Politics

Representatives of Scotland’s seafood sector met Michael Gove MP, the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and senior officials in London today (11 July) to discuss planning for …

The first meeting of a group that aims to promote the sustainable growth of Spain’s marine aquaculture sector took place last week.

The certification would ensure consumers that CP Vietnam's fishmeal supply was created in safe and sustainable conditions.

US Senator Ron Wyden (D- Oregon) and Representative Seth Moulton (D- Massachusetts) have introduced legislation that expands disaster relief to fisheries that have been adversely affected by tariffs.

According to researchers from Dalhousie University, there is virtually no evidence to support decades-long narratives about the sustainability of finfish aquaculture in Canada.

The prospect of establishing “marine industrial parks” in Norwegian waters could help to create more space for aquaculture, according to a new report.

Friends of the Earth and Center for Food Safety have formally accused the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) of violating the Endangered Species Act for funding “an industrial ocea…

Today the Scottish government announced plans to introduce legislation to make the weekly reporting of sea lice data statutory, one week in arrears, in a move that has been welcomed by the SSPO.

On Wednesday 5 June, the House of Lords EU Energy and Environment Sub-Committee will question the Minister of State for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food as part of its ongoing inquiry into the implemen…

Defra Secretary Michael Gove has created 41 new Marine Conservation Zones, marking the most significant expansion of England’s "Blue Belt" of protected areas to date.

The capacity of Scotland’s salmon farming sector is set to increase by over 1,600 tonnes following the news that Scottish Sea Farms has been given the approval for a new site off the small Orcadian is…

“Far more than 10 percent, likely 35–38 percent, of seafood consumed in the United States is of domestic origin,” according to a new study.

The Seychelles has announced plans to launch its aquaculture sector this summer, with production licences for five marine species scheduled to be issued in August.

The shellfish aquaculture sector must emphasise the positives – environmental, social and economic – that it creates if it is to achieve its true potential.

Scotland’s salmon farmers have denied any wrongdoing despite allegations made on a Panorama investigation, which was aired on BBC 1 last night.

Over €2 million in grant funding, supporting total investment of over €6,472,909 in the aquaculture and seafood processing sectors, has been announced by Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture Food and th…

Namibia’s fisheries minister Bernhard Esau has pledged N$38 million (£2.1 million) towards developing the country’s aquaculture sector in the next financial year.

The introduction of a bill that aims to place a moratorium on commercial permitting of marine finfish aquaculture facilities in US federal waters has been applauded by a coalition of environmental NGO…

Cooke Aquaculture has agreed to pay $332,000 in fines after the collapse of pens at its Cyress Island facility in Washington state in 2017 led to the escape of 250,000 non-native Atlantic salmon into …

Scotland’s salmon farming sector is worth over £2 billion to the country’s economy, according to a new report.