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SeaWeb’s Seafood Summit celebrated its 10th year in 2012 successfully bringing together members of the global seafood industry and conservation community in Hong Kong. For three days in September, stakeholders in the seafood industry met for discussions, presentations, and workshops centered around critical issues and solutions in sustainable seafood.

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Shangri-La Announces Sustainable Seafood Policy And Discontinues Use Of All Shark Fin Products

Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts, host of SeaWeb’s 10th Annual Seafood Summit in Hong Kong, have announced their new ‘Sustainable Seafood Policy’ and the decision to cease selling all shark fin products. As part of their new policy, bluefin tuna and Chilean sea bass will also be phased out of all restaurants within the year.

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Bluefin Tuna Sold for $736,000 in Record-Setting Auction

A new record was set on January 5, 2012 in Japan as the first auction of the year took place at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market. Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co., placed the winning bid of ¥56.49 million for a 593-pound bluefin tuna. The previous record for the most expensive tuna was ¥32.49 million paid in 2011.

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Sustainable Seafood Forum at the China Fisheries & Seafood Expo - The perfect time and place to talk seafood sustainability

Organized by the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and Sea Fare Expositions, and sponsored by SeaWeb and WWF, the program offered a forum for presentations and discussion on topics regarding the seafood industry in China. The focus of the forum’s presentations centered on the current challenges and opportunities in sustainable seafood.

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Maria Damanaki speaks at the Relais & Châteaux International Congress

Maria Damanaki, EU Commissioner for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries, spoke at the 37th annual International Congress of Relais & Châteaux. The meeting included over 600 Owners, Maîtres de Maison, and Grands Chefs from almost 60 countries. The association which includes the most unique destinations in the world, made a commitment to sustainable seafood sourcing in 2009.

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Will demand for shark fin soup vanish faster than sharks?

Hongkong and Shanghai Hotels announced that, effective 2012, shark fin soup will no longer be served at any of the company’s establishments. This announcement validates some claims that support for the protection of sharks has been gaining support in Hong Kong, which facilitates an estimated 80% of the shark fin trade.

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Bon Appétit Launches Fish to Fork

SeaWeb is thrilled to see the continued work on sustainable seafood by Bon Appétit Management Company under the guidance of 2010 Seafood Champion, Helene York. Bon Appétit has recently announced their Fish to Fork program which will complement their long standing Farm to Fork program.

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Sharks Worth More Alive Than Dead

There has been significant momentum in recent months behind legislation to ban shark finning in several countries around the world, including the Bahamas and Chile as the latest countries to join the effort. In the United States, Oregon, Hawaii and California have all recently taken the step to ban the trade, sale, possession and distribution of shark fins.

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