2 May 2012: Papers on IUU fishing in the Southern Ocean
Two papers on IUU fishing in the Southern Ocean have recently been published by Stockholm Resistance:
Adapting to Regional Enforcement: Fishing Down the Governance Index
Illegal Fishing and the Organised Crime Analogy
For additional information on these papers, contact Henrik Osterblom: henrik.osterblom@stockholmresistance.su.se
23rd April 2012: New COLTO Member, Kendell Seafood
COLTO would like to welcome another addition to its membership list, Kendell Seafood Imports, of Rhode Island in the USA. Kendell takes pride in distributing sustainably sourced Patagonian Toothfish (aka Chilean Sea Bass). For more information, please take the time to visit their website: www.kendellseafood.com
3 April 2012: Video on the Antarctic Toothfish fishery
Video by the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA), New Zealand, on the history and monitoring of the Antarctic Toothfish fishery.
26 March 2012: Article – Plenty of fish in the Ross Sea
A recent New Zealand led survey has found high densities of young toothfish in the southern Ross Sea. Read the article here.
19 March 2012: New COLTO Member San Arawa S.A.
COLTO would like to welcome its newest member, San Arawa S.A. and extend its congratulations to its President Mr Eduardo Gonzalez Lemmi and his team. For more information about San Arawa S.A. visit their website at: www.sanarawa.com
16th March 2012: HIMI Toothfish receives MSC certification
On a day that the Marine Stewardship Council is celebrating Sustainable Seafood Day, COLTO is pleased to announce that Australia’s Heard Island & McDonald Islands (HIMI) Patagonian Toothfish fishery has been recognised as a sustainable and well managed fishery by the Marine Stewardship Council.
The HIMI fishery is now the third toothfish fishery to receive MSC certification, following fisheries at South Georgia and the Ross Sea.
For more information on the HIMI Toothfish MSC certification, as well as the South Georgia and Ross Sea certified fisheries, please see the MSC website.
Austral Fisheries and Australian Longline are the two major quota holders in the HIMI fishery, and together are also undertaking MSC assessment for the Macquarie Island Patagonian Toothfish Fishery.
Heard Island and McDonald Islands Toothfish Brochure
9th February 2012: International Sustainability Unit reports
His Royal Highness, The Prince of Wales, established the International Sustainability Unit to facilitate consensus on how to resolve some of the key environmental challenges facing the world - such as food security, ecosystem resilience and the depletion of Natural Capital.
The ISU’s Marine Programme was initiated to help strengthen consensus around the best solutions for the sustainable management of wild marine fish stocks, and to catalyse action in pursuit of these through partnerships between the public sector, the fishing industry, the wider private sector and NGOs.
The PCISU has released 3 reports that highlight some of the positive aspects to come out of the fishing industry in recent years and COLTO members and their toothfish fisheries (aka Chilean Sea Bass) are evident in all reports – namely for the significant reductions in IUU activity and sea bird mortality.
Click below for links to the reports:
Towards Global Sustainable Fisheries: The Opportunity for Transition
Fisheries in Transition: Fifty interviews with the fishing sector
Towards Sustainable Fisheries Management: International Examples of Innovation
27th January 2012: Combined IUU List
The Trygg Mat Foundation, has launched a searchable database of vessels blacklisted in Regional Fisheries Management Organisations for participating in Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing.
According to CCAMLR in 2011, the active fleet of IUU toothfish vessels comprises 4 fishing vessels and 1 carrier vessel – greatly reduced from approximately 55 IUU fishing vessels just over a decade ago. See the COLTO IUU fact sheet here.
The combined IUU List database can be found at http://iuu-vessels.org/iuu
24th January 2012: MSC sets date Down Under
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced the launch of Sustainable Seafood Day in Australia. Set for March 16, it seeks to boost the profile of those products that bear the MSC’s ecolable – a tick of approval for sustainable and well managed fisheries.
Australia’s Heard Island and McDonald Islands Patagonian Toothfish Fishery and the Macquarie Island Patagonian Toothfish Fishery are both undergoing assessment by the MSC. Patagonian Toothfish is also known as Chilean Sea Bass in some markets.
For more details on Sustainable Seafood Day please see the complete article on the MSC website.
19th January 2012: Toothfish Recipes
Want to try Toothfish but unsure of how to cook it? Why not visit our new Recipes page for a wide range of delicious Toothfish (otherwise known as Chilean Seabass) meal ideas. Chef’s all over the world love cooking with toothfish as it is so hard to overcook! Toothfish is a great source of protein and Omega-3, and its prized white flesh of sweet, buttery consistency will melt in your mouth!