Emma Desrochers

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published a report that calls for stronger sanctions and checks by the member-states of the European Union to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

The ECA is the E.U.’s independent auditor assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, legality, and regularity of E.U. actions. Its special report, “E.U. action to combat illegal fishing – Control systems in place but

ThisFish, a developer of seafood traceability and production software, has created a software directory for the seafood sector.

The directory includes over 350 software companies, with filters allowing industry users to find suitable providers for their needs, covering software, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies. 

According to ThisFish, 307 new software companies were founded in the past decade – making up

The Net Gains Alliance (NGA) has released recommendations for an electronic monitoring program designed to advance data modernization in the U.S. seafood industry.

Contained in the report, “Recommendations for electronic monitoring program design and requests for proposal,” NGA’s effort was focused on defining fishery monitoring objectives and evaluating a full suite of tools and approaches to best achieve those goals. The

The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has reorganized and been relaunched into a permanent and independent entity with a paid membership model.

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) convened the GDST as an ad hoc, NGO-facilitated process in 2017, and the two organizations will remain engaged as stakeholders and supporters with the new GDST, according to a release.

“The new GDST is open for

The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions has released a revised version of the report, “Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects” that now includes consideration of economic and social responsibilities.

The group is seeking to add signatories to the document as supporting organizations to the new FIP guidelines.

“The guidelines are the foundation of the vast majority of FIPs. With support from the

The Hawaii Longline Association’s (HLA) swordfish, bigeye, and yellowfin tuna fishery, has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, making it the first fishery in the U.S. state of Hawaii to achieve MSC certification.

“HLA is proud to receive the certification as it is recognition of the fleet’s stringent management and monitoring regime. We believe our fleet produces the best-quality and highest level of

The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has released new research providing key recommendations for helping U.S. fisheries adapt to impacts by climate change and, ultimately, protect the livelihoods of fishermen.

The research evaluated management of over 500 fisheries across the United States to generate design recommendations for harvest-control rules (HCRs) – guidelines to determine how much of a stock can be fished based on

OceanWatch Australia has certified 60 graduates from its 2022 Master Fisherman program, raising the number of program graduates to over 240 now operating in a range of artisanal, inshore fisheries nationally.

Established in 1989 as a national nonprofit company, OceanWatch Australia has managed a broad range of successful projects aimed towards improving environmental practices, protecting threatened marine species, reducing bycatch, introducing

For The Oceans Foundation, Fins Attached Marine Research and Conservation, the Rob Stewart Sharkwater Foundation, and United Conservationists have signed a partnership agreement to join forces for five years to concentrate their focus on marine conservation.

The coalition of the four nonprofit non-governmental organization will work on initiatives and activities to combat illegal fishing and blunt the negative effects of climate

The Seafood Business for Ocean Stewardship (SeaBOS), the Global Tuna Alliance (GTA), the Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST), Sea Pact, and the Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) have released a joint statement calling for improvements to improve the safety of the global fishing industry.

Together, the five groups include as members over 150 companies from across the seafood supply chain.

The Pew Charitable Trusts, in