Shellfish

IBEROSTAR HOTELS & RESORTS ACHIEVES A 12% REDUCTION IN EMISSIONS GLOBALLY

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Monday, March 11, 2024

Iberostar Hotels & Resorts publishes its "2023 Year in Review" report, detailing the company's progress towards its sustainability objectives.

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  • Iberostar Hotels & Resorts publishes its "2023 Year in Review" report, detailing the company's progress towards its sustainability objectives.
  • Palma de Mallorca, March 11, 2024 - Iberostar Hotels & Resorts, dedicated to developing a model of responsible tourism, released today its " 2023 Year in Review '', outlining the company’s latest sustainability progress.
  • Gloria Fluxà, Vice-Chairman and Chief Sustainability Officer, Iberostar Group outlines: "Our commitment to responsible tourism leads our business on a transformative journey.
  • The company has also reduced its energy consumption (kWh) by 6.5% compared to 2019, with the hotels in the Americas achieving 6.63%.

Aquamar® Introduces Simplified Shellfish Innovations at Seafood Expo North America

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquamar®, a global leader in convenience seafood products, is introducing new shellfish innovations at this year's Seafood Expo North America (SENA) taking place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from March 10 – 12, 2024.

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  • RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif., March 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Aquamar®, a global leader in convenience seafood products, is introducing new shellfish innovations at this year's Seafood Expo North America (SENA) taking place at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center from March 10 – 12, 2024.
  • Visitors to the Aquamar booth (#959) will get the first sneak peek at the brand's new seafood innovations modeled after traditional dishes from Italy and Spain.
  • Designed to be enjoyed in minutes, these ready-to-heat, refrigerated offerings make it easy to enjoy high-quality shellfish at home, providing a simple solution to meet consumer interest in eating more seafood.
  • For more information about how Aquamar can help retailers provide delicious and sustainable seafood products to customers, visit https://www.aquamarseafood.com/ .

8 ways that stopping overfishing will promote biodiversity and help address climate change

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

Halting overfishing is itself effective climate action.

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  • Halting overfishing is itself effective climate action.
  • The intricate relationship between climate change and ocean ecosystems was the subject of recent collaborative research — led by researchers at the University of British Columbia — that highlighted the crucial links between overfishing and climate change.

Finding the connections

  • Doing so would bolster marine life resilience in the face of climate shifts and reduce associate carbon emissions.
  • 2 — Large subsidized fishing boat fleets can actually be a burden on small-scale fisheries, leaving them disproportionately vulnerable to shocks.
  • In turn, overfishing not only depletes resources but also escalates carbon emissions, intensifying climate impacts on these fisheries and their communities, particularly women.
  • Read more:
    Flipping Indigenous regional development in Newfoundland upside-down: lessons from Australia

    6 — Overfishing exacerbates climate and biodiversity threats.

  • 7 — International fisheries management must play a central role in promoting biodiversity and retaining the ocean’s carbon sequestration potential.
  • While 87 nations have signed the UN’s Biodiversity of Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty (also known as the High Seas Treaty), only one has ratified it.
  • Future regulations should allocate a percentage of the annual fish quota to maintain the carbon sequestration function of marine animals.

A simple goal

  • Ending overfishing isn’t just an ecological imperative but a linchpin for climate action.
  • Furthermore, fisheries aren’t mere victims in these dynamics, but have real agency to play a pivotal role in either exacerbating or mitigating climate change.
  • Regulation of fisheries, while controversial, is essential to not overly exploit such a valuable public resource.


Rashid Sumaila receives funding from Canadian Research Councils, the Belmont, intergovernmental organizations, e.g. the World Bank, foundations and philanthropies (e.g. Pew, Oceana and the Dona Bertarelli).

More Americans are Feeling Fatigued; MegaFood Launches 3-in-1 Iron Energy Gummies to Power Your Days

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Thursday, February 15, 2024

* While the Blood Builder iron supplements were developed for people with iron deficiency, MegaFood Iron Energy Gummies offers a lower potency formula with a moderate 4 mg of iron per serving to support the whole family's energy needs.

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  • * While the Blood Builder iron supplements were developed for people with iron deficiency, MegaFood Iron Energy Gummies offers a lower potency formula with a moderate 4 mg of iron per serving to support the whole family's energy needs.
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    Since 60% of Americans report feeling fatigued,1 MegaFood is developing products to support healthy energy levels.
  • With over 40 years of experience expertly crafting iron supplements, MegaFood's Iron Energy Gummies are a solution for the whole family.
  • Iron Energy Gummies are non-GMO, vegan, gluten-free, and made with pectin and only 1 g of sugar per serving.

Permaculture showed us how to farm the land more gently. Can we do the same as we farm the sea?

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Sunday, February 11, 2024

These farms are springing up along coasts and in offshore waters worldwide.

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  • These farms are springing up along coasts and in offshore waters worldwide.
  • Australians will be familiar with Tasmania’s salmon industry, New South Wales’ oyster farms, and seaweed farms along the southern coastline.
  • This approach has proven itself on land as a way to blend farming with healthy ecosystems.
  • Read more:
    Farming fish in fresh water is more affordable and sustainable than in the ocean

Making aquaculture better

  • Many of today’s most pressing problems – from climate change to biodiversity loss to pollution – are linked to the way we produce food on land.
  • To make new farmland often involves removing habitat, destroying trees and adding synthetic fertilisers and pesticides.
  • We cannot afford to use the same intensive methods of farming in the oceans as we have been on land.

What is marine permaculture?

  • The goal was simple: create ways of farming which give back to the soil and ecosystems, using tools like no-till farming, companion planting and food forests.
  • Over the last 50 years, it has been adopted by farmers around the world.
  • Here, species with different ecological roles are grown together, producing more food from your farm – and strengthening natural ecosystem services.
  • Australian work here includes efforts to restore rocky reefs by creating structures with the nooks and crannies small sea creatures need.

From the grassroots

  • In part, that’s because supertrawlers, motherships, and large blue-water fish farms are expensive.
  • Small-scale sea farms are less likely to do damage, and should also boost resilience by investing in local social and environmental benefits.

How do we make this a reality?

  • Governments have an essential role in creating comprehensive spatial plans to guide aquaculture in an area or region.
  • Researchers can help by developing measures of success and testing new techniques to help guide the new communities which will form to farm the sea.
  • Over the past half-century, permaculture on land has grown into a diverse movement challenging conventional wisdom about how to produce food.


Scott Spillias does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their academic appointment.

InventHelp Inventors Develop New Aquaculture Farming Apparatus (TLS-436)

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "Aquaculture farming can be quite expensive and involve numerous pieces of equipment that may not be the most efficient for optimal farming yields.

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  • PITTSBURGH, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- "Aquaculture farming can be quite expensive and involve numerous pieces of equipment that may not be the most efficient for optimal farming yields.
  • We thought there could be a better way," said one of two inventors, from Crystal River, Fla., "so we invented THE AQUACULTURE LIFTING PLATFORM.
  • Our design enables you to farm-raise shellfish in the ocean without the common manual labor within the body of water that can adversely affect the aquaculture farming product.
  • The invention features an ergonomic design that is easy to apply and use so it is ideal for aquaculture businesses owners and other aquaculture farming associates, personnel, and workers.

Morecambe Bay cockling tragedy: 20 years on, remembering the victims and their impact on modern slavery law

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Tuesday, February 6, 2024

The victims were illegally smuggled Chinese immigrants, brought via Liverpool by criminal gangmasters, and forced to work in highly dangerous conditions, scavenging for shellfish.

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  • The victims were illegally smuggled Chinese immigrants, brought via Liverpool by criminal gangmasters, and forced to work in highly dangerous conditions, scavenging for shellfish.
  • If the cocklers had been given even basic information about the treacherous tides or been supervised, they could have survived.

An alert to modern slavery

  • As a Lancashire lass, I remember the dramatic effect this tragedy had on local feelings toward the plight of immigrants.
  • Morecambe was a favoured local seaside spot for family adventures and bracing walks that was now the site of mass manslaughter and terror.
  • The lead detective found at the time that around £1 million a day was being funnelled from the UK to China from exploited labour.

How the law has evolved

  • The law set standards of health and safety, pay, accommodation and training for workers.
  • It also established the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA), to safeguard worker welfare and provide a legal framework for prosecuting criminal gangmasters.
  • The Modern Slavery Act was the world’s first law on modern slavery and the first requiring businesses to report how they prevent it in their supply chains.

Lessons still to be learned

  • A UK flower distributor told us that many of their UK growers pose more risk in terms of modern slavery than their Colombian flower farms do.
  • And this is not just a business risk, this can be a risk to life for vulnerable, untrained, ill-equipped forced labourers.
  • After the introduction of the Modern Slavery Act, there are, formally, more protections for those experiencing slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labour.
  • We now have the Illegal Migration Act, which experts have said puts even more people at risk of modern slavery.


Jill Timms received funding from the Vulnerable Supply Chains Facility (VSCF), a rapid COVID-19 response fund set up by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) for the Building Resilience in Flower Supply Chains Project.

Panda Express® to Host One-of-a-Kind Culinary Experience Featuring the Return of Firecracker Shrimp

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Wednesday, January 31, 2024

ROSEMEAD, Calif., Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Panda Express®, the American Chinese trailblazer, is thrilled to announce Firecracker Shrimp is making its return to menus nationwide for a limited time starting February 14, 2024. To celebrate, for the first time ever, Panda is inviting guests to enjoy a one-of-a-kind dinner experience, designed to spark conversations and meaningful connections at the table over delicious food and great company.

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  • Guests who are lucky enough to attend the experience in either city will enjoy a five-course prix fixe menu curated by Panda's very own Culinary Innovation Team.
  • Priced at $38.00 per person, the **prix fixe menu dining experience will last approximately 75 minutes.
  • "It's an honor to partner with Panda on creating these completely customized culinary events," said Olivier Cheng, founder of Olivier Cheng Catering and Events.
  • Valid at participating Panda Express locations in-store and online at pandaexpress.com or on the Panda Express app.

New Clinical Trial Shows That While The Mediterranean Diet is Good, Pure C15:0 Supplementation Makes It Better

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A game-changing clinical trial has revealed that enhancing the already renowned Mediterranean diet with pure C15:0 supplementation can elevate health outcomes even further.

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  • In a randomized, double-blinded and controlled clinical trial, supplementation with the same pure C15:0 ingredient in fatty15 improved the health outcomes of the Mediterranean diet.
  • SAN DIEGO, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- A game-changing clinical trial has revealed that enhancing the already renowned Mediterranean diet with pure C15:0 supplementation can elevate health outcomes even further.
  • The recent randomized, double-blinded, and controlled clinical trial , published in the American Journal of Clinical Research, has the scientific nutrition community buzzing.
  • Participants were divided into three groups: a caloric-restricted diet, a caloric-restricted diet following Mediterranean diet guidelines, and a caloric-restricted Mediterranean diet with C15:0 supplementation.

Government of Canada invests in developing a portable test for domoic acid, a marine biotoxin

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Wednesday, January 10, 2024

This and other marine biotoxins are of particular interest to communities with a greater reliance on fish and seafood in their diets.

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  • This and other marine biotoxins are of particular interest to communities with a greater reliance on fish and seafood in their diets.
  • Eating shellfish with high levels of marine biotoxins, including domoic acid, can cause severe food poisoning and life-threatening neurological effects.
  • This type of portable test would be used to detect even the lowest levels of domoic acid in marine waters in real time.
  • Research and development on a portable test for domoic acid can help advance our understanding of the relationship between this marine biotoxin and environmental conditions."