Politics

FISH4ACP has signed an agreement with Gambia that will see its mangrove oyster sector adopt a sustainable growth plan over ten years and bring more women into the industry.

Compassion in World Farming (CiWF) has today written to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) urging them to reverse a recent change in its sea lice policy that they claim will increase the stress levels of millions …

Malaysia-based retail chain AEON Co Bhd won praise today for publishing a comprehensive new fish health and welfare policy that protects the "five freedoms" of fish in the company's supply chain.

A new report by Rabobank, published this week, warns that the growth of Norway’s salmon farming sector is extremely vulnerable to the resource rent tax proposed by the government.

Atlantic Canada’s bivalve sector is receiving new investment to aid recovery from Hurricane Fiona and safeguard key jobs.

Angela Odero, CEO and co-founder of Rio Fish Limited, is on a mission to end the sex-for-fish trade in Kenya, (whereby women traders are sexually exploited by predatory fishermen) - through market linkages so that women …

A new report details how First Nations right to self-determination and reconciliation could lead the way to a successful transition plan for salmon farming in British Columbia.

Norwegian salmon farmers have enjoyed a decade of unprecedented profitability, but plans to introduce a 40 percent resource rent tax on the sector - combined with the emergence of new systems for growing salmon in differ…

After the UK included decapod crustaceans in the Animal Welfare (Sentience) Act 2022, pressure group Crustacean Compassion launched “The Snapshot”, the first assessment of welfare standards for crustaceans within the UK …

The Superior Court of the State of Washington has granted Cooke Aquaculture until 14 April to harvest steelhead trout and remove equipment at its Rich Passage and Hope Island fish farms in Puget Sound.

Stacy Ann Gray has spent over 15 years as an aquaculture extension officer at Jamaica’s Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, where her achievements include setting up an oyster farm and the country’s first seaweed farm…

China will stop screening frozen foods for Covid-19 contamination from 8 January after more than two years of strict pandemic testing protocols.

A new initiative, spearheaded by University of Rhode Island Professor Marta Gomez-Chiarri, will fund research and industry teams to address challenges faced by the seafood and aquaculture industry in Rhode Island.

Trøndelag County Authority has granted Kvidul a permit for the land-based production of 10 million salmon smolts and 20,000 tonnes of harvested salmon.

The global recession has hit emerging farmers in developing countries most harshly, according to Prof Greg Lutz, Fish Site columnist and extension specialist at Louisiana State University.

Indonesia needs a sustainable source of funding to conserve and restore its blue carbon ecosystems and combat climate change – and carbon credits may be the solution that helps them flourish.

BlueTrace has announced that its client base has more than doubled across North America as more seafood harvesters, growers, distributors and dealers adopt the traceability platform.

Heather Jones, CEO of the Sustainable Aquaculture Innovation Centre (SAIC), believes that quickly identifying and mitigating environmental threats, leveraging emerging aquatech and improving governance structures will he…

US officials have been asked to launch further investigations into the supply chains for fishmeal and fish oil production in China, Thailand and Vietnam.

Plans to establish two tuna farms off the north coast of Malta have been lodged by AJD Tuna and Malta Mariculture.