Sustainability

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

In December 2024, Cargill (EWOS) Canada and Mowi Feed in Scotland and Norway became the latest companies to achieve ASC Feed Certification, underscoring their commitment to environmental sustainability and social responsibility.

13th January 2025

ASC feed scheme welcomes Cargill and Mowi

13th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new centre of excellence for seaweed cultivation has opened at the ICAR-CMFRI Mandapam Regional Centre in India.

10th January 2025

Seaweed centre boosts India’s fisheries

10th January 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Overfishing, illegal fishing and the increased marketing of shark meat pose significant threats to the more than 80 species of sharks and rays that inhabit the Mediterranean Sea, according to a new…

9th January 2025

Mediterranean sharks continue decline despite conservation progress

9th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental NGOs are filing a legal challenge against the Dutch government over the ongoing practice of bottom trawling in the Dogger Bank, a vital marine protected area (MPA) in the North Sea.

9th January 2025

Netherlands sued over Dogger Bank trawling

9th January 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Kafr El Sheikh University has strengthened its partnership with aquaculture welfare organisation FAI by incorporating its free tilapia welfare e-learning courses and mobile-based Tilapia Welfare App into its academic curriculum. 

8th January 2025

Egyptian university adds FAI fish welfare tools, training to curriculum

8th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vietnam is intensifying its efforts to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, aiming to have the European Commission’s (EC) ‘yellow card’ lifted in the coming months.

6th January 2025

Vietnam pushes to overturn EC yellow card

6th January 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has followed up on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Stop finning – Stop the trade”, which asked it for action to end international trade of loose shark fins. From January…

19th December 2024

Brussels steps up shark trade monitoring

19th December 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

For the first time since 1983, the United States has released an updated National Aquaculture Development Plan, with the aim to strengthen the country’s commitment to food security, climate resilience and the…

18th December 2024

US finalises first new aquaculture plan in 40 years

18th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Farmed seafood certification body Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) had confirmed its continued support for the Women in Ocean Food programme, in partnership with Conservation International (CI) Ventures and Hatch Blue. The initiative,…

17th December 2024

ASC upholds support for Women In Ocean Food

17th December 2024

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

When Nofima researches sustainable feeds for farmed salmon, the process involves everything from when a new ingredient is delivered to the feed technology centre, to when the salmon has eaten the feed…

16th December 2024

Nofima: ‘Positive results’ from microalgae tests for salmon feeds

16th December 2024