Tag: seafood

  • ‘Sustainable fisheries targeted in baseless ocean-grab’: Seafood industry responds to Macquarie Island Marine Park announcement

    ‘Sustainable fisheries targeted in baseless ocean-grab’: Seafood industry responds to Macquarie Island Marine Park announcement

    Austral Fisheries (Austral) and Australian Longline Fishing (ALF), along with Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak body representing Australia’s commercial seafood industry, and the Commonwealth Fisheries Association, the peak-body representing commercial fisheries in Australia’s Commonwealth waters, have condemned the Albanese Government’s announced restructure of the Macquarie Island Marine Park, labelling the tabled plans an…

  • Commercial seafood industry launches national safety program, Sea Safe

    Commercial seafood industry launches national safety program, Sea Safe

    Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing Australia’s commercial seafood industry, in conjunction with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC), have launched Sea Safe, a program designed to improve the culture of safety in the commercial seafood industry, at an event held in Fremantle, Western Australia…

  • First Australian fishmonger awarded MSC Chain of Custody

    First Australian fishmonger awarded MSC Chain of Custody

    Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has welcomed news that Melbourne’s The Fish Shoppe has become the first Australian seafood retailer to be awarded the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) Chain of Custody certification. “Between the ocean and your plate seafood can pass through many stages of the supply chain,…