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Jellyfish chemicals could help protect UK marine life. Scientists at the University of Southampton have developed maps of chemicals found in jellyfish which could offer a new tool for conservation […]
Busy year for Shetland marine scientists. More than 55,000 fish and shellfish were measured at sea and on shore by scientists from the NAFC Marine Centre UHI during 2018. The […]
MSC announces £1 million Ocean Stewardship Fund and initiative to support small scale fisheries and those in the Global South on their pathway to sustainability. The MSC, Marine Stewardship Council, […]
Human rights issues in the farmed seafood industry and the role of certification. By Chris Ninnes, CEO of Aquaculture Stewardship Council In this overview of the challenges faced by the […]
First global cruise line receives seafood certifications. Holland America Line is elevating its award-winning dining experience by becoming the first global cruise line to receive both Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) […]
ISSF Releases Global Tuna Report – 86% of Global Tuna Catch Comes from Stocks at Healthy Levels; 10% Requires Stronger Management. Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 86% comes […]
Sustainable Seafood Awards Australia winners announced. The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) unveiled the annual Sustainable Seafood Awards Australia winners at the launch of the Super Seafood campaign to raise awareness about ASC […]
Collaboration to achieve enhanced tuna stock assessments. EU tuna purse seine fleet representatives and scientists to continue collaboration to achieve enhanced tuna stock assessments. The Europêche Tuna Group organised on January […]
New Chair of MSC’s Board of Trustees. The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Board of Trustees has appointed serving Board Member, Giles Bolton, as its new Chair. Mr Bolton will take […]
ISSF welcomes new fisheries experts, appoints new vice chair to scientific and environmental committees. Dr. Ana Parma Joins as New Member on the ISSF Scientific Advisory Committee; Daniel Suddaby Joins […]
Prawn fishers urge shoppers to choose sustainably this Christmas. 63% of Aussie wild-caught prawns certified sustainable, MSC reveals. Six fisheries catching nine prawn species accounting for 63% of all wild-caught […]
Seafood companies, governments, and NGOs support ‘Seabird-Safe Fishing Toolkit.’ Action and momentum is building across the Asia-Pacific tuna industry to reduce capture of threatened albatrosses and other seabirds in longline […]
Researchers at the Lyell Centre for Earth and Marine Sciences, one of Heriot-Watt University’s flagship Global Research Institutes (GRIs), have created a new method for assessing the risk of different […]
Back to the grindstone for Coastal States: Despite tentative progress, there’s work to do to end overfishing in the Northeast Atlantic. Retailers and supply-chain businesses from across the world have […]
Canned hypocrisy: The UK retailers selling tuna caught with destructive FADs. Blue Marine Foundation has published the results of a six-month investigation, undertaken with French NGO BLOOM Association and Greenpeace UK, into the […]
Scottish mackerel sector calls for resolution to quota share dispute. Following the recent setting of the total allowable catch (TAC) of North-east Atlantic mackerel (and blue whiting and Atlanto-Scandian herring) […]
ASC awards best seafood brand, retailer & retail supplier of 2023, in annual ceremony. For the third consecutive year, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) joined the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) […]
Scallop fisherman and world’s first MSC certified bivalve mollusc fishery honoured in sustainable seafood awards. A scallop fisherman from Shetland and the world’s first Marine Stewardship Council certified bivalve mollusc […]
Ecuadorian skipjack tuna MSC certified. Ecuadorian skipkjack tuna recently received MSC certification, a species that represents around 70% of the tuna catches made by the Ecuadorian fleet. This certification granted […]
Enough is enough. It’s time to land solutions and stop overfishing in the Northeast Atlantic. In an open letter to Ministers, a pioneering collective of global retail and supply-chain giants […]
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