Environment & Sustainability

Joan Eads has been named as the new interim executive director of FishWise following the departure of former CEO Tobias Aguirre in November 2021.

FishWise hires Joan Eads as interim executive director

January 27, 2022
An ocean-based aquaculture operation.

New study finds aquaculture could help counter drivers of climate change

January 27, 2022
A Chinese company catering to the lucrative mother and infant market has been recognized by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) with an award for promoting awareness of certified-sustainable seafood.

Nanjing baby food firm gets award for promoting ASC-certified seafood

January 27, 2022
Chinese subsidies to the country’s distant-water fishing industry are more extensive than those allowed in competing nations and threaten both wild fish stocks and coastal communities in economically vulnerable areas, according to experts watching the sector.

China’s coastal cities competing for distant-water catch with generous subsidies

January 26, 2022
U.S. Commissioner to ICCAT and Director of NOAA Fisheries Office of International Affairs and Seafood Inspection Alexa Cole led a U.S. effort to address sustainability issues at the most-recent ICCAT meeting.

US effort on transshipment, labor, and stateless vessels measures results in ICCAT action

January 25, 2022
Bangkok, Thailand-based food giant CP Foods (CPF) plans to put an end to its use of coal at its two aquafeed plants in Thailand by the fourth quarter of 2022.

CP Foods pledges phase-out of coal use at aquafeed mills

January 25, 2022
Fishermen tend to their boat in Peru.

CFI-CF launches global knowledge competition to combat overfishing

January 25, 2022
Blacktip sharks being weighed.

Make Stewardship Count Coalition raises concerns about new MSC standard

January 24, 2022
The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) has launched its Sourcing Transparency Platform (STP), an online portal designed to increase transparency in the tuna supply chain.

IPNLF introduces Sourcing Transparency Platform for tuna supply chains

January 21, 2022
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