Sustainability

Joost Blom, BioMar’s resident eel feed expert, sheds some light on the challenges that need to be overcome to ensure a sustainable increase in farming one of the planet’s most mysterious fish

Traditional mussel production may take place in sheltered sea lochs and estuaries, but an ambitious new venture off the coast of Devon has found that offshore options offer a range of benefits – both …

A new film released on the world’s first awareness day for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing, reveals the true extent of the crisis in Ghana’s fisheries.

Improving the sustainability of reduction fisheries, which provide the bulk of the fishmeal and fish oil for the global aquaculture feed industry, is essential – in particular in Southeast Asia – acco…

The BC-based frozen seafood distributor Tradex Foods has become the 15th company to join the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP).

An initiative that aims to enhance the sustainable sourcing of marine ingredients by industries such as the aquafeed production sector has been launched today.

Profiles of the most popular aquaculture species on the UK seafood market have been drawn up by Seafish to create an easy-to-use online tool to inform seafood buyers.

Lidl, one of the UK’s fastest growing supermarkets, has joined the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP).

Fisheries for coldwater crab in Europe and North America are among the least sustainably managed for these species in the world.

​BioMar is now using BASF's Sustainable Solution Steering method as a means to source the raw materials for its aquafeeds based on defined sustainability criteria.

Shrimp destined for the US market are going to be differentiated by the sustainability of their production, not just by price, now that they have been added to the US Seafood Import Monitoring Program…

Bakkafrost has announced plans to invest in a new plant that turns waste from farmed salmon into fertiliser and energy.

A new initiative that aims to improve the performance of global shrimp aquaculture production has been launched at Seafood Expo North America today.

A project that aims to improve the sustainability of the Gulf of California shrimp fishery has been taken over by two of the largest importers of Mexican shrimp into the USA.

A new approach to assessing the relative sustainability of different aquaculture systems has been launched by the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) today.

Index Initiative, initiator of the Seafood Stewardship Index (SSI) has joined the Conservation Alliance, as it seeks to propel the use of benchmarks to engage seafood companies in delivering on the Un…

A new 5-year plan that aims to increase the sustainability of global tuna fisheries has been published by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) today.

Han Han, CEO and founder of China Blue , explains how the non-for-profit organisation is helping to improve the sustainability of China’s aquaculture production.

South Africa’s abalone farmers are turning to renewables to power the growth of their industry - which is set to double production levels in the next five years.

Australia’s largest salmon producer, Tassal, has become the 17th fish farm operator to join the Global Salmon Initiative (GSI).