Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has urged fishers, their families and friends to start a conversation about mental health to mark World Mental Health Day on October 10. “Today is an important day where we look to start conversations on mental health and work together to break the […]
SIA offers condolences to the family of Harry Evans
Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, pays its condolences to the family of Harry Evans. “First and foremost our thoughts are with the family, friends and colleagues of Harry Evans who lost his life following a sea snake bite last week,” SIA CEO Jane Lovell said. “We understand the […]
SIA responds to ‘irresponsible’ ABC report on world fisheries
RE: China’s super trawlers are stripping the ocean bare as its hunger for seafood grows, September 31, 2018, China correspondent Matthew Carney. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) is deeply concerned by unfounded and irresponsible statements made in an article by the ABC’s China correspondent Matthew Carney regarding global fish-stocks. “The ABC has incorrectly reported, ‘The world’s […]
No Commonwealth fisheries subject to overfishing for the fifth consecutive year: ABARES release highlights sustainability
Australia’s Commonwealth-managed fisheries have been given a tick of sustainability with no fisheries subject to overfishing for the fifth consecutive year, according to the “Fisheries status reports 2018” released by the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics today (September 28, 2018). “This is great news,” Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) CEO Jane Lovell said. “Australia’s […]