Chris Chase

The Marine Stewardship Council is warning a record-breaking marine heat wave in the North Atlantic, on top of warming seas linked to climate change, could significantly impact pelagic fish species in the Northeast Atlantic Ocean already being overexploited. 

The MSC said mackerel, Atlanto-Scandian herring, and blue whiting could all see their populations drop due to the warming waters as they rely on cooler waters to reproduce and maintain

More than 80 environmental organizations are calling on GlobalG.A.P. and Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification schemes to revoke their certification of salmon and trout farms near Macquarie Harbour, Tasmania.

The certifications should be rescinded following the finding of evidence that fish farms in Macquarie Harbour are negatively impacting the waterway, which in turn is affecting the rare Maugean skate, the environmental groups said.

Luebeck, Germany-based food processing equipment manufacturer BAADER has acquired a majority stake in Dublin, Ireland-based Emydex Technology, a software developer for the food processing sector.

Emydex was founded in 2004, and produces manufacturing execution system software for food processing equipment. Its processing systems, according to a release from BAADER, are integrated into processing facilities in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and

The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada is threatening to engage in an at-sea protest as drill operations by ExxonMobil are scheduled to commence during the fishing season. 

FFAW said conflict is brewing after the Canada-Newfoundland and Labrador Offshore Petroleum Board (C-NLOPB) approved drilling activity by the Hercules drill rig in the Jeanne d'Arc Basin, which the union called the prime

U.S. Senator Angus King (I-Maine) made a visit to Kingfish Maine’s recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) research facility in Franklin, Maine – soon after the company celebrated its first harvest of yellowtail kingfish.

The company has been operating a small farm in the Center of Cooperative Aquaculture Research as it moves forward on its plan to construct a recirculating aquaculture system (RAS) facility in Jonesport,

Hyderabad, India-based Avanti Feeds – one of the top shrimp feed producers in India, reported lower sales volumes and revenue for FY 2022-2023 as the shrimp aquaculture industry in the country slows – but the company managed to weather the downturn well.

The company posted total revenue of INR 40.41 billion (USD 492 million, EUR 442 million), a slight decrease from the INR 40.47 billion (USD 493 million, EUR 443 million) posted in

Global Fishing Watch has received a USD 60 million (EUR 53 million) commitment through “The Audacious Project” which it says will help it use AI to map more than one million ocean-going vessels and all fixed infrastructure at sea over the next five years.

The Audacious Project is housed within TED, a nonprofit best known for “TED Talks” devoted to “ideas worth spreading.” Each year the project selects a

Ace Aquatec has successfully installed and deployed one of its in-water stunning devices on a trailer to service Australian aquaculture company Aquna.

Aquna farms Murray cod, a unique species from Australia’s Murray-Darling Basin river system. The company has grown fast in recent years and reached out toAce Aquatec for a solution to humanely harvest its fish.

Previously, Aquna was using percussion stunning techniques and transporting live