Madelyn Kearns

Rahim Hoosen will be taking the lead for the International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) as its new chair of the board, effective as of 1 December.

Hoosen assumes the role from John Burton, who has served as chair since 2013 and will remain on the board as a trustee moving forward. IPNLF said Burton “has been instrumental in providing the organization with a solid foundation and an excellent reputation with its key beneficiaries, the

Stavis Seafoods Chief Sustainability Officer Richard Stavis has announced that he will be moving on from the Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based company by January 2021.

In a LinkedIn post detailing his decision, Stavis said he planned to leave the firm in the new year to “help others to achieve their growth and sustainability goals” in a consultancy capacity. Following his departure, Stavis will be “available electronically

Climate change is the impetus driving the new Eat More Kelp campaign in North America, which seeks to “change the trajectory of culinary culture in the United States and Canada to include more carbon-capturing, ocean-grown domestic sea vegetables,” according to its organizers.

A collaboration of activists, regenerative ocean farmers, and climate groups are behind the campaign’s creation. The initiative was announced in tandem

Outside its packing facility in Lovund, North Norway, salmon farmer Nova Sea is increasing the oxygen content in its waiting cages by 20 percent courtesy of newly-developed pump technology.

Six waiting cages outside of Lovund have been equipped with the pump device, which provides “an oxygen feast for Nova Sea salmon,” the firm said in a press release. The pump also promotes increased oxygen levels, positively impacting fish and

The International Pole and Line Foundation (IPNLF) and the Earthworm Foundation recently formed a partnership for the sake of furthering the sustainable tuna fishing cause in France.

Their new partnership will see the two organizations working together to engage “the French market in creating stronger and more responsible management of tuna stocks globally, promoting sustainable fishing practices, as well as improving working conditions

Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.-based Innovasea has launched a new aeration and oxygenation system that equips ocean-based fish farms with better controls over water quality as well as improved stock protection from algae blooms.

The new system, which also works to maximize growth rates, is part of Innovasea’s complete aquaControl solution. According to the company, the aquaControl solution gives “farms the ability to easily monitor

Odd Arne Kristengård has officially taken over the role of CEO for Maritech Systems AS, a Norwegian traceability and business software developing company.

Kristengård – who had been serving as acting CEO of the firm since June, following Janne T. Morstøl’s resignation – initially began working with Maritech in 2010, spending the last six years as COO. Effective as of 1 November, he is the company’s

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) is updating its variance requests (VR) process, a move that will give shareholders and NGOs the opportunity to contribute to decisions on local variances to the ASC standards.

The new VR process was published on 29 October and is due to go into effect on 15 December.

Considered a vital part of “any credible global certification program,” according to ASC, variance requests provide the means

Grimsby, United Kingdom-based supplier Young’s Seafood announced that it had met all of its 2020 packaging reduction commitments ahead of schedule, according to a 29 October press release.

The company committed back in 2018 to make significant cuts in its use of paper packaging, as well as reducing its plastic packaging by 10 percent and removing all black plastic by the end of this year. The 2020 commitments fit into Young’s broader