Sustainability

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Seafood giant Thai Union has become the first Asian producer to secure the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) feed certification for its Mahachai Plant in Thailand. The facility, located in Thailand’s Samut Sakhon…

13th March 2024

Thai Union aquafeed facility becomes ASC-certified

13th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Six years ago, a group of shrimp producers in Ecuador joined forces to establish the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP), marking the beginning of a new era in the aquaculture industry.

13th March 2024

SSP looks back on first six years

13th March 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new questionnaire seeking the feedback from the public on policy options to better protect and manage sharks and related marine ecosystems has been published by the European Commission.

13th March 2024

European Commission seeks public opinion on improving shark protection

13th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has been working with Thai Union, Wholechain and Publix on a pilot project with an artisanal blue swimming crab fishery in the Philippines putting the codes into practice.

13th March 2024

Publix crab packaging to debut traceable fishery IDs

13th March 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Dra. Barbieri has been built at the ASENAV shipyard, with its construction financed by the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture. It’s now being outfitted ready to begin operations.

10th March 2024

New research vessel for Chile’s coastal waters

10th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Women work just under a third of all fishing-related jobs in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea but persisting biases mean their true contributions to the economies of coastal fishing communities continue…

8th March 2024

Women in fisheries – challenges and opportunities in the Mediterranean, Black Sea

8th March 2024

LAND-BASED FARMING

LAND-BASED FARMING

To promote shrimp larvae production management and to boost recognition for those hatcheries that are improving the quality of their product, together with their environmental and social impacts, the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership…

6th March 2024

Ecuador launches Scale Up to take the lead in shrimp larvae production

6th March 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

To support the growth of the global aquaculture sector, an Edinburgh, Scotland, -based start-up has devised a new modular farm system, fuelled by food and drink by-products, to produce a fishmeal alternative.

6th March 2024

UK start-up looks to solve aquafeed ingredients challenge

6th March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Focusing on how a Seafood Risk Tool can be applied to support aquatic food supply chains in Ghana, scientists and policymakers from the West African country, the UK, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Nigeria recently…

6th March 2024

Ghana charts safe, sustainable aquaculture production

6th March 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Investment in new vessels and the latest state-of-the-art fish handling technology has ensured that the Shetland pelagic fleet is at the forefront of catching premium mackerel, herring and blue whiting where carbon…

4th March 2024

Shetland pelagic fleet investments net green benefits

4th March 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

To help report destructive and illegal fishing practices, non-profit marine conservation organisation Sea Shepherd Global has four of its nine current vessels subscribed to its maritime communications service Fleet Xpress. This includes Allankay, a…

4th March 2024

Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress helping combat illegal fishing

4th March 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Norwegian salmon-based ingredients company Biomega has appointed Harald Voltersvik Hernæs as its Global Sourcing Director as part of a new strategic position at the firm. 

4th March 2024

Biomega appoints global sourcing director

4th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The Royal Thai Government must drop new legislation that’s looking to deregulate the country’s fishing industry and instead reform its fisheries, according to the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), with a new report…

4th March 2024

EJF: Pair trawling turning future valuable catches into today’s ‘trash fish’

4th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

More and more tuna fisheries are successfully meeting the Marine Stewardship Council standards, helping to ensure a ready supply of responsibly sourced produce for a growing number of brands and retailers.

1st March 2024

More tuna fisheries meet MSC standards

1st March 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Quality is close to the heart of John Angus, Senior Sales Manager at Pelagia Shetland Ltd, and this dedication by him and the rest of the team to ensure best-practice procedures in…

1st March 2024

Scottish pelagic processor puts quality and sustainability at the heart of its operations

1st March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Atlanto-Scandian herring in the Northeast Atlantic could face a potential repeat of the 1960s herring collapse if governments do not take steps to stop overfishing, according to new research from the North…

1st March 2024

NAPA: Herring collapse on the horizon without urgent action

1st March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Participation in the Global Seafood Alliance’s certification programmes grew by almost a fifth in 2023 in a clear sign that the industry is committed to sourcing and producing sustainable seafood.

28th February 2024

Sustainability programme grows by a fifth

28th February 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The new gear has only a third of the weight of a comparable set of rockhopper gear and as it generates less seabed contact, this is seen as producing less bottom impact…

26th February 2024

Testing gentler ground gear

26th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Family-run UK company Whitby Seafoods has confirmed its support of an agreement between the scampi fishermen of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to adopt the Marine Stewardship Council’s new “In Transition to MSC”…

22nd February 2024

Whitby Seafoods signs up to scampi sustainability agreement

22nd February 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Views and expertise on the environmental, social and economic consequences of a potential ban on EU sales and international trade of loose shark fins are being sought by the European Commission in…

22nd February 2024

Brussels calls for evidence on a potential ban on sales of loose shark fins

22nd February 2024