Sustainability

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Digital solutions provider Ocean Technologies Group (OTG) has entered into a new partnership with the World Cetacean Alliance (WCA) to reduce ship strikes and risks posed to marine mammals. Together, they will make…

27th January 2023

Tackling whale strikes

27th January 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Bangkok-headquartered Thai Union has confirmed that its Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) Fund has joined other strategic and financial partners investing in France-based Algama’s €13 million Series A fundraising round.

12th January 2023

Thai Union invests in algae

12th January 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

MarinTrust has developed a multispecies fisheries framework to cater for complex fisheries that don’t fit the conventional approach to fishery assessment. 

11th January 2023

Multispecies assessments

11th January 2023

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

INNOVATION & TECHNOLOGY

Norwegian salmon producer Cermaq has stocked the third version of its iFarm, a project that’s aiming to improve the health and welfare of the fish in the net pens with the help…

16th December 2022

iFarm 3 salmon stocking

16th December 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Bangkok-headquartered seafood company Thai Union Group PCL has been ranked number one in the world in the food industry on the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).

13th December 2022

Top ranking for Thai Union

13th December 2022

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The United Kingdom’s aquaculture sector is being urged to endorse and further develop a new conceptual framework that could underpin a more sustainable future.

7th December 2022

Improving UK fish farming

7th December 2022

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Steakholder Foods Ltd (formerly MeaTech 3D) has filed a provisional US patent application based on the formation of layers of crosslinked tissue, with the international deep-tech food company stating that this “breakthrough…

17th November 2022

3D printed fish patent

17th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Indonesian government and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have signed an agreement aimed at moving the country towards a sustainable blue economy.

16th November 2022

Sustainability renewal

16th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Government of Indonesia, together with the World Economic Forum, has launched Ocean 20 (O20), a public-private initiative aimed at ensuring the long-term sustainability of the ocean economy.

15th November 2022

Indonesia’s pro-ocean plan

15th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Political leaders attending COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh are being called on to act decisively to mainstream good fisheries management as effective carbon management within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and UN processes.

11th November 2022

Protect oceans, COP urged

11th November 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

There’s a distinct mismatch between what consumers expect from a seafood product that bears an eco-label and the reality of certified fisheries, according to new research commissioned by the On The Hook…

17th October 2022

Seafood eco-label warning

17th October 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Investing just 1% of sales in traceability could increase the seafood industry’s profitability by 60% to a total US$122 billion, according to a new report compiled by non-profit financial think tank firm…

7th October 2022

Follow that fish

7th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS), a joint initiative between the world’s largest commercial seafood companies and science to strengthen sustainable practices within the seafood industry, has appointed Thai Union Group PCL…

6th October 2022

SeaBOS appoints new chair

6th October 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

The Chilean company FoodCrop has become the first pelagic fish producer to validate the traceability of the raw material used for its fishmeal production through ORIVO certification.

27th September 2022

Fishmeal validated

27th September 2022

OPINION

OPINION

Fishing industry stalwart and author John Goodlad writes for WF

15th September 2022

The Salt Roads

15th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA Fisheries has identified a new way to deliver more timely genetic information to help resource managers and fishermen in their effort to reduce the salmon bycatch in commercial groundfish fisheries.

31st August 2022

Alaska bycatch boost

31st August 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

With feed emissions representing up to 80% of aquaculture’s greenhouse gas emissions, global aquafeed company Skretting says it’s critical that feed companies and the wider aquaculture value chain prioritise the reduction of…

18th August 2022

Skretting elevates reporting

18th August 2022

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

While the sector has the potential to nourish the world’s growing population, the FAO insists its growth must be sustainable

17th August 2022

Aquaculture at a crossroads

17th August 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Australian salmon farming and seafood company Tassal has signed a sustainability-linked loan (SLL) for AUD 497 million of facilities, linking some of the interest charges on its loans to sustainability key performance…

15th August 2022

Tassal $497m green loan

15th August 2022

OPINION

OPINION

Aquaculture Stewardship Council Director of Innovation, Alison Hutchins writes for WF

12th August 2022

Promoting aquaculture best-practice through innovation and technology

12th August 2022