Sustainability

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Azerbaijan Fish Farm has achieved Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification, becoming the first sturgeon breeding farm to do so.

14th September 2023

First sturgeon farm achieves BAP certification

14th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishers in the European Union are urging coastal states to resume all-party talks on mackerel quotas to safeguard stocks and businesses.

14th September 2023

Solve Atlantic mackerel stalemate, urge EU fishers

14th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In August 2022, researchers at the Physics and Biology Unit of the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) announced they had developed the first squid aquaculture system with potential for commercialisation.…

14th September 2023

Japan’s squid farming breakthrough

14th September 2023

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has contracted Longitude Engineering for the basic design of a newbuild research vessel that it is building for IFREMER, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea.

12th September 2023

Designer appointed for new French research vessel

12th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new UK project is underway that aims to allow communities in the Atlántida Seascape, Honduras, to improve small-scale fishing and also strengthen the protection of critical marine habitats and species.

12th September 2023

Boost for Hondruas small-scale fishers

12th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

New Zealand fishing company Sealord is investing NZD 10 million over the next 10 years in a carbon offset programme that will see underutilised Te Arawa whenua around the wider Rotorua region…

12th September 2023

Te Arawa and Sealord partner on forest project

12th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Mackerel species in the Atlantic are adapting their spawning habits in response to warming seas, according to a new study analysing data from 1992 onwards.

11th September 2023

Mackerel spawning habits changing as seas warm

11th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Ecuador’s Grupo Almar, one of the top five shrimp producers in the world, and health, nutrition and beauty company DSM-Firmenich have entered a joint multi-year commitment to measure and improve Grupo Almar’s…

8th September 2023

Shrimp producer Grupo Almar starts carbon footprint reduction project

8th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Aquaculture nets and ropes supplier Garware Technical Fibres has confirmed the acquisition of a 26% stake in solar energy company TP Bhaskar Renewables (TPBRL) as part of its roadmap to becoming carbon neutral.

8th September 2023

Net supplier buys into solar energy firm

8th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Following successful pilots in different countries, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has presented the development of a framework for credible Aquaculture Improvements Projects (AIPs) under the ASC Improver Programme at the Global…

7th September 2023

New support launched for ‘improver’ shrimp farmers

7th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Establishing Scotland as an international leader in the use of technology for responsible fisheries management and improving the policy and regulatory framework for the expansion of sustainable aquaculture are among the key…

6th September 2023

Scotland sets out new fisheries, aquaculture objectives

6th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) 2023 Report to Congress identifies seven entities for illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

5th September 2023

NOAA: IUU fishing still pillaging the oceans

5th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group is urging coastal states to take action to end overfishing in the northeast Atlantic.

1st September 2023

Put your words into action, NAPA urges coastal states

1st September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

For the third consecutive year, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is joining the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) to sponsor a range of awards recognising the best in the UK’s aquaculture sector.

30th August 2023

ASC joins MSC in awarding sustainability

30th August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new alliance has launched in British Columbia, Canada to bolster the global effort to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing.

30th August 2023

New alliance against IUU fishing launches

30th August 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While forecasting that global fisheries and aquaculture production will grow 12% over the 10-year period through to 2032 to reach 202 million tonnes, with the total volume produced for human consumption expected…

30th August 2023

Future fish production – a risky business?

30th August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scotland’s salmon farmers are supporting a series of Highland coastal kelp forests to help safeguard wild salmon and sea trout.

21st August 2023

Salmon farmers support Scottish kelp forests

21st August 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aimed at fostering leadership and innovation within the UK’s seafood processing cluster, the Grimsby Seafood Cluster has launched the new “Future Leaders” skills programme, saying the initiative will underscore the industry’s commitment to…

21st August 2023

Future seafood leaders programme launched

21st August 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Much in the same way that the restorative agriculture movement is looking to increasingly nurture and restore terrestrial food production systems that deliver positive environmental impacts, in the water, restorative and regenerative…

21st August 2023

Optimising restorative aquaculture

21st August 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

To support US west coast salmon and steelhead populations, NOAA Fisheries has recommended US$106.1 million in funding for 16 new and continuing programmes and projects through its Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Grant Program. 

21st August 2023

US$106m proposed for Pacific salmon recovery

21st August 2023