The initiative was launched almost a year ago with commitments from retail giants Walmart and Albertsons and supplier Thai Union Group

It was temporarily suspended on March 30, 2022, but in December 2024, Russia submitted its written notice that it would leave the organization one year later

By Masahiko Takeuchi

'For Shiogama, a city built on the seafood industry, suspending our core facility for a month is heartbreaking,' said Shiogama mayor Koki Sato

By Lewis Hu

China has concluded its sampling of Fukushima seafood as part of a process that could lead to lifting its ban on Japanese seafood imports, Chinese officials said

'It will make it clearer that it is an American product' -- David Chauvin, Louisiana shrimp merchant

Global Labor Justice and its partners in the Seafood Working Group have issued an open letter urging the MSC to take responsibility for labor abuses occurring in its certified fisheries

By Neil Ramsden

ASC-certified salmon has been singled out in a new Price Council proposal, subject to an additional NOK 2.00/kg; however, Norway's coalition has split, so matters are up in the air

By Cliff White

'We believe it's very important to have the origin [listed] to allow consumers to really make informed buying choices' -- Hawaii Longline Association executive director Eric Kingma

JBT Marel confirmed this was a 'strategic partnership' and not an investment in Ace

By Liza Mayer and Jason Huffman

The five-page document includes a provision to limit the maximum time fishing vessels and their crews can remain at sea to no more than 11 months