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SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Marking World Ocean Day – 8 June 2025, ocean conservation charity Blue Marine Foundation,  has launched “The Bottom Line”, a darkly satirical film starring two of the charity’s ambassadors, actors Theo James and British broadcaster Stephen…

8th June 2025

FILM: Stephen Fry, Theo James join call for bottom trawl ban

8th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has confirmed the adoption of a new European Ocean Pact, which it bills as a comprehensive strategy to better protect the ocean, promote a thriving blue economy and support…

6th June 2025

Brussels adopts European Ocean Pact

6th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

As the third United Nations Ocean Conference begins in Nice, leading marine scientists are urging governments to deliver on long-standing commitments to protect deep-sea ecosystems, especially seamounts, from destructive bottom trawling.

6th June 2025

Scientists demand end to bottom trawling

6th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A global network of Ocean Centres designed to put safety at the heart of blue economy transition in emerging ocean economies will be launched at the United Nations Ocean Conference 2025 in Nice, France.

6th June 2025

New Ocean Centres to drive more sustainable ocean economies

6th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) taking place (9-13 June) in Nice, France, the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) is calling on policymakers to recognise the vital role of…

6th June 2025

International Coalition of Fisheries Associations calls for recognition of fisheries’ sustainability

6th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Launched on International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (5 June 2025), new Oceana  analysis of China’s global fishing activity worldwide reports that the country’s 57,000  industrial fishing vessels dominated…

5th June 2025

Analysis: China dominates 44% of world’s fishing activity

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The resurgence of the great cormorant population across Europe – once a conservation success story – is now causing concern among fisheries, aquaculture industries and environmental policymakers.

5th June 2025

Cormorant’s comeback threatens Europe’s fisheries

5th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Marking the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (5 June), United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean Peter Thomson has urged states to ratify the IMO…

5th June 2025

WATCH: UN Special Envoy for the Ocean joins call for ratification of the IMO Cape Town Agreement

5th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing – every year on 5 June – is not merely a note on the calendar, it is a global call…

5th June 2025

GFCM: Major advances made in the fight against IUU fishing

5th June 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Barramundi producer Australis Aquaculture has commenced construction on a new state-of-the-art processing facility in Vietnam. Strategically located in the Van Phong Economic Zone in Khanh Hoa Province, close to the company’s shore…

5th June 2025

Australis starts construction of new Vietnamese processing plant

5th June 2025