Teddy Hans

Seafood labeling laws that Australia enacted last year took effect in hospitality settings across the country on 1 July. The rules require foodservice establishments to clearly label the seafood they serve as either Australian, imported, or of mixed origin.  They can adhere to these guidelines by placing a letter next to menu items denoting their origin. Under the AIM model, products are marked with either an A, an I, or an M, the latter… Read More

Canada has decided to open its domestic northern shrimp fishery off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador for the first time in 11 years. Shrimp Fishing Area 7 (SFA 7), which is located off the eastern coast of the Atlantic province, has been closed since 2015, when scientific assessments at the time determined the stock was in poor health. That closure remained in place until Canada introduced a new stock assessment framework in 2025, aiming… Read More

Australian and Indonesian authorities recently teamed up to conduct a four-day patrol of joint waters, aiming to detect and deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing activities. Operation HORIZON WATCH consisted of Australian and Indonesian aircraft, patrol vessels, and officers targeting civil maritime threats off Ashmore and Cartier Islands, par of an external territory of Australia located near the Indonesian province of East… Read More

Though Western Australia-based Abrolhos Octopus started just eight years ago, the firm has quickly grown to becoming the only large-scale, vertically integrated octopus supplier in Australia and is now primed to expand its export presence internationally. According to Dion van der Merwe, the managing director of Abrolhos, no matter how big the company has gotten, the core focus has always remained on the quality of its products. The octopus… Read More

Across two rounds of funding, the government of New South Wales (NSW) has announced AUD 20 million (USD 14.5 million, EUR 12.3 million) in funding for kelp and oyster aquaculture projects, fish waste reduction efforts, and upgrades within the wild-caught fisheries supply chain in and around the South Coast region of the Australian state. In the first round of funding, the NSW government committed AUD 7.4 million (USD 5.4 million, EUR 4.5… Read More

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) is hosting its 30th annual meeting from 11 to 15 May in Male, Maldives, and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation is pushing for more progress on fish aggregating devices (FADs) and harvest strategies.  U.S.-based tuna conservation nonprofit ISSF told SeafoodSource it is hoping the IOTC will use this year’s meeting to build upon the tangible progress it has made over the past few years,… Read More

Abalone has been a cultural delicacy in China for over 1,000 years and is frequently used in gatherings such as Chinese New Year celebrations, weddings, and more. “Ancient Chinese believe the dried abalone shape is like a gold nugget, so it’s very meaningful for the Chinese culture and is thought to bring happiness and wealth,” Nancy Bartaska, the senior executive manager of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia-based abalone firm Kansom, told… Read More

From the 2008 financial crisis, to the Covid-19 pandemic, to China’s four-year ban on Australian seafood, to the recent spike in fuel prices affecting fleets all over the world, Hendon, Australia-based seafood firm Ferguson Australia has experienced several global shocks affecting its operations over the past 15 years. Through these upheavals, Managing Director Andrew Ferguson said his firm has built resilience by continuing to focus on… Read More

The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership, a Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.A.-based nonprofit aiming to expand the world’s access to responsibly sourced seafood, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dubai, United Arab Emirates-based traceability software firm Seafood Souq. The MoU serves as a commitment in which the two firms have promised to work together to help seafood supply chain actors better identify harvest sources and understand… Read More

The Danish Pelagic Producers Organization (DPPO) set a goal in 2019 of achieving net-zero carbon emissions across its members’ vessels by 2040 through such innovations as intelligent trawl doors, implementing more electrical capabilities in ports, and more. According to Esben Sverdrup-Jensen, the CEO of the Danish Pelagic Producers Organization (DPPO), an industry representative group with a member base that catches 10 percent of the E.U.’s… Read More