Australia

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

RSPCA Australia’s Approved Certification Committee has confirmed it has decided to halt Australian salmon farming company Huon Aquaculture’s RSPCA Approved certification while it investigates claims of animal cruelty.

11th March 2025

RSPCA suspends certification of Huon Aquaculture

11th March 2025

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Australian aquaculture company Clean Seas Seafood Ltd (CSS) has received a non-binding, indicative and incomplete proposal from Yumbah Aquaculture Ltd to merge with CSS through the acquisition of 100% of CSS shares…

19th February 2025

Clean Seas receives merger proposal

19th February 2025

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Aquaculture and fisheries are two sectors of the seafood industry that make critical contributions to range of areas – from nutrition and local economies to the cultural life of coastal communities around…

29th January 2025

High-value collagen from fish by-products

29th January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

With plans to onboard more brands and fisheries, the Australian company is profiting from its sustainability and traceability investments.

15th November 2024

How green storytelling is paying off for Austral Fisheries

15th November 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Trade body Seafood Industry Australia (SIA) has welcomed the agreement of a timetable to resume trade of live Australian lobster back into the mainland China market and has extended its gratitude to ministers and officials…

11th October 2024

Australia to resume live lobster trade with China

11th October 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Winners of Australia’s 2024 National Seafood Industry Awards and this year’s Hall of Fame inductees were announced at the prestigious National Seafood Industry Awards Gala Dinner, held on 12 September 2024 at…

13th September 2024

Australian seafood award winners announced

13th September 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Built for the Australia state’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) by Geraldton-based shipbuilder Dongara Marine, the new 18.6-metre fisheries research vessel (RV) was named Djildjit Kaartadjiny in consultation with Noongar (indigenous)…

29th May 2024

Australian shipbuilder completes multi-purpose researcher

29th May 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

To mark World Tuna Day on 2 May, Coles has announced that all own-brand canned tuna will begin to carry the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) blue fish tick label from September.

2nd May 2024

All Coles own-brand tuna to carry MSC label

2nd May 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

New findings from a YouGov Survey commissioned by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) reveal that 60% of Gen Z and over 55% of all Australians are not eating the recommended two…

28th March 2024

Nutrition expert shares top eight Australian sustainable and affordable seafood choices

28th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With Australians expected to consume at least 22,000 tonnes of prawns during this year’s festive period, enough to fill 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools, new data from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) finds that…

20th December 2023

Aussie prawn fishers urge public to choose sustainably this Christmas

20th December 2023