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AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Changes to shellfish water quality sampling requirements could help streamline the application of Official Control Regulations for UK shellfish producers and local authorities, according to non-departmental public body (NDPB) Seafish.

27th July 2023

New guidance and training for shellfish production

27th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), The Center for Responsible Seafood (TCRS) and Choice Canning Co have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) designed to uplift small-scale aquaculture farmers in India by offering more…

26th July 2023

Agreement reached to uplift small-scale fish farmers

26th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The seafood industry in Alaska will be given a boost by the Improving Agriculture, Research, Cultivation, Timber and Indigenous Commodities (ARCTIC) Act, introduced by Senator Lisa Murkowski on 18 July.

26th July 2023

Alaskan seafood gets ARCTIC bill boost

26th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Lobster is getting a new look across Maine, US this summer as part of a drive to promote the fishery and its workers.

26th July 2023

Maine lobster gets a makeover

26th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

In a world of plenty, it is outrageous that people continue to suffer and die from hunger, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres told the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2),…

26th July 2023

UN: Global food systems ‘broken’

26th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Plans to increase the productivity of Scotland’s aquaculture sector and help reduce its impact on the environment are drawn up in a new strategy by the Scottish government.

25th July 2023

Scotland’s vision for sustainable aquaculture

25th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Shetland salmon farmers have joined forces to support the Tall Ships’ return to Lerwick, part of the Tall Ships Races – a festival held every summer in European waters.

25th July 2023

Salmon farmers back Shetland tall ships

25th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood giant Thai Union, the largest producer of shelf-stable tuna in the world with brands including Chicken of the Sea and John West and the biggest importer of shrimp in the United…

25th July 2023

Thai Union explains its $200m sustainability commitment

25th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A network of underwater cameras is being deployed in England’s south-west to monitor habitats of key species such as sea bass and grey mullet.

24th July 2023

Underwater cameras monitor juvenile fish

24th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The Center for Aquaculture Technologies (CAT) has opened a new facility dedicated to shrimp genome research.

24th July 2023

CAT opens shrimp genetics research centre

24th July 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The impact of offshore aquaculture on ocean health is to be explored in a new project funded by the UK government.

21st July 2023

UK mussel farm benefits study

21st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden’s decision not to embargo products from Mexico despite the country’s failure to halt illegal wildlife trade threatening the critically endangered vaquita porpoise has drawn fire from the environmental NGO…

21st July 2023

Environmental groups slam Biden’s vaquita response

21st July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Srimic Exports’ shrimp processing plant in Sri Lanka has been awarded Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification.

20th July 2023

BAP certification for Sri Lankan shrimp plant

20th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

US President Joe Biden has elected not to issue an embargo on Mexican wildlife products despite the country being found in breach of a US law requiring federal action against countries found…

20th July 2023

United States holds off issuing Mexico trade ban

20th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has signed a contract with the French national institute for ocean science IFREMER for the construction of a new vessel for the French Oceanographic Fleet. It will be operated by…

20th July 2023

Freire to build French research vessel

20th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new funding bill recently approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee will secure more than US$206 million for salmon recovery and marine habitat restoration.

19th July 2023

Funding boost for US Pacific salmon

19th July 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Thai Union Group has committed all net profits from 2022 to further develop its sustainability strategy.

19th July 2023

Thai Union pledges US$200m for sustainability

19th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK Government has set out further post-Brexit steps which it says will deliver a thriving, sustainable fishing industry for the future.

18th July 2023

UK seizes post-Brexit freedoms for fisheries management

18th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM) of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has launched a scientific database on Black Sea fisheries. 

18th July 2023

Database built for Black Sea fisheries research

18th July 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Seafood Ethics Action (SEA) Alliance says it will ‘robustly’ investigate allegations made by the Financial Times about the mistreatment of migrant crew in the UK.

17th July 2023

Migrant labour abuses in UK fishing investigated

17th July 2023