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SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global (SEG/SPG) 2023, the world’s largest trade expo for the seafood industry, reached a record in terms of exhibit space, number of exhibiting companies and total attendance for its…

1st May 2023

Barcelona seafood expo sets new records

1st May 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new fund has launched to help finance the move towards more sustainable fisheries worldwide.

27th April 2023

New ‘blue finance’ fisheries improvement fund

27th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has awarded US$8 million in funding to a new programme to remove ghost gear from US coastal waters.

26th April 2023

US ghost gear programme launched

26th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Senators in the United States have introduced new legislation to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

26th April 2023

New US law to combat IUU fishing

26th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has set out its new strategy to support the growth of sustainable seafood.

26th April 2023

MSC sets out new seafood strategy

26th April 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) formalising a common goal of increasing the sustainability of aquaculture production and practices around the globe. 

26th April 2023

ASC and SFP sign aquaculture-boosting MOU

26th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Unima Distribution of France and Vičiūnai Group of Spain won the top prizes in the 2023 Seafood Excellence Global Awards, given at Seafood Expo Global, held in Barcelona 25-27 April 2023.

26th April 2023

Vičiūnai, Unima win big at seafood awards

26th April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) has welcomed funding announced by the Labor Government to combat foreign ghost nets which have drifted into Australia’s northern waters.

25th April 2023

Funding will help combat Australia’s ghost net issue

25th April 2023

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

BioMar Group has become the first aquafeed company to have its carbon reduction targets independently validated to meet the 1.5°C trajectory, which it said is currently the most ambitious designation available through the Science Based Targets Initiative…

24th April 2023

BioMar secures approval for carbon targets

24th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Ocean conservation advocacy organisation Oceana has called on the European Union to require full transparency for all seafood sold on the market, including processed and imported products. It wants consumers to be able…

24th April 2023

Full transparency urged for EU seafood

24th April 2023