Sustainability

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

“Restoring American Seafood Competitiveness”, the new Executive Order signed by US President Donald Trump aimed at revitalising the seafood industry in the United States, has had a mixed reception from stakeholders.

23rd April 2025

Trump’s seafood order gets mixed response

23rd April 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

A start-up creating a biodegradable wool material from by-products of the Scottish shellfish sector has relocated its headquarters to Glasgow in a move that it anticipates will underpin future growth and shorten…

22nd April 2025

Seawool start-up puts shellfish by-products to use

22nd April 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Efforts to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing have received a boost from the People’s Republic of China, the world’s largest capture fisheries producer, which has become the 108th State to join the FAO…

22nd April 2025

China signs up to PSMA fisheries pact

22nd April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The 29th session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC), held in La Réunion 13-18 April 2025, concluded with the adoption of a full management framework for tropical tunas – a key…

22nd April 2025

Europêche: Progress but also persistent gaps at IOTC

22nd April 2025

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

For the last 13 years, what began life as a largely experimental venture, SafetyNet Technologies’ (SNTech), has been actively developing and testing innovative technologies to improve fisheries selectivity.

22nd April 2025

New opportunities for CatchCam

22nd April 2025

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

While aquaculture is widely recognised as being crucial to global food security, the recent Blue Food Innovation Summit heard the industry needs to do much more to ensure it can meet the…

16th April 2025

UN: Global food security requires ‘silicon fjord’ innovation to trickle down to all aquaculture

16th April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An action plan to support the cuttlefish fishery in English waters has been launched following engagement with stakeholders, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed.

16th April 2025

UK cuttlefish plan launched

16th April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, with concurrence from the White House, has named Eugenio Piñeiro Soler as Assistant Administrator for NOAA Fisheries. 

16th April 2025

New lead appointed for NOAA Fisheries

16th April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A massive data collection covering 1.2 million fisher households across coastal states and UTs in India for the 5th National Marine Fisheries Census (MFC 2025) will be conducted during November and December…

15th April 2025

India announces next fisheries census

15th April 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The EU Fisheries Committee has approved its negotiating position on updated measures to avoid overfishing in non-EU countries.

15th April 2025

EU introduces new tools to tackle unsustainable fishing by third-countries

15th April 2025