Sustainability

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Seafood company Thai Union Group PLC and global conservation organisation The Nature Conservancy (TNC), have released the inaugural progress report on their partnership on a commitment to improve on-the-water transparency in global tuna…

16th January 2023

Tuna transparency measure

16th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

MarinTrust has developed a multispecies fisheries framework to cater for complex fisheries that don’t fit the conventional approach to fishery assessment. 

11th January 2023

Multispecies assessments

11th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shrimp farming can be a driver for mangrove protection and restoration, and in turn, help combat climate change and protect coastal communities and wildlife, finds new research undertaken by the Sustainable Fisheries…

11th January 2023

Beneficial shrimp farming

11th January 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Cameroon has been identified by the European Commission as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, and has been issued with a so-called “red card”.

9th January 2023

EU red cards Cameroon

9th January 2023

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aquaculture and fishing technology provider Optimar AS has been ranked number one in the selection process for the Fish ID project, a collaboration between the Norwegian Directory of Fisheries and key industry…

4th January 2023

Optimar earns top ranking

4th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Western Norway-headquartered Atlantic halibut farming company Nordic Halibut AS (NOHAL) has reached a milestone in the company’s ambition to offer a “sustainable superfood” by securing certification according to the Global G.A.P. Aquaculture…

4th January 2023

Nordic Halibut certified

4th January 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture non-profit ThinkAqua and the Shrimp Welfare Project (SWP) have signed an MOU which will see the two collaborate to support improvements in shrimp farming that will increase welfare along the supply…

2nd January 2023

New shrimp welfare MOU

2nd January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

FISH Standard for Crew Inc has confirmed that the Phoenix Processors Limited Partnership’s (PPLP) two processor vessels have been awarded the third-party certification. 

22nd December 2022

FISH for Phoenix

22nd December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian salmon producer Cermaq has stocked the third version of its iFarm, a project that’s aiming to improve the health and welfare of the fish in the net pens with the help…

16th December 2022

iFarm 3 salmon stocking

16th December 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Spanish technology company Satlink has launched a new circular economy programme that repurposes lost gear that has been developed for sustainable fishing.

15th December 2022

Gear second life launch

15th December 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Insect-based ingredients company Ÿnsect has signed two major agreements to set up production sites in the United States with milling company Ardent Mills and in Mexico with food and general services provider Corporativo Kosmos. 

14th December 2022

Robert Downey Jr-backed Ÿnsect expands

14th December 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fisheries ministers have agreed fishing opportunities for 2023 for the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, which include new catch limits for Mediterranean species with a high commercial value.

14th December 2022

Med fishing agreement

14th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Bangkok-headquartered seafood company Thai Union Group PCL has been ranked number one in the world in the food industry on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

13th December 2022

Top ranking for Thai Union

13th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Norwegian aquaculture continues to top the charts of the Coller FAIRR Index, which ranks the world’s most sustainable animal protein producers.

13th December 2022

Norway tops sustainable protein production

13th December 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Five research projects have been awarded over £3.5 million to gather vital evidence to inform how UK fisheries are managed and to protect marine habitats.

13th December 2022

UK sustainability boost

13th December 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new fund has been launched to help save Scotland’s iconic wild salmon through habitat protection, protection from predators, and restocking programmes.

13th December 2022

Scots wild salmon support

13th December 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Researchers from 16 countries have come together to develop new ways of safeguarding animal health within the European aquaculture industry.

8th December 2022

Fish health project launches

8th December 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Northern Irish tuna project NI-CHART has tagged its first Atlantic bluefin tuna. Estimated at almost 2 metres long, the fish was caught and tagged between Ballycastle and Rathlin Island.

8th December 2022

First NI bluefin tagged

8th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) has secured its first member company from the United States, with retailer Fishwife coming the latest addition to the supply chain coalition that landed organisations from…

7th December 2022

Fishwife joins NAPA

7th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The United Kingdom’s aquaculture sector is being urged to endorse and further develop a new conceptual framework that could underpin a more sustainable future.

7th December 2022

Improving UK fish farming

7th December 2022