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ICES assessing how Covid-19 is affecting fishing industries. With the COVID-19 pandemic unfolding, ICES Working Group on SOCIAL indicators (WGSOCIAL) held an online meeting in the first week of April […]
IFFO to support Fish for Waste Conference. IFFO, the Marine Ingredients Organisation, have joined the growing list of supporters of the Fish Waste for Profit Conference 2020. IFFO is an […]
GSSI and IDH launch Seafood Map programme to accelerate sustainable seafood. Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) and IDH, the Sustainable Trade Initiative, launched Seafood MAP – a new market and […]
GSSI statement on coronavirus. “As the COVID-19 outbreak continues to expand and to impact lives, GSSI is taking responsible precautions. GSSI Secretariat now works from home in line with the […]
Maritime agenda for Black Sea launched. The Common maritime agenda for the Black Sea has officially been launched in Sofia. Based on the positive experience of sustainable development initiatives in […]
ASC Shrimp Standard Recognised by Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative The ASC’s Shrimp Standard has been recognised by the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI), a seafood certification industry benchmark. The GSSI […]
GSSI Welcomes Lerøy Seafood Group. to its Global Partnership. The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce Lerøy Seafood Group has joined GSSI as a Funding Partner. Lerøy Seafood […]
Overfishing of the world’s major tuna stocks going down A five-year, $50-million Global Environment Facility (GEF)-funded programme rolled out by FAO and partners has made remarkable progress in protecting international waters’ biodiversity […]
New certification scheme to compete with MSC. In order to gain entry into key markets, Norwegian fisheries must provide sustainability certification. As an alternative to the dominant MSC certification, a […]
Marine Institute’s 2020 Bursary Scholarship Programme. Marine Institute is inviting undergraduate students to apply for a number of work experience placements as part of the 2020 Summer Bursary Scholarship Programme. […]
Fisheries management is actually working, global analysis shows. Nearly half of the fish caught worldwide are from stocks that are scientifically monitored and, on average, are increasing in abundance. Effective […]
Sea cucumbers boosting bio economy of Zanzibar. Seaweed is a precious product for the 25 000 Zanzibari farmers that depend on it, 80 percent of whom are women, according to […]
EC fish quota talks get underway. On 16 and 17 December, the Commissioner for Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius will discuss with EU ministers the Commission’s proposal for the […]
Impacts of climate change on oceans. The UN General Assembly (UNGA) adopted on 10 December two resolutions on Oceans and Law of the Seas and on Sustainable Fisheries. In this […]
Working conditions in fisheries need to improve. The fisheries sector is making an increasingly important contribution to food security and livelihoods, however more needs to be done to improve working […]
Extreme weather increases ghost gear from aquaculture. A new white paper from the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) published on 28 November has determined that extreme weather is currently one of […]
New global atlas to monitor fishing activity. A new global atlas – the first-ever of its kind – analyses the opportunities and challenges of using Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) to […]
New deep sea fishing trawler for Namibia. The people of the town of Lüderitz welcomed the first brand new build deep sea fishing trawler since Namibia’s Independence, the Lalandii 1, […]
New fisheries plan for Med and Black Sea. The 43rd General Fisheries Commission for Mediterranean (GFCM) Annual Session attended by 24 countries took place in Athens from 4 to 9 […]
ISSF sets out Atlantic tuna conservation priorities. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has set out its priorities for this year’s meeting of the International Commissionfor for Conservation of Atlantic […]
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