Sustainability

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Swiss-Dutch health, nutrition and beauty company DSM-Firmenich has launched a shrimp module for its Sustell platform, allowing shrimp farmers to map, reduce the full environmental footprint of their operations and meet environmental sustainability targets.

25th June 2024

Environmental footprinting platform extended to shrimp

25th June 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK seafood charity Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability (FIS) has announced its current chair, John Goodlad, will be stepping down from the board in December 2024. FIS, which is governed and funded by M&S,…

25th June 2024

Fisheries Innovation & Sustainability seeks new chair

25th June 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Spanish tuna fleet is pioneering a new initiative to use more than 1,500 smart buoys to help ensure catch is targeted at species with healthy stock levels.

20th June 2024

Smart buoys used to identify tuna species

20th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Diane Lebouthillier, Canada’s Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, has announced the Government of Canada will ban open net-pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia (BC) coastal waters by 30…

20th June 2024

Canada extends transition from open net-pen salmon farming in British Columbia

20th June 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Farmed blue food production is facing some serious challenges, including but not limited to its response to climate change, the increase in oceanic threats, and farms moving further offshore. There’s also a…

19th June 2024

AI – a paradigm shift’ for aquaculture

19th June 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A year since the High Seas Treaty to protect biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) was formally adopted by UN member states on 19 June 2023, the High Seas Alliance has started a one-year…

19th June 2024

Countdown to ratify the High Seas Treaty begins

19th June 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Norway’s Kongsberg Discovery has strengthened its EK80 echo-sounder product range with wide-band low-frequency capability, which it says will enable its customers across governments, academia and industry to gain a much more detailed picture of…

19th June 2024

Echo sounder upgrade ‘opens new frontiers’

19th June 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The United Nations’ agreement on Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ), also known as the “High Seas Treaty” has been adopted by the European Council. With the decision, taken on 17 June 2024,…

18th June 2024

EU ready to ratify High Seas Treaty

18th June 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The ICAR-Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) and Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) have joined forces to foster sustainability in India’s sea fisheries.

14th June 2024

CMFRI/INCOIS pact will drive sustainability

14th June 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Izumisawa Suisan has become the first commercial fish farm in Japan to obtain Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification for its cherry salmon production. The farm, which also produces coho salmon, is based…

14th June 2024

Japanese salmon farm first

14th June 2024