Sustainability

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS), a joint initiative between the world’s largest commercial seafood companies and science to strengthen sustainable practices within the seafood industry, has appointed Thai Union Group PCL…

6th October 2022

SeaBOS appoints new chair

6th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has announced its reorganisation into a permanent new entity with full legal independence and a participatory, industry-based structure.

3rd October 2022

Permanent status for GDST

3rd October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Marine Stewardship Council has been accused of ‘greenwashing’ after more than half of seafood industry stakeholders said that it was no longer an effective indicator of sustainable fishing.

3rd October 2022

MSC accused of ‘greenwashing’

3rd October 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Researchers from a university on the UK’s south coast have released juvenile lobsters on 3D printed artificial reefs to find out more about their preferred habitats.

29th September 2022

3D printed reef study

29th September 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish Sea Farms has been awarded Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for the first time in Orkney.

26th September 2022

ASC approval for Orkney

26th September 2022

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Sea Grant has allocated approximately US$ 14 million in federal funding across four strategic areas for improving US aquaculture. 

26th September 2022

Millions for US aquaculture

26th September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Using technology from Scantrol and Deep Vision, Norwegian company Ava Ocean will start a project later this year that will seek to sustainably harvest scallops from the Barents Sea.

21st September 2022

Tech-enabled scalloping

21st September 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

American lobsters (Homus americanus) caught in the United States and Canada have been added to the list of species for consumers to avoid by Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch programme, with the…

12th September 2022

American lobsters red listed

12th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Greenpeace UK’s plans to drop more boulders in the South West Deeps (East) marine protected area (MPA) to prevent destructive industrial fishing have been blocked by the government.

8th September 2022

Greenpeace action blocked

8th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The destructive technique of bottom trawling could easily be replaced in the European Union by less aggressive fishing practices, says a new report.

8th September 2022

‘End EU bottom trawling’

8th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Seven seafood industry and seven non-government organisations have declared their support of a call made by The Pew Charitable Trusts to the member states of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of…

7th September 2022

Fisher safety unites industry

7th September 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Tesco has joined the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) in a new initiative to help protect the marine environment. 

7th September 2022

Tesco joins pro-ocean drive

7th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 86.4% is sourced from stocks deemed to be at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the latest edition of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)…

6th September 2022

Tuna stocks health improves

6th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Eighteen limestone boulders have been placed on the seabed in the South West Deeps (East) marine protected area (MPA) by Greenpeace UK to block destructive industrial fishing in the area.

6th September 2022

Greenpeace fishing barrier

6th September 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Designed to inspire and inform, Norway’s new forum for innovation in sustainable seafood production has been unveiled in the middle of the country’s Hardanger fjord.

6th September 2022

Salmon Eye unveiled

6th September 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The first oyster farm established in the Middle East has received Friend of the Sea recognition for sustainable practices.

5th September 2022

Middle East oysters certified

5th September 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has updated its Salmon Standard and published version 1.4, following a rigorous science-based review process.

5th September 2022

New salmon standard

5th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fourteen catcher-processor vessels of the At-Sea Processors Association (APA) have achieved the FISH Standard for Crew, an independent third-party certification programme for labour practices on fishing boats.

30th August 2022

FISH for pollock boats

30th August 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

International, non-profit research and innovation institution WorldFish has signed Memorandums of Understanding with Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) and Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) to encourage and promote cooperation in research and knowledge transfer…

26th August 2022

WorldFish renews MoUs

26th August 2022

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Norwegian company Tau Tech is to begin sustainable scallop harvesting in the Barents Sea and will use Inmarsat’s maritime broadband service Fleet Express following the signing of an agreement at Nor-Fishing 2022.

24th August 2022

Arctic scalloper connected

24th August 2022