Sustainability

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

The Benelux states of Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg have never been amongst Europe’s elite band of fish-producing nations, despite the first two having North Sea coastlines. Consequently, a significant proportion of their…

2nd August 2023

Benelux fishers in troubled waters

2nd August 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) is urging Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) tuna fisheries to strengthen regional fisheries management to meet more stringent Marine Stewardship Council expectations.

31st July 2023

ISSF calls for stronger Pacific tuna control

31st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Seafood Alliance has unveiled a new campaign in the US championing sustainably produced seafood.

28th July 2023

Seafood standards campaign launches in US

28th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2),…

26th July 2023

UN: Global food systems ‘broken’

26th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood giant Thai Union, the largest producer of shelf-stable tuna in the world with brands including Chicken of the Sea and John West and the biggest importer of shrimp in the United…

25th July 2023

Thai Union explains its $200m sustainability commitment

25th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A network of underwater cameras is being deployed in England’s south-west to monitor habitats of key species such as sea bass and grey mullet.

24th July 2023

Underwater cameras monitor juvenile fish

24th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The impact of offshore aquaculture on ocean health is to be explored in a new project funded by the UK government.

21st July 2023

UK mussel farm benefits study

21st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden’s decision not to embargo products from Mexico despite the country’s failure to halt illegal wildlife trade threatening the critically endangered vaquita porpoise has drawn fire from the environmental NGO…

21st July 2023

Environmental groups slam Biden’s vaquita response

21st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Srimic Exports’ shrimp processing plant in Sri Lanka has been awarded Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

20th July 2023

BAP certification for Sri Lankan shrimp plant

20th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has elected not to issue an embargo on Mexican wildlife products despite the country being found in breach of a US law requiring federal action against countries found…

20th July 2023

United States holds off issuing Mexico trade ban

20th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Thai Union Group has committed all net profits from 2022 to further develop its sustainability strategy.

19th July 2023

Thai Union pledges US$200m for sustainability

19th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK Government has set out further post-Brexit steps which it says will deliver a thriving, sustainable fishing industry for the future.

18th July 2023

UK seizes post-Brexit freedoms for fisheries management

18th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has launched a scientific database on Black Sea fisheries. 

18th July 2023

Database built for Black Sea fisheries research

18th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Seafood Ethics Action (SEA) Alliance says it will ‘robustly’ investigate allegations made by the Financial Times about the mistreatment of migrant crew in the UK.

17th July 2023

Migrant labour abuses in UK fishing investigated

17th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Schmidt Marine Technology Partners has pledged US$3.5 million in funding to help improve the sustainability of fisheries worldwide.

14th July 2023

Sustainable fisheries funding boost

14th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new project is exploring how the aquaculture sector can better use recycled plastics.

13th July 2023

Increasing recycling in aquaculture explored

13th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Japanese telecommunications company, NTT, has launched a new venture to promote more efficient and sustainable food production.

12th July 2023

Sustainable Japanese aquaculture venture

12th July 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

International research organisation WorldFish has embarked on an initiative with Norway aimed at refining, testing and scaling innovative renewable energy solutions for the aquaculture sector in Egypt. 

11th July 2023

WorldFish, Norway target Egyptian aqua growth

11th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fish lovers in the UK may have to swap their cod and haddock for more Mediterranean fare like seabream and seabass as warming oceans force species northwards.

10th July 2023

Winners and losers of warming UK seas

10th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A trout farmer in Lesotho has been awarded Best Aquaculture Practice (BAP) certification by the Global Seafood Alliance.

10th July 2023

BAP success for African trout farm

10th July 2023