Environment & Sustainability

U.S. Reps. Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) and Jared Huffman (D-California) have co-sponsored a bill that would expand the Seafood Import Monitoring Program.

Amended IUU fishing bill approved by House committee would expand SIMP

October 18, 2021

NGOs, government agencies, and businesses gathered online to discuss policies, trends, and challenges in sustainable fishery resource use at the Tokyo Seafood Sustainability Summit.

Japan’s seafood sustainability efforts celebrated at TSSS 2021

October 18, 2021

Hiddenfjord CEO Atli Gregersen said his company has achieved a 94 percent reduction in its carbon emissions in one year following its decision to stop using airfreight.

Salmon farmer cuts carbon emissions by 94 percent by switching to ocean transport

October 15, 2021

The Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union will feature its first Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-labeled product.

Japanese Consumers' Cooperative Union to feature BAP-labeled smoked salmon

October 14, 2021

Tuna workers at work in the hold of a vessel.

32 countries dinged for failure to advance Cape Town Agreement

October 14, 2021

Representatives of the seafood industry are among those suing the energy company being blamed for an oil spill in California.

California commercial fishing interests taking energy company to court over oil spill

October 13, 2021

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s Seafood Metrics system is now available as an open-access subscription service.

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership expands its Seafood Metrics system to all companies

October 13, 2021

Peruvian Chamber for Jumbo Flying Squid, Capecal, presented its new squid fishery improvement project at CONXEMAR in Vigo, Spain.

Peruvian jumbo squid fishery creates FIP with WWF

October 13, 2021

A Baltic Sea fishing boat. The Council for the European Union reached an agreement on next year’s fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea at the latest AGRIFISH Council meeting in Luxembourg this week, with some total allowable catch (TAC) levels still exceeding scientific recommendations.

Baltic Sea fishing quotas agreed for 2022 with huge cuts in the cod catch

October 13, 2021