Research published in the science journal Nature Ocean Sustainability has found deep-sea mining is likely to pose a threat to bigeye, skipjack, and yellowfin tuna populations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
Climate change is pushing migratory tuna populations into geographies that overlap with areas allocated for deep-sea mining, according to the study, “Climate change to drive increasing overlap between Pacific tuna fisheries and emerging
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OceanMind, which provides monitoring, control and surveillance support, capacity building, and intelligence to governments, fisheries authorities, and seafood supply chains globally, has extended its agreement with Spire Global to provide real-time automatic identification system (AIS) vessel-tracking data for the nonprofit’s anti-illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing efforts.
OceanMind uses Spire’s AIS solution to
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Seafood boils are one of the hottest culinary trends in the United States this year, and two black entrepreneurs are riding that wave of popularity to record sales.
A staple of Black Southern cuisine, especially in the U.S. state of Louisiana, the seafood boil has achieved national recognition, with chains such as The Juicy Crab expanding rapidly – it now has 52 restaurants in 10 states. Grocery chains including HEB and Rouse’s have
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Clackamas, Oregon, U.S.A.-based Pacific Seafood is challenging a USD 41,200 (EUR 37,500) fine it received in May 2023 for violations of state wastewater treatment rules.
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality issued the fine to Pacific Seafood on 18 May for “discharging wastewater from an unauthorized discharge point and violating permit limits” at its seafood-processing facilities in Warrenton, Oregon.
A comprehensive marine fish stock assessment conducted by Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute (CMFRI) has determined 117 of 135 fisheries in India, or 86.7 percent of those surveyed, had enough population to support fishing maximum sustainable yield.
Sustainable stocks included various snappers, eels, dolphinfish, lizardfish, and pomfret, while lobsters, croakers, groupers, catfish, and sharks were among the 8.2 percent of fisheries
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Guayaquil, Ecuador-based Proexpo has expanded distribution of its FreeBay brand of premium head-on, shell-on frozen shrimp to the United States.
National distribution of FreeBay shrimp will follow a product preview and sampling event in Los Angeles, California, U.S.A. later in July, according to FreeBay International Key Account Manager Sharon Carpio.
"Our customers have come to expect the highest quality, best tasting shrimp from us, and we
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Mitsubishi has paused its sale of Princes, but it remains determined to unload the Liverpool, United Kingdom-based food and beverage group it acquired in 1989.
The Japanese conglomerate put Princes on the market earlier this year after its sales declined from GBP 1.56 billion (USD 2 billion, EUR 1.83 billion) in 2021 to GBP 1.44 billion (USD 1.85 billion, EUR 1.68 billion) for the 12 months ending in March 2022, according to The Grocer. Sales
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The Ribeira, Spain-based Galician Aquaculture Technology Center (CETGA) has received funding from the government of Spain to pursue the application of artificial intelligence technologies to improve aquaculture production processes.
The “Aquaculture 4.0” project received EUR 260,805 (USD 283,950) from Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food to find ways to use AI to conduct biomass analysis; welfare monitoring;
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On 5 July, the U.K. designated three highly protected marine areas in England, giving them the most protection available for ocean areas under the nation’s existing laws.
The Allonby Bay, North East of Farnes Deep, and Dolphin Head HPMAs are now off-limits for dredging and trawling, and as part of the announcement, the U.K. Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs said it is exploring the designation of additional HPMAs in
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China will increase its inspections of imported seafood if Japan moves forward with its plan to discharge radioactive water from the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant into the Pacific Ocean.
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) is planning to release water this summer that is currently trapped within the troubled nuclear plant, which was damaged by the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 2011. Japan’s Nuclear
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