The MSC certification of Sapmer's Indian Ocean tuna tuna seine fishery has been announced, following an 18-month audit and evaluation conducted by independent certifying body Control Union. With this certification,…
Efforts are underway to secure MSC certification for Southern Bluefin Tuna (SBT) in recognition of the fishery's sustainability. Tuna Australia is spearheading this initiative through a project part funded by the Fisheries Research…
Hiddenfjord has become the first company in the Faroe Islands to attain Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) four-star certification, the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA). Hiddenfjord is family-owned and is the only…
The award of MSC certification to the Papua New Guinea Fishing industry Association (FIA PNG) for the Torres Strait rocky lobster fishery represents the culmination of a process that has…
The High Seas Fish Producers Organisation in Poland has received the Ocean Hero Fishery award for its contributions to sustainable fisheries at the MSC awards in Warsaw. The Marine Stewardship…
The MSC has awarded California market squid (Loligo opalescens) certification for sustainable fishing practices. This is the first squid species managed by the State of California to be certified. Nine…
A boarding team from the Gambian Navy has detained a trawler found to be in breach of a stack of regulations – and to be fraudulently branding frozen products destined…
Academics, conservationists and a number of divisions within the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment all participated in the annual surveillance audit of the South African trawl fishery for…
The first company to sign Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s Protecting Ocean Wildlife pledge, Thai Union has made new commitments that include identifying the fisheries of highest risk of endangered, threatened and…
Cape Fish has achieved Best Seafood Practices (BSP) and Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certifications from the Global Seafood Alliance (GSA), the first-seafood processor in South Africa to earn this distinction. Envisible, a company specialising…