Tag: sustainability
Sustainability trends driving shift to cleaner technologies in seafood industry. At a Clean Smoke technology webinar, hosted by Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s Seafood Development Agency earlier this month ( Friday, July 2nd) seafood processors ...
Thailand’s first Sustainability- Linked Bond launched by Thai Union. By Amod Ashok Salgaonkar Thai Union Group PCL. (Thai Union), the world’s leading seafood processor, has successfully priced a THB 5 billion seven-year senior, unsecured Sustainability-Linked Bond ...
Grupo Calvo eliminates plastic packaging of new seafood line. Grupo Calvo has eliminated plastic from the packaging of its new Foodie salad line, offering a more sustainable packaging alternative to the consumer. The initiative will contribute ...
Renewed commitment to support small-scale fisheries across the Med. High-level representatives from Mediterranean and Black Sea countries, the European Commission, FAO, the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM), and WWF reaffirmed their commitment to ...
5 ways Marel is creating a more sustainable fish industry. Marel take their role in mitigating climate change very seriously and are fully committed to protecting the planet and preserving its resources. Sustainability is at ...
Recognition for seafood sustainability pioneer. Dr. Darian McBain, Thai Union Group PCL Group Director of Sustainability, has been recognised as one of 10 SDG Pioneers by the United Nations Global Compact. SDG Pioneers are business ...
Friend of the Sea reaffirms Season Brands’ Certification for sustainable seafood products. Friend of the Sea, the global certification standard for products and services that respect and protect the marine environment, is pleased to renew ...
INFOFISH Tuna Virtual Conference & Exhibition on 19-21 May 2021 By Amod Ashok Salgaonkar Tuna Conference is one of the lead international conference of INFOFISH. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, this year’s Tuna conference is happening ...
Sustainable Shrimp Partnership demonstrates success. Three years ago, a group of major shrimp producers in Ecuador decided to transform the future of shrimp aquaculture industry and launched the Sustainable Shrimp Partnership (SSP). With a commitment ...
Recovery must be based on sustainability, says EU at the FAO Committee on Fisheries. The impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the seafood sector dominated the 34th Session of the FAO Committee on Fisheries (COFI), ...
Managing fisheries sustainably would increase global food supply . The Marine Stewardship Council says the world is missing out on enough protein to meet the yearly needs of 72 million people, because not all fisheries ...
First certified seaweed products on sale in Korea. In a world first for responsible and sustainable seafood, Korean consumers can now buy ASC-MSC certified seaweed products in stores and online – finally giving conscientious consumers ...
A deep dive into data. The development of the EU funded grading and registration system SeaScann is well underway. The system will bring fish traceability to new levels, increase raw material utilisation and vastly improve ...
Government of Canada launches public engagement on first-ever Aquaculture Act. Sustainable aquaculture is a cornerstone of Canada’s fish and seafood sector, playing an important role in the country’s food security and helping drive economic growth, particularly ...
China issues new sustainability rules for its fishing fleet, states an article on the Mongabay website. China has made the first major revisions to regulations governing its distant-water fishing fleet in 17 years. The new ...
Japanese bluefin tuna fishery now certified as sustainable. A Japanese longline bluefin tuna fishery, Usufuku Honten Co. Ltd, has formally become the first in the world to achieve certification to the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) global ...
Certified Seafood Collaborative takes ownership. On July 1, 2020, the Certified Seafood Collaborative (CSC), a 501(c)(3) non-profit foundation led by a diverse board of seafood and sustainability industry experts, became the owner of the Responsible ...
USA east coast squid achieves MSC. Longfin squid (Doryteuthis (Amerigo) pealeii), also known as loligo, and Northern shortfin squid (Illex illecebrosus) caught by Seafreeze Limited and Sea Fresh USA off the U.S. East Coast have ...
BioMar achieves 5 year average fish in:fish out ratio of below 1:1. High use of trimmings and the use of novel ingredients has enabled BioMar Group to achieve a five-year average of 1:1 or below ...
Walmart moves to source canned tuna from sustainable sources. As of July 2020, achieving a key aspect of its original goal years in advance, Walmart is moving to source its U.S. stores Great Value canned tuna as ...
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