Restaurant and retail consumption has taken a battering in China due to the country’s zero-COVID policy and related lockdowns ...
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Perpetrators of illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing are starting to feel the heat from satellite monitoring solutions and artificial intelligence, according to Ted Schmitt, director of conservation and head of the Skylight program at the Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.-based Allen Institute for AI (AI2). The institute, created by the late Microsoft co-founder, Paul Allen, operates Skylight, a free technology platform using maritime
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A major state corporation has doubled down on mariculture with the launch of a new plan to build more offshore aquaculture platforms which combine as aquaculture facilities and tourist attractions.
Launched in 2020 by the Shandong Marine Group Ltd. off the coast of Yantai, the Geng Hai 1 has become a major base for tourist day trippers and entertainment as Chinese tourists remain effectively quarantined from making overseas trips due to ongoing
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Chinese officials and fishing industry executives have met to discuss opportunities in Somali waters for the country’s giant distant-water fleet. Several Chinese fishing firms are already operating in the region, targeting tuna and other species.
Fei Sheng Chao, China’s ambassador to Somalia, addressed the online meeting, which also featured Li Le Fu, the head of policy at the fisheries bureau of China’s Ministry of
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A potential détente between the Chinese and Australian governments is likely to benefit Australia’s seafood sector, according to an Australian seafood industry consultant.
Tensions between the two countries spiked in Australian officials when called for an investigation of the COVID-19 outbreak that originated in Wuhan, China in early 2020. In November 2020, the Chinese Ministry of Commerce asked the country’s seafood
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A top Chinese diplomat in Russia’s Far East region has suggested there are prospects for further integrating Russian fisheries with Chinese consumer demand.
Speaking at a forum of Chinese and Russian fishery officials and executives, the Chinese consul general in Vladivostok, Russia, Pu Yangfan, said China is the region’s biggest customer for seafood and holds the greatest potential for future Russian seafood sales ...
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A major Chinese fisheries region is looking to the Pacific islands as an engine of growth for its own fisheries and tourism sectors ...
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Dingdong Maicai, which describes itself as China’s leading and fastest growing fresh grocery e-commerce platform, grew its revenue by 43.2 percent in the first quarter of 2022, with orders up by 15.6 percent year-on-year ...
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Two Chinese seafood firms have received warnings from the U.S. the Food and Drug Administration in regard to problems with hazard analysis and critical control point (HACCP) controls in their processing plants ...
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A Global Seafood Alliance survey of nearly 3,000 Chinese consumers has found younger Chinese are choosing seafood over meat, but that food safety remains a much higher priority than sustainability and traceability in their purchasing preferences.
The survey of 2,698 consumers from 31 Chinese provinces – 91 percent were younger than 40 – from 31 provinces were interviewed for the survey. Of that figure, 81 percent said they intended
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