During the last week, there have been several incidents that add weight to the argument that the seafood industry, government authorities and certification bodies urgently need comprehensive, unified organic seafood rules.

Seafood is growing in popularity, but in a world where an increasing number of food products are sold as organic, seafood is conspicuous by its absence from the shop shelves.

With the chaos that appears to reign in the market for organic food, there is much that indicates the lack of organic seafood is actually due to there being too many cooks and too much confusion in this market.

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