Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the Australian seafood industry, has hit back at the news leading Australian restaurants will “no longer serve unsustainable seafood” calling the campaign bogus and scaremongering. “We are disappointed to see the Australian Marine Conservation Society (AMCS) touting their ‘seafood guide’ as fact once again,” SIA CEO Jane […]
Nearly half of Australians don’t know where their seafood’s from
Shared on behalf of the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association and Papaya. A new study by the Australian Barramundi Farmers Association has uncovered nearly half of Australians (41 per cent) don’t know whether their seafood is local or imported, prompting questions of retailers and hospitality industry professionals. Considering 60 per cent of barramundi is imported, just […]
‘Don’t worry yourself sick’: Peak-body refutes fish and chip flu jab
SIA responds to “The Immune Response to Influenza is Suppressed by the Synthetic Food Additive and Nrf2 Activator, tert-butylhydroquinone (tBHQ)”, by Michigan State University, researchers Robert Freeborn et al. Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), the national peak-body representing the seafood industry, has urged Australians not to get swept up in false claims that eating fish and […]
Meet a Member – Sam Gordon, Executive Director, Blue Harvest
Despite having a background in cattle and sheep farming Sam Gordon, Executive Director of Blue Harvest, developed an interest in aquaculture at an early age and went on to study aquaculture and business at the University of Tasmania. After university, Sam managed a trout farm before moving into the sales marketing side of aquaculture, due […]