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Laurel Bryant, the chief of external affairs in NOAA Fisheries’ Communications Office, retired at the end of 2019.

In 1989, Laurel Bryant began her career working for the United States House of Representatives Merchant Marine and Fisheries Committee, the predecessor to the House Natural Resources Committee. By 1994, she joined the National Marine Fisheries Service where among other positions, she served as the executive director to the

Longline-caught albacore and yellowfin tuna from the Solomon Islands has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, thanks in part to a coordinated effort led by global tuna company Tri Marine to improve the sustainability of the fishery.  

This latest certification is in addition to two other certifications Tri Marine holds for pole-and-line and purse-seine skipjack and yellowfin in the region. The certificate marks the first

Maruto Suisan Co. Ltd., a company based in the city of Aioi in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for its sustainable oyster fishery in the Seto Inland Sea. 

An oyster fishery in Okayama Prefecture that grows seed oysters on ropes suspended from rafts off the coast of Okucho was also certified, making it the first MSC-certified rope grown oyster fishery in the world. The fishery caught 1,500

The Leigh Port Partnership cockle fishery has been assessed under the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing and found to be compliant with the program.

The Thames Estuary cockle fishery uses hydraulic dredging and is the first cockle fishery on the United Kingdom’s East Coast to be sustainably certified by the MSC. With the certification, beginning in July 2020, the fishery can sell cockles carrying the

The Western Australia octopus fishery is the first of its kind in the southern hemisphere to be certified to the Marine Stewardship Council standard and the 12th fishery in Western Australia to approved under the certification program, which represents nearly 90 percent of the region’s fisheries by value.

SCS Global Services served as the certifying body, with the Western Australian Fishing Industry Council (WAFIC) acting as the

The Global Aquaculture Alliance signed a memorandum of understanding with Beijing Shouhang Guoli Trading Co. on 14 November, in which the company committed to sourcing seafood from Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP)-certified facilities for Sofly, a regional supermarket chain.

Sofly, which saw sales of nearly CNY 1.4 billion (USD 199 million, EUR 180 million) in 2017, has approximately 50 stores in Beijing, Hebei, Inner Mongolia, Jiangxi, and

A Pacific free-school yellowfin and skipjack tuna fishery in South Korea has become the first in the country to achieve Marine Stewardship Council certification, according to a 24 October announcement.

The certification applies to free-school yellowfin and skipjack tuna caught by 12 purse-seine freezer vessels operating in the Western Central Pacific Ocean (WCPO) and owned by Korean fishing company Dongwon, which is one of the ten largest

SAI Global has completed its assessment of the Chilean austral hake industrial and longline fisheries, and the fishery can now claim to be a “well-managed and sustainable fishery,” in accordance with the Marine Stewardship Council’s Principles and Criteria for Sustainable Fishing. 

The client for the fishery is Federación de Industrias Pesqueras Del Sur Austral (FIPES), which represents four of the five companies

Triabunna, Tasmania, Australia-based Spring Bay Seafood, which operates deep-water marine farms specializing in mussels, has obtained certification from Friend of the Sea.

The certification covers the company’s farming of blue mussels, which won a gold medal in the 2019 Australian Food Awards. The certification also covers Spring Bay’s end processing, packing, and export operations. Spring Bay exports to markets in Asia and the