FIP

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

To help retailers and other seafood-buying companies ensure the products they are buying are coming from credible fishery improvement projects (FIPs), the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) and FishChoice have launched a new…

21st December 2023

GSA, FishChoice increase FIP traceability

21st December 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

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Officially launched at Seafood Expo Global (SEG) 2023 in Barcelona, the Bycatch Solutions Hub is a web-based platform connecting retailers and other businesses that want to financially support projects to reduce ocean…

23rd June 2023

Involving Kitty and Fido in blue actions

23rd June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Washington-headquartered National Fisheries Institute’s Crab Council has confirmed Direct Source Seafood has joined the sustainability group.

14th June 2023

Direct Source joins NFI Crab Council

14th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spanish fishing company Pesquería Vasco-Montañesa SA (Pevasa Group) has renewed its Friend of the Sea Sustainable Fishing Certification that it initially obtained in 2009.

14th June 2023

Pevasa renews sustainable fishing certification

14th June 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has adopted a new conservation measure requiring the coalition’s participating seafood companies to transparently report against progress in meeting the 5-year goal of the organisation’s new…

5th May 2023

New conservation commitment from ISSF

5th 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

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Northeast Atlantic coastal states have been slammed by the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) for failing to meet their own deadline of 31 March 2023 to agree shares of the mackerel…

3rd April 2023

NAPA: NEA coastal states have blown it

3rd April 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With talks set to take place in London over new quota sharing arrangements for Northeast Atlantic blue whiting, Skretting, Cargill and BioMar, some of the main global buyers of the species, are calling for…

31st January 2023

Don’t blow whiting op

31st January 2023

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The first at-sea assessment of working conditions and crew welfare onboard a longline vessel supplying Thai Union has already led to improvements being made, with more expected to follow, according to the…

24th November 2022

TU improves fisher welfare

24th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Some 2.38 million tonnes of the global tuna catch is now certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing, according to the international non-profit organisation’s latest quarterly tuna update.

10th November 2022

47% of tuna with MSC

10th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Tuna purse seine company Caroline Fisheries Corporation has joined the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) as a Funding Partner, becoming the organisation’s first partner from Micronesia.

7th June 2022

Caroline Fisheries joins GSSI

7th June 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A fishery improvement project (FIP) has been launched for Argentine shortfin squid following the signing of a joint collaborative framework agreement by the Argentine Chamber of Jigger Fishing Vessel Shipowners (Camara de…

29th April 2022

Squid FIP launched

29th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Marine conservation organisation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has entered into a new agreement with Thai Union Group, which will see the world’s third-largest seafood company require its suppliers to participate in fishery…

14th March 2022

Thai Union, SFP partnership

14th March 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

UK-headquartered international food and drink group Princes has fulfilled its 100% responsibly sourced tuna commitment, whereby all of the tuna that it purchased for its brands in the UK, the Netherlands and…

3rd March 2022

Princes meets 100% goal

3rd March 2022