Smart Gear Top Prize snagged by Seabird Saving Invention
10 Dec 2009 Smart Gear Top Prize snagged by Seabird Saving Invention - More than 300 000 seabirds are killed by longline fishing operations every year. But, thanks to the creative minds of the Australian team who were awarded the top prize in this years’ WWF Smart Gear Competition, thousands of seabirds could be saved from dying accidentally on longlines. The...read more
Rhodes University gets SASSI at end of year Dinner
1 Oct 2008 Rhodes University gets SASSI at end of year celebration - Date: October 2008 Rhodes University Department of Ichthyology and Fisheries Science hosted their annual celebration dinner with a decisively SASSI theme this year. Held on the 10th of October, the festivities represented the culmination of a three-day seminar where students presented their research and latest findings. As...read more
SASSI on Carte Blanche
28 Apr 2009 Misnaming scandal rocks SA seafood industry - Misnaming of seafood has been hitting international headlines increasingly over the past year. Also known as “market substitution”, misnaming occurs when one seafood species is marketed and sold as another, often unrelated species. Although this may sometimes happen accidentally, for example when a species is misidentified, it is normally...read more