China

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While forecasting that global fisheries and aquaculture production will grow 12% over the 10-year period through to 2032 to reach 202 million tonnes, with the total volume produced for human consumption expected…

30th August 2023

Future fish production – a risky business?

30th August 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

A new study shows that there is a willingness to opt for safe and sustainable seafood choices in the Chinese market.

8th August 2023

GSA bigs up sustainable seafood in China

8th August 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With demand softening and El Niño driving up fishmeal prices, the second-half of 2023 is expected to be the most challenging period for global aquaculture since the peak of the Covid pandemic…

31st July 2023

Falling demand and El Niño to challenge global aquaculture

31st 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

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Sweeping sanctions from the West have blocked the way for many critical technologies to enter Russia, thereby making the construction of new onshore fish processing plants a tall order. On the other…

28th June 2023

Russia remains defiant

28th June 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

McDonald’s Filet-o-Fish sandwiches, Double Fish burgers and Kids Fish Fillet burgers served in more than 5,000 restaurants in China will now include the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) blue eco-label.

15th June 2023

McDonald’s China adds seafood eco-label to menu

15th June 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Scottish salmon exports to Asia have more than doubled to GBP 24 million in response to growing demand, new HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) figures show.

22nd May 2023

Scotland doubles Asia salmon trade

22nd May 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NFI Red Crab Council and its sustainability partner Ocean Outcomes (O2) have entered year-five of the comprehensive red crab fisheries improvement project (FIP) in China, the Washington-headquartered National Fisheries Institute (NFI) has…

2nd May 2023

Continued support for China’s red crab

2nd May 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood linked to human rights abuses, illegal fishing and the destruction of marine ecosystems could be ending up in the Korean market, according to a new investigation from the Environmental Justice Foundation…

19th April 2023

Report: Korea exposed to high-risk seafood

19th April 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Americans are eating seafood from countries with a history of illegal fishing and human rights violations at sea, determines new analysis from Oceana, with the ocean conservation organisation insisting that US authorities…

29th March 2023

Americans unwittingly eating illegal fish

29th March 2023