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IUCN World Conservation Congress shines light on threat of deep-sea mining. This week, government and civil society come together to commit to action on critical environmental issues at the IUCN’s […]
Half of EU fishers earn under the minimum wage. 43% of EU fishers earned below the national minimum in 2018, a new WWF report reveals. For the 56% of EU […]
US$2.6bn shark and ray meat trade revealed. More than 200 countries and territories are importing and exporting shark and ray meat for a global trade that was valued at US$2.6 […]
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 […]
Norway North East Arctic cod certification status update. The objection process for the MSC Fisheries Standard certification of offshore stocks for North East Artic Cod has ended, the Marine Stewardship […]
Adopting insects as animal feed could replace over half a million tonnes of soy from the UK’s footprint – new report. Total demand for insect meal from the UK’s pig, […]
Government back in court over failure to tackle river pollution. WWF, Angling Trust and Fish Legal renew legal challenge over harmful pollution in England’s rivers. Government accused of “shirking its […]
Carlsberg and WWF team up to plant sea grass. Beer producer Carlsberg is teaming up with WWF on a year-long partnership to restore carbon sequestering seagrass meadows across the UK […]
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 […]
New approach to responsible tuna sourcing at Tesco. Despite improvements in fisheries management and certification, 94% of all fish stocks today remain either overfished or at a maximum sustainable level. […]
Call for improved EU seafood traceability. An EU-mandated traceability system will encourage transparency and accountability not only in the EU, but also far beyond the EU’s own seafood supply, says […]
Tesco adopts ‘Seascape’ approach to marine sustainability. Tesco has joined WWF in advocating for a Seascape approach to marine sustainability, which is designed to ensure whole marine ecosystems are maintained […]
Over 100 organisations call for urgent curb on destructive drifting-FADs to rebuild tuna stocks and protect fragile marine ecosystems. An urgent call was made today to the Indian Ocean Tuna […]
Protecting 30% of the Mediterranean Sea will boost fish stocks – WWF. Protecting 30% of the Mediterranean Sea could give a massive boost to declining fish species and marine biodiversity, […]
One third of freshwater fish threatened with extinction, new report warns. Latest count shows more fish species in rivers and lakes than oceans – but global populations are in freefall, […]
Investing in health of UK seas could create 100,000 jobs and give £50 billion boost to economy. Restoring the UK’s seas could pump billions of pounds into the economy by 2050, bringing thousands of […]
Australian NGO welcomes orange roughy decision. Moves by the fishing industry to get Australia’s orange roughy fishery certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have failed in a […]
WWF in partnership with Sky Ocean Rescue. WWF is one of the world’s largest independent conservation organisations, active in nearly 100 countries. Our supporters – more than five million of […]
Illegal fishing of sharks and rays caught on camera in Mediterranean. Multiple species of sharks and rays, some of them critically endangered, are being illegally caught on a regular basis […]
Assessors must reconsider MSC tuna evidence. The independent adjudicator for the formal objections process to the potential Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification of the first East Atlantic bluefin tuna fishery […]
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