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Mexico introduces legislation to federally ban octopus farming. The bill now moves to the Senate commissions for discussion. Mexico has introduced legislation to ban all cephalopod farming nationwide. The proposed bill […]
Chile introduces legislation to ban octopus farming. The bill will be the first legislation dedicated to banning octopus farming in Latin America. Chile has become the first country in Latin America […]
Federal bill to ban octopus farming and commercial imports reintroduced, momentum grows. The bill is poised to become the first country-wide law that will ban commercial octopus aquaculture operations and sales […]
New Zealand Government advised to halt investments in octopus farming. As legislations that ban octopus farming and the sale of farmed octopus products proceed worldwide, New Zealand is urged to […]
California passes landmark bill to ban octopus farming and commercial sales. Governer Gavin Newsom has signed the ground-breaking bill into law. California has made history by enacting a bill that bans […]
Federal bill to ban octopus farming and commercial imports introduced. The ground-breaking bill is poised to become the first country-wide law that will ban commercial octopus aquaculture operations. A new […]
Breakthrough in octopus farming by Nueva Pescanova. The Nueva Pescanova Group, headquartered in Galicia, has been able to close the reproduction cycle of octopus in aquaculture, after decades of research […]
Octopus farming questioned. Commercial octopus farming questioned by a team of researchers in a newly published analysis. Currently in developmental stages on multiple continents, they conclude it would have a […]
Aquatic Animal Alliance urges Universidad Autonoma de Mexico to stop Octopus farm operations in Yucatan. High mortality rate: over 50% of octopus on Yucatan farm fail to reach slaughter size. […]
THE KRAKEN RETURNS – An ultra-realistic vegan octopus leads to controversy. Originally launched as a limited edition in March 2024, THE KRAKEN was developed as a bold experiment in food […]
Aquatic Life Institute unveils 4th Annual Aquaculture Certification Schemes Benchmark. The welfare-based analysis reviews 9 global seafood certification schemes and 2 international ratings agencies Aquatic Life Institute (ALI) has published […]
New South West Marine Ecosystems report published. This comprehensive report on the state of the marine ecosystems around the South West, including contributions from Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) scientists, gives a wonderful […]
South Australian Seafood Spectacular. Read more about the history of South Australia and about it’s thriving seafood industry on our website here. Fish Focus was honoured to attend the exclusive South Australian Seafood […]
Hilton Foods releases progressive crustacean welfare policy. Aquatic Life Institute supported the international food manufacturer in creating the global policy. Hilton Foods, a leading international multi-protein processor, has produced their first […]
Tesco publishes comprehensive decapod crustacean welfare policy. Tesco, the UK’s leading retailer, has just published a comprehensive decapod crustacean welfare policy. The public commitment to ensuring high welfare throughout the entire […]
Fixin’ to be flexitarian: Scrap fish and invasive species can liven up vegetables. Most of us have a tough time eating enough veggies. According to the World Economic Forum only […]
Nueva Pescanova opens aquaculture research centre. The Nueva Pescanova Group has opened in O Grove, Pontevedra, the first private aquaculture research centre in Spain which, with an investment of 7.5 million euros, […]
New partner for SFP. The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced that Canary Islands-based seafood processor and distributor Unión Martín Grupo has become SFP’s newest partner. As a new partner, […]
US aquaculture production set to rise. US aquaculture production is forecast to increase 2.1% annually in volume terms through 2022, according to Aquaculture: United States, a report recently released by […]
The Nueva Pescanova Group closed 2018 making a profit, for the second year in a row, net profit reaching 5.4 million euros, 5.1 million euros more than the year before […]
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