Consumer

Bluu Seafood, the lab-cultivated seafood startup, claims to be the first company in Europe to have produced market‐ready products made from cultivated fish cells.

A French startup has started producing a novel material – Scalite – that’s made entirely from farmed tilapia scales and can be used as an attractive and environmentally sustainable alternative to wood and plastic.

The ASC's most comprehensive piece of global consumer research emphasises seafood's role as a sustainable source of protein for shoppers.

Although the main market for catfish in Indonesia is currently lower-middle income consumers, farmers can increase the appeal – and price – of the species by ramping up the production of high quality frozen fillets, acco…

Cell-based seafood startup Pearlita has released the world’s first alternative oyster prototype – shell and all – to help meet demand for shellfish without harming marine habitats.

Chemical engineers have devised a way to create eco-friendly sound absorbers from agar – a jelly-like substance derived from seaweed – helping the industry pivot away from petrochemical foams.

The Global Seafood Alliance has launched a new consumer-friendly website for its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) programme.

A textile company that combines fashion with ocean literacy has joined forces with the Scottish Association of Marine Science (SAMS) to develop sustainable clothing dyes from seaweed.

Jennifer O’Brien, founder of Sea and Believe, explains how childhood kelp baths not only restored her health but also helped to sow the seeds of a algae-based alt-seafood startup.

How independent producers remain a valued part of the international shrimp supply chain is one of the key topics to be discussed at September’s inaugural Global Shrimp Forum.

Genome mining techniques have helped to explain how sea cucumbers produce defensive chemicals that enable them to fend off foes in the murky depths.

Cities of the future may be built with algae-grown limestone – allowing cement production to become carbon neutral and in some cases, carbon negative.

The WWF-inspired free-to-access traceability tool - called transparenC - has huge potential to improve the accountability of the entire shrimp supply chain.

In an in-depth case study of Carrefour in collaboration with BNP Paribas AM, Planet Tracker identified the need for and potential benefits of improving seafood sustainability and supply chain disclosure at the retail lev…

Conservation International (CI) and the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are co-leading the launch of the Science Based Targets Network (SBTN) Ocean Hub to help companies adopt a roadmap for integrated action on nature and clim…

Survey results indicate that a majority of US voters support establishing a US-based aquaculture sector to increase sustainable seafood production.

SeaSpire, an Indian alternative seafood startup, is shortly due to launch a bioprinted plant-based snapper product in New Zealand and India.

Projects that optimise the economic benefits of marine aquaculture and increase other opportunities to keep working waterfronts viable are encouraged to apply for the Saltonstall-Kennedy programme.

A new edition of Rabobank’s World Seafood Map shows 55 trade flows that are each valued at over $400 million per year and an additional 19 trade flows that are valued at over $200 million, illustrating the international …

Austria’s Revo Foods showcased its first-ever texturised plant-based salmon fillet at its “Have a Taste of the Future” event in Zoku, Austria.