Sustainability

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Several years after the Panama small pelagics fishery was accepted onto the MarinTrust Improver Programme (IP), the fishmeal and fish oil production plants sourcing from it have also gained certification.

25th October 2022

Panama pelagics progress

25th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Nutreco and its parent company SHV are partnering with FoodTechAfrica and African Parks to promote sustainable aquaculture in Africa.

24th October 2022

African aqua partnership

24th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have joined forces to call for action on the sustainable management of pelagic stocks.

20th October 2022

Call for pelagics action

20th October 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

WWF-Ecuador and Ecuador’s National Chamber of Aquaculture (Cámara Nacional de Acuacultura – CNA) have signed a new agreement to halt habitat conversion for shrimp farming.

20th October 2022

Ecuador safeguards habitats

20th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The appetite for sustainable seafood is growing according to new figures released by the Marine Stewardship Council.

19th October 2022

Sustainable seafood growth

19th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Three technology vendors and one seafood industry platform have developed the first software products to be verified as capable of fully implementing the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) standards for interoperable…

19th October 2022

First GDST-capable software

19th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The OPEC Fund for International Development has approved a US$20 million loan and a $240,000 complementary technical assistance grant to the Republic of Liberia to co-finance the Sustainable Management of Fisheries Project…

19th October 2022

Liberia $20m fisheries deal

19th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fisheries ministers failed to set the Baltic Sea on a path to recovery and a long-term sustainable future at the latest Fisheries Council meeting in Luxemburg, according to a group of…

18th October 2022

Baltic quota reactions

18th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Council of the European Union has reached an agreement on the fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2023.

18th October 2022

Baltic Sea quotas agreed

18th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission has confirmed that its proposal for fishing opportunities for 2023 for the Mediterranean and Black Sea has now been adopted, advising that the move promotes the sustainable management of…

17th October 2022

Med, Black Sea 2023 quotas

17th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

There’s a distinct mismatch between what consumers expect from a seafood product that bears an eco-label and the reality of certified fisheries, according to new research commissioned by the On The Hook…

17th October 2022

Seafood eco-label warning

17th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Agboola Jeleel Opeyemi has been crowned the winner of this year’s Nutreco Young Researchers’ Prize, securing the top €12,000 cash prize to help further his research.

14th October 2022

Young researcher awarded

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

As part of its efforts to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) has launched Por La Pesca, a new public-private partnership to support artisanal fishing in both Ecuador and Peru.

14th October 2022

Ecuador, Peru fishing boost

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishing line that could wrap around the Earth 18 times is lost in the world’s oceans every year, according to new research from CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and the University of…

14th October 2022

Cost of lost gear revealed

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Close to 2.5 million tonnes of tuna is being caught annually that’s certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing, according to new data published by the international non-profit…

14th October 2022

MSC tuna tops 2.4m tonnes

14th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

AquaRech Ltd has been named the winner of the 2022 Nutreco Feed & Food Tech Challenge (NFFTC), scooping the award for its work to build Kenya’s first fish farming supply chain platform. 

13th October 2022

Kenya wins innovation prize

13th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The largest Scampi manufacturer in the UK says it has become the first seafood product in the UK market to monitor its carbon footprint.

12th October 2022

UK scampi footprint

12th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Officials have announced the closure of both the Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab 2022/23 seasons over concerns that populations are edging towards collapse.

12th October 2022

Alaska cancels crab seasons

12th October 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Investing just 1% of sales in traceability could increase the seafood industry’s profitability by 60% to a total US$122 billion, according to a new report compiled by non-profit financial think tank firm…

7th October 2022

Follow that fish

7th October 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Organisers of the biennial International Sea Lice Conference have announced that Scotland is to host the next meeting in 2024, after a successful bid was led by the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre…

6th October 2022

Scots win sea lice summit

6th October 2022