US - The US Food and Drug Administration is warning consumers not to eat raw or partially cooked oysters and clams (shellfish) with tags listing Oyster Bay Harbor, in Nassau County, New York, as the…
IRELAND - The Asian clam (Corbicula fluminea) is a most unwelcome recent addition to the fauna of Irish rivers and lakes. This bivalve mollusc is regarded as one of the most notorious aquatic…
US - On 1 May, 2012, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) removed all Korean certified shippers of molluscan shellfish (oysters, clams, mussels, and scallops) from the Interstate Certified…
MEXICO - The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food has launched a management plan for Clam Fisheries off the coast of Baja California, in order to ensure the…
SCOTLAND, UK - A sampling programme for seafood from Dalgety Bay, Fife, is to be carried out after radioactive items were found on the beach. The sampling will be managed jointly by the Food…
WALES, UK - The Fish Health Inspectorate at Cefas, acting on behalf of Welsh Government, has issued a confirmed designation controlling the movement of shellfish to, from and within the Menai Strait.
US - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's (NOAA) Fisheries Service and the Federal Register filed a final rule that identifies black abalone critical habitat along the California…
OMAN - A ministerial decision has been issued to re-open the abalone fishing season from 20 October to 15 November, along the inshore waters of the Dhofar coast.
GENERAL - The third module of the University of St Andrews online Postgraduate Diploma/MSccourse in Sustainable Aquaculture hosted by TheFishSite.com, examines sustainability in terms of feed…
GENERAL - The third module of the University of St Andrews online Postgraduate Diploma/MSc course in Sustainable Aquaculture hosted by TheFishSite.com, examines sustainability in terms of feed…
GENERAL - The second module of the University of St Andrews online Postgraduate Diploma/MSc course in Sustainable Aquaculture hosted by TheFishSite.com, provides students with detailed knowledge of…
GLOBAL - The University of St Andrews is soon to launch an online Postgraduate Diploma/ MSc in Sustainable Aquaculture. With the European Commission announcing reforms for the Common Fisheries Policy…
Steps are being taken in the shellfish industry together with the Food Standards Agency in the UK to improve the classification system for bivalve beds around the British coastline, writes…
The sustainable management of shellfish needs a long-term strategy to apply precautionary approach concepts to shellfish stocks, writes TheFishSite editor in chief, Chris Harris.
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