Sustainability

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Florida Atlantic University has been gifted US$2.8 million by philanthropic investment group, Builders Initiative, to help establish a queen conch hatchery in Grand Bahama.

16th March 2023

Queen conch hatchery investment gift

16th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Slovakia has been given more than €20 million in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

15th March 2023

EU funding for Slovakia

15th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Thai Union has announced a commitment to only source tuna from vessels that are implementing best practices to protect ocean wildlife from by-catch. 

14th March 2023

Tuna giant ramps up by-catch protection

14th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Eighty-five per cent of tuna sourced worldwide is from stocks at a healthy level, according to the latest figures from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation.

13th March 2023

85% of global tuna at healthy levels

13th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP) is celebrating its fifth anniversary since beginning its work to transform the global shrimp aquaculture industry.

13th March 2023

Five years of sustainable shrimp

13th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Thirty-three Fishing Industry Association Papua New Guinea (FIA PNG) tuna purse seiners have been accredited for their onboard labour practices.

10th March 2023

Tuna boats labour practices accredited

10th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) has started the process of Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) recertification for the entire PNA purse seine fishery and will now be assessed against the new MSC…

9th March 2023

PNA starts tuna recertification

9th March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK government has pledged up to £45 million to support the fishing and aquaculture industries in Africa and Asia.

8th March 2023

UK pledges support for Africa and Asia

8th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Although UN members have agreed to protect high seas’ marine life through the new international treaty, fisheries governance pressure group Accountability.Fish is calling for immediate action to make existing international fisheries governance…

8th March 2023

Fisheries governance ‘still needs reform’

8th March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The new landmark agreement reached by UN members to protect the high seas in areas beyond national jurisdiction has been lauded by EU fishing sector representative body Europêche.

7th March 2023

European fishers welcome high seas treaty

7th March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New members are flocking to sign up to The Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing Action Alliance indicating a growing global aim to tackle the problem.

7th March 2023

More supporters sign up to tackle IUU fishing

7th March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

After two decades of talks, United Nations’ member countries have agreed a treaty to protect the high seas that will ensure the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity in areas…

6th March 2023

UN gives ‘historic’ protection to high seas

6th March 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Alltech teams up with circular-economy company Finnforel to take over Raisio’s fish feed production facility

6th March 2023

Alltech and Finnforel take over feed production site

6th March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Union is pledging €816.5 million to help protect the oceans from the effects of climate change, pollution and unsustainable fishing practices.

3rd March 2023

EU pledges €816m in ocean protection

3rd March 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has released its strategic plan for 2023-2027 outlining its approach to achieving sustainability in tuna fishing over the next five years.

1st March 2023

ISSF outlines five-year vision

1st March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

With Northeast Atlantic coastal states’ self-imposed deadline to reach an agreement on mackerel quota allocations approaching at the end of March, UK food retailer Waitrose & Partners has joined supply chain businesses…

1st March 2023

Waitrose joins calls for pelagic sustainability

1st March 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

A property formerly destined to be a large aluminum smelter that was never completed has been given a new lease of life by being transformed into a new Eco-Business Park for Iceland…

1st March 2023

Iceland launches new eco-business park

1st March 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A collaboration memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been agreed by the Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) certification programme and the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), with the two groups looking to expand their global…

1st March 2023

Seafood certifiers team up

1st March 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Cape Fish has achieved Best Seafood Practices and Best Aquaculture Practices certifications from the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), the first-ever seafood processing plant in South Africa to earn the distinction.

27th February 2023

First South African GSA

27th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is urging member states to ban destructive bottom trawling in marine protected areas by 2030.

24th February 2023

Sink or swim for EU seas

24th February 2023