Tag: sustainability
Bakkafrost joins Ocean Disclosure Project. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced that Faroese salmon farming company Bakkafrost has become a participant in the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP). Bakkafrost has published a seafood sourcing disclosure to coincide ...
This year marks the ten years anniversary for the Cermaq award winning sustainability reports. Since 2010, Cermaq’s sustainability report has been externally assured. Cermaq has led the way in contributing to an increasing transparency in ...
Scots mackerel fishers welcome ICES report. Following the publication last week (4 April) by the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) of a report that reviews the methods used in the 2018 ...
Direct Seafoods warns chefs of halibut sustainability. Direct Seafoods, the UK seafood supplier, is urging chefs to take wild halibut off menus, and has pledged to only offer the farmed variety to its customers. The ...
Aqua Spark contributing partner at Goal 2019. The Global Aquaculture Alliance is pleased to announce that Aqua-Spark will be a contributing partner of GAA’s GOAL 2019 conference as part of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) ...
Tesco joins Ocean Disclosure Project. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has announced that UK retailer Tesco has become the newest participant in the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP). Tesco has published two seafood disclosures, containing a list of ...
Catch changes for NZ rock lobster and sea cucumber. Fisheries New Zealand has announced changes to catch limits for sea cucumber and rock lobster (crayfish) fish stocks in three areas across New Zealand. Director of ...
The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce that Seattle Shrimp and Seafood Company has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a Funding Partner. Seattle Shrimp & Seafood Company is a global supplier of ...
Fishing managers must recognise pressure anglers place on commercial stocks. The vast majority of people who fish in the world do so for pleasure, not food. Yet despite the substantial impacts these fishers have on ...
MCS appoints celebrity chef as Ocean Ambassador. Celebrated chef, restaurateur and media personality, Cyrus Todiwala OBE DL, has become an Ocean Ambassador for the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) and will help promote their sustainable seafood programme. Cyrus ...
Norwegian science institute submits oceans report. In November 2018, 150 ocean experts from over 150 countries met in Bergen, Norway, to discuss critical science-based actions in response to the problems facing the oceans. Earlier this ...
SSC awarded 3 star global BAP certification at Seafood Expo North America. The Scottish Salmon Company (SSC) has become the UK’s first salmon producer to be recognised with a 3-star ‘Best Aquaculture Practice’ (BAP) certification. ...
MSC Seafood mislabelling less than 1%. DNA barcoding of more than 1400 Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) labelled products has shown that less than 1% were mislabelled, compared with a reported average global seafood mislabelling rate ...
Why big is not bad in fisheries. In this opinion piece, Ian Gatt, chief executive Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association, outlines how the Scottish pelagic fleet has a vital role in sustainably putting food on our ...
GSSI welcomes BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings Inc. to its Global Partnership. The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative is pleased to announce that BJ’s Wholesale Club Holdings, Inc. BJ’s has joined the GSSI Global Partnership as a ...
Chinese tuna fishery achieves MSC. A Chinese owned longline yellowfin and bigeye tuna fishery in the Federated States of Micronesia has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its bigeye tuna catch. This is the first time ...
Fishery improvement projects make progress. The first Fishery Improvement Project (FIP) in Japan, the Tokyo Bay Sea Perch FIP, and the first tuna FIP in Japan, the Nachi Katsuura Albacore Longline FIP, have recently made significant progress ...
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