Sustainability

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has today officially launched a new programme that is designed to help small-scale producers improve their farming practices.

The projected rapid growth of the aquaculture sector in Africa needs timely interventions to mitigate its potential negative impacts on the continent’s critical aquatic ecosystems, according to leadin…

A project that aims to develop a new innovative software tool to reduce the environmental footprint of the aquaculture industry and optimise efficiencies in the sector is currently being developed by …

The organisers of a workshop on agroecology hope that will encourage more countries to support “the development of agroecological aquaculture and integrated agriculture-aquaculture (IAA)”.

The search for projects that involve innovation in global aquaculture or help to kick-start the US aquaculture industry are two of the key strands of the 2018-2019 Fish 2.0 competition.

Given that the European Union (EU) imports almost two thirds of its seafood needs, it is EU consumers’ responsibility to ensure that “the fish on our plates is high quality and sustainably farmed”.

An initiative that led to some of the world’s leading salmon farming companies adopt a radical new collaborative approach is celebrating its fifth anniversary today.

Aquaculture businesses are being encouraged to apply for funding from Sea Pact, a group of North American seafood companies dedicated to the improvement of social, economic and environmental responsib…

The EU has pledged funding to help boost the competitiveness of Ecuadorian shrimp producers and increase their exports to European countries.

​Representatives from the seafood industry, including BioMar, and conservation groups have agreed to support the creation of marine protected areas, including large no-fishing zones in the Antarctic.

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.