Environment & Sustainability

A U.S. labor campaign group has called on Taiwan to be downgraded in the U.S. State Department’s upcoming Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Report.

Campaigners demand Taiwan be downgraded in US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report

April 15, 2022

U.K. convenience food retailer Co-op has undergone an independent audit of the risks posed to non-targeted ocean wildlife in the commercial fisheries that supply it with seafood.

Co-op completes bycatch audit, sets priorities for change

April 15, 2022

A map showing the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts National Marine Monument.

US fishermen file another lawsuit challenging Northeast Seamounts monument

April 14, 2022

Seventy percent of the world’s marine protected areas are falling short of their conservation goals due to poor management and a lack of funds, according to a new Planet Tracker study.

Green bonds needed to make underfunded and understaffed MPAs work, Planet Tracker says

April 14, 2022

Some of the latest ratings provided by the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) Good Fish Guide have drawn criticism from the U.K. seafood industry.

UK seafood industry irked by latest Good Fish Guide

April 12, 2022

A Blue Waters sea bream farm in Oman.

Blue Waters’ sea bream farm in Oman nabs BAP certification

April 11, 2022

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has temporarily banned Russian delegates from participating in the organization’s activities until further notice in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

ICES suspends Russia’s membership over invasion of Ukraine

April 11, 2022

The representative body for the Taiwanese tuna industry has criticized the decision by an American NGO to sue Bumble Bee Seafood over labor-rights violations.

Taiwanese tuna industry rep criticizes labor lawsuit filed against Bumble Bee Seafood

April 8, 2022

A James Beard Foundation's Smart Catch program advertisement.

James Beard Foundation relaunches improved Smart Catch program

April 8, 2022