UPDATED: Lusamerica reduces stake in Chilean salmon
Amidst rising concerns over Chile as a farmed salmon supplier due to antibiotics use and the eight-day shipments halt, US buyers are assessing whether to keep relying on the South American nation
IUU-caught tuna still turning up in EU
The European Commission may be confident that no major incidents of illegal fishing by EU vessels were detected this season, but the trade in illegal tuna goes on
Antibiotics responsible for 80% of FDA’s 2015 shrimp refusals; Malaysia still chief violator
The FDA’s imported shrimp refusals continue to trend far higher in 2015 over last year, driven by a massive increase in the FDA's rejection of Malaysian shipments for antibiotic residues
Albert Heijn switches to 100% ASC salmon
Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn is switching to ASC certified farmed salmon for all of its frozen and fresh farmed salmon
Cargill gets first BAP stamp at feed mills in Central America
Mills in Honduras and Nicaragua become first of Cargill's to earn BAP stamp of approval
Blue North targets ‘next generation’ in protein trends with new vessel
Kenny Down, CEO of Seattle-based cod catcher Blue North, aims to launch the next generation humane protein products, citing the success of grass-fed beef and free range chicken
Global Salmon Initiative launches inaugural sustainability report
The Global Salmon Initiative, a group of 14 salmon farming companies, launched an interactive online sustainability report on Friday
Research series shows key ocean reforms could drive huge economic, nutrition and conservation gains
A new research series projects a more urgent, yet encouraging, future for all who depend on the sea than the standard gloomy narrative of oceanic decline, according to representatives from the series, dubbed "Ocean Prosperity Roadmap: Fisheries and Beyond"
NOAA taking final public comment on IUU principles Thursday
NMFS takes final input on principles to determine species at risk of IUU fishing and seafood fraud in webinar Thursday
IPNLF warns drifting FAD numbers could soar by 300% this year
Pole and line foundation estimates that under newly-adopted rules, a total of 57,200 drifting FADs could be deployed in the Indian Ocean in 2015 – an increase of almost 300%