London-based seafood writer and communications consultant Jason Holland has been a contributing editor to SeafoodSource.com since January 2010. Jason has more than 25 years of experience as a B2B journalist and editor – a career that has taken him all over the world. He believes he found his true professional calling in 2004 when he started documenting the many facets of the international seafood industry and he’s particularly proud of the strong, collaborative relationships he has formed at all stages of the supply chain.
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A new report from a group of environmental NGOs said that transparency failures and limited public access to critical data are just a few of several reasons why it is essential to reform the European Union’s sustainable fisheries partnership agreements (SFPAs).
It is further urging the European Commission to use its new Ocean Pact to become a leader on establishing ethical and sustainable fisheries.
The E.U. IUU Fishing Coalition,
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Trade volatility has reshaped the strategies employed by global seafood players this year, with tariff and inflationary pressures affecting both supply chains and consumer choices, according to new Rabobank research.
Rabobank’s new analysis from its RaboResearch unit highlights that on a global scale, affordability has become an even more “crucial” influencing factor on seafood demand.
In the U.S. in particular, high
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Just four of the 30 largest tuna-fishing companies in the world disclose their catch data, and more than half of these companies’ catches are completely untraceable, according to a new report compiled by nonprofit financial think tank Planet Tracker.
Planet Tracker’s study, “Tuna Turner: Investors Must Turn Up Transparency in the Tuna Industry,” references Global Fishing Watch data to determine catch volumes by species
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U.K. public body Seafish, the work of which is sponsored by the nation’s Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra), has developed new resources that focus on boosting international seafood commerce.
Designed to support U.K. seafood companies with varying levels of exporting infrastructure, the newly published resources – the U.K. Seafood Trade Report 2024 and the East Asia Export Guides – offer key insights on
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Though salmon is now a staple in Japanese sushi culture, four decades ago, the fish was not used as an ingredient in the practice.
It took a group of Norwegians traveling to Tokyo in the mid-1980s to convince Japanese sushi chefs that the Scandinavian country’s high-quality raw salmon could complement their national dish, and from “Project Japan,” a global phenomenon was borne.
The Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC) is celebrating
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A report commissioned by ocean conservation nonprofit Oceana and conducted by the EqualSea Lab at the University of Santiago de Compostela has revealed widespread opacity in the ownership of the world’s large-scale fishing fleets.
The report, titled “Who Really Owns the World’s Large-Scale Fishing Fleet?”, finds that almost two-thirds of industrial fishing vessels – responsible for 60 percent of global marine
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U.K.-based farmed animal welfare nonprofit Compassion in World Farming is urging U.K. retailers to develop robust internal welfare policies and adhere to them closely when it comes to sourcing salmon, rather than continuing to be overly reliant on third-party assurances.
Some retailers have begun to disclose species-specific welfare criteria in their sourcing policies, but it’s still a case of too few and too little, according to
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Over the next five years, Faroe Islands-headquartered salmon-farming firm Bakkafrost intends to increase its overall salmon production from 2025’s estimated output of 97,000 metric tons (MT) of head-on gutted (HOG) fish to 162,000 MT through strategic investments aimed at reducing biological risk, improving efficiency, and increasing organic growth in both the Faroes and Scotland.
“Producing the best salmon in the world and
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Norway-based aquaculture technology firm AKVA group held its latest Capital Markets Day on 12 June, at which the company confirmed it has set a revenue target of NOK 5 billion (USD 501.1 million, EUR 432.2 million) for 2027 alongside an EBIT margin of 9 percent.
Of its three business segments, the firm expects most growth to come from its Land Based division, in which the target is to more than double revenue from the NOK 600 million (USD 60.1
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