 (SENA19), and I’m headed to Boston for the show. For those of you unfamiliar with the event, it is largest seafood exposition in North America with thousands of buyers and … Continue reading →

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What about the ‘S’ Word? – Seafood Sustainability Today

Posted on 19 March 2015 by

If you’ve been following my coverage of this year’s Seafood Expo North America (SENA15), you know I found it noteworthy how many times I heard speakers presenting in the “Seafood Sustainability” conference track speaking about the word “sustainable” in a less than … Continue reading →

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New Bill Proposes 10-Year Moratorium on Aquarium Fishing in Hawaii

Posted on 24 January 2015 by

The third aquarium bill is, along with HB 511, pending introduction in the Hawaii Legislature, bringing the total number of aquarium-related bills in play for 2015 to three. House Bill 606 would establishes a 10-year moratorium on the taking of … Continue reading →

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Part II of the Sustainably Minded Aquarist Published

Posted on 18 November 2014 by

Part II in my ten-part series titled “The Sustainably Minded Marine Aquarist” is out at Advanced Aquarist Online Magazine. In it, I discuss why sustainably minded aquarists will go out of their way to source animals from the smaller developing island … Continue reading →

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Seafood Expo North America 2014 Wrap-Up

Posted on 19 March 2014 by

The Boston Convention Center, with its more than 500,000 square feet of cavernous exhibit space, was recently home to the 2014 Seafood Expo North America (#SENA14). It was the Northeast’s largest convention center playing host to the largest seafood industry … Continue reading →

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India’s Underground Marine Aquarium Trade

Posted on 28 June 2013 by

While roughly 90 percent of the marine aquarium trade’s animals originate on reefs, only about 10 percent of freshwater aquarium fishes have ever seen a natural ecosystem. Is the freshwater trade therefore above reproach when it comes to sustainability? Perhaps … Continue reading →

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Sea Shepherd Launches Anti-Aquarium Trade Campaign in Hawaii

Posted on 14 May 2013 by

Today the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society launched Operation Reef Defense, a campaign spearheaded by Sea Shepherd Vice-President Robert Wintner to shut down marine aquarium fisheries. In the Jan/Feb 2011 issue of Coral Magazine, I wrote an article called “Postcards from Hawaii” in which … Continue reading →

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