Environment & Sustainability

Fishing boats at the dock in San Diego, California.

Oceana says US falls short on AIS use requirements

April 18, 2022
The Washington Department of Ecology has fined Pacific Seafood – Westport, LLC USD 123,000 (EUR 114,000) for water-quality violations.

Pacific Seafood fined over water-quality violations

April 18, 2022
Bycatch on the deck of a fishing vessel.

Environmental NGOs form new partnership to combat bycatch

April 18, 2022
Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.A.-based retailer Meijer is seeking sustainable seafood and other sustainable products when it hosts its first Sustainability Supplier Summit.

Meijer seeking sustainable seafood products at its supplier event

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 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
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
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