Emma Prairie is a freelance journalist based in Waialua, Hawaii, who writes about fisheries and sustainability. She graduated from Yale University in June 2021 with an undergraduate degree in environmental studies and mechanical engineering. She has contributed to the environmental conservation field through internships located in Ecuador, Thailand, and Hawaii.
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Five companies – Bay Hill Seafood Sales, Corporacion Pesquera del Itsmo SA (CORPEISA – Alfa Gamma Group), Panalang Group, Tasty Seafood, Bajamar Seafood, have announced the relaunch of the Panama mahi and tuna longline fishery improvement project (FIP).
The relaunch of the FIP, in coordination with the Center for Development and Sustainable Fisheries (CeDePesca) – hopes to continue the progress achieved by
… Read MoreThe first production site of the Mauritanian small pelagic fishery and an Indian sardine oil fishery improvement project have had their first facilities accepted into the MarinTrust Improver Program.
The MarinTrust certification program, formerly known as IFFO RS, is a global marine ingredient standard for responsible supply, with requirements based on the FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries. These include
… Read MoreRegional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) play an important, though sometimes opaque, role in fisheries management and governance. These international organizations control fishing quotas and adopt and manage protective measures in geographical areas of the ocean or for specific species.
This article is the last in a four-part series covering the role regional fisheries management organizations in the global seafood trade. The series
… Read MoreRegional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) play an important, though sometimes opaque, role in fisheries management and governance. These international organizations control fishing quotas and adopt and manage protective measures in geographical areas of the ocean or for specific species.
This article is the third in a four-part series covering the role regional fisheries management organizations in the global seafood trade. The series
… Read MoreRegional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) play an important, though sometimes opaque, role in fisheries management and governance. These organizations are formed by countries that have fishing interests in those areas or stocks.
This article is the second in a four-part series covering the role regional fisheries management organizations in the global seafood trade. The series is intended to help seafood companies better understand the
… Read MoreRegional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs) play an important, though sometimes opaque, role in fisheries management and governance. In the last few years, with the help of pre-competitive collaborations like the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA), supply chain companies have become more engaged in RFMO management issues to the benefit of the entire industry.
The first in a four-part series covering the role regional fisheries management
… Read MoreA new, accredited third-party certification program, Fairness, Integrity, Safety, and Health (FISH) Standard for Crew, has announced three fishing fleets have become the first organizations to complete the FISH standard audits.
NovaNam (Pty) Ltd., a Namibian-based subsidiary of Nueva Pescanova Group; the At-Sea Processors Association (APA), representing the U.S. flagged Alaskan pollock catcher-processors; and Papua New
… Read MoreThe U.S. Atlantic scup bottom-trawl fishery has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, verifying sustainable fishing practices are being used in the fishery. The certificate will be jointly held by commercial fishing operations of Cape May, New Jersey, U.S.A.-based Lund’s Fisheries and North Kingstown, Rhode Island, U.S.A.-based Seafreeze.
Scup (Stenotomus chrysops) is a brown and silver food fish found in the Northwest
… Read MoreThe Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has released a new Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standard for recirculating aquaculture systems (RAS) for public review. The 60-day public comment period will commence 5 May, 2022 and end 4 July, 2022.
BAP is a third-party certificaiton program developed by GSA to ensure and advance environmentally and socially responsible seafood. The BAP RAS vanguard standard was introduced to encourage
… Read MoreThe International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has released its 2021 annual report, which this year it titled “Transparent Accountability Across Tuna Fisheries.”
SSF is committed to achieving sustainable tuna fisheries through work with industry partners and advocacy appeals directed at regional fishery management organizations (RFMOs).
“The theme we’ve chosen for this year’s report – fostering
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