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Seafood industry managing environmental impact
New resources have been developed to help Australian seafood producers manage their impact on the environment. Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Sussan Ley, launched the Seafood Environmental Management Systems (EMS) Resources at the Sydney Fish Markets today. More information.
Fish Names and Labelling Update
Seafood Consumer Hotline Now Online
The Seafood 1800 Hotline, set up in 2005 to allow seafood consumers to report incidents of retailers mislabelling seafood, has been further strengthened with the launch of new promotional material and the addition of an online service. Launching the new service at a meeting of the Australian Fish Names Committee, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation, Senator Eric Abetz, said that Australians are eating more and more seafood each year, so it is increasingly important that fish available for purchase is accurately labelled with both its origin and its species. “Consumers want to know they’re getting what they paid for - if they chose to buy Australian barramundi for example, they should be getting Australian barramundi, not a cheaper substitute,” Senator Abetz said. More information.
Seafood and Health Update
Less Seafood = More Mental Health, Heart Problems
nternational nutrition expert says: “Eat more seafood”
ONE of the world’s most highly respected experts in human nutrition has linked a drop in seafood consumption with increases in mental health problems and heart disease.Professor Michael Crawford has told a UK conference there is a direct link between the decrease of seafood in the diet in Scotland and the rise in mental ill health and heart disease. More information.
More fish for mums, more “brain food” for babies
Doctors and mums-to-be have been urged to examine results of internat-ional research suggesting eating more fish will boost babies’ brain power. The results of work by an international research team led by Dr Joseph Hibbeln from the US Federal Government’s National Institutes of Health, with health researchers from the University of Illinois in Chicago and the University of Bristol in the UK, suggested women should eat more than the recommended levels of fish while pregnant. Summarising their results in The Lancet, the team said: “Maternal seafood consumption of less than 340 grams per week in pregnancy did not protect children from adverse outcomes. Rather, we recorded beneficial effects on child development with maternal seafood intakes of more than 340g per week, suggesting advice to limit seafood consumption could actually be detrimental. “These results show risks from the loss of nutrients were greater than risks of harm from exposure to trace contaminants in 340 grams of seafood weekly.” More information.
Seafood – most important for good health
ADVICE from three leading United States health research institutions has been echoed in Australia: to maximise the health benefits received from seafood, eat a seafood meal rather than just taking fish oil supplements. More information.
Issued: Fri Jun 22 19:53:50 EST
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