Tag: sustainability
NZ proposes catch limit changes for 20 stocks. Fisheries New Zealand wants public feedback on proposals to change catch limits for 20 fish stocks around the country. The proposals are part of a rolling set ...
Canadian university goes for 100% sustainable seafood. The University of British Columbia (UBC) has announced it will purchase and offer only 100 per cent Ocean Wise recommended sustainable seafood beginning July 1, 2019. The change ...
ISSF outlines tuna conservation priorities. The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published its position statement in advance of the 23rd Session of the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC)in Hyderabad, India, June 17-21. ISSF’s highest priority item for IOTC is ...
FOS recertification for German seafood company. Fontaine Nahrungsmittel GmbH, one of German’s top organic seafood companies, has been recertified for sustainable seafood production by Friend of the Sea (FOS). The company was originally certified in ...
Growth of certified seafood in The Netherlands. Two recent reports have highlighted the continued growth of certified seafood in The Netherlands. Analysis by ASC and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) shows that Dutch supermarkets have ...
Sonar innovation could single out sustainable tuna species from afar. Sustainability-driven new research could one day help tuna fisheries cast their nets more selectively, mitigating unintentional “bycatch” of undersized fish and off-limits species. The key ...
SeaWeb Seafood Summit The world’s premier conference on seafood sustainability Seafood’s Forum for Economic, Environmental and Social Sustainability Advancing a sustainable future for seafood and its stakeholders starts by highlighting critical sustainability topics on an ...
A scallop fishery improvement plan has been kick started with a ground breaking project. The UK scallop dredge sector has taken steps towards a sustainable future by agreeing a five-year action plan. The move which ...
Progress on delivering sustainable aquaculture welcomed by SAIC. Heather Jones, CEO of the Scottish Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), said: “The management, control and prevention of sea lice is critical to the future of fish health ...
Greenland halibut MSC Certified. German deep-sea fishery Doggerbank Seefischerei has achieved MSC certification for West Greenland halibut fishery. Today, following a 13-month assessment, Doggerbank Seefischerei GmbH halibut fishery, off the west coast of Greenland has ...
Canadians Enhance Aquaculture Sustainability – Global demand for fish and seafood as a high-protein food source is increasing significantly. Over half of seafood consumed world wide is produced by aquaculture operations. Ensuring that the aquaculture ...
Fixed Quota Allocations and Sustainable Fishing. The NFFO’s members span all sizes of vessel and so must be scrupulously fair when it comes to the controversial issue of quota distribution, which has been raised as ...
Preventing unregulated fishing in the Arctic: EU and partners meet to further the implementation of historic agreement. The European Union, Canada, the People’s Republic of China, Denmark (in respect of Greenland and the Faroe Islands), ...
GAA throws support behind BENEFISHAL campaign. The Global Aquaculture Alliance (GAA) has thrown its support behind the CleanFish #BENEFISHAL campaign aimed at highlighting the benefits and positive messages in fish farming today. The sustainable seafood ...
Success for Lobster Grower project. The Lobster Grower 2 (LG2) project (Funded by Innovate UK, BBSRC and the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers) led by the National Lobster Hatchery’s (NLH) research team, has come to an ...
More fishing vessels chasing fewer fish, study shows. A new analysis of global fishing data has found the world’s fishing fleet doubled in size over the 65 years to 2015 but for the amount of ...
ASC Feed Standard a step closer to completion following a successful final in-person meeting of the Standard’s Steering Committee this month. The Steering Committee reached an in principle agreement on the overall structure and content ...
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