Campaigners want ‘organic’ label stripped from Scottish farmed salmon
In a joint effort, 30 groups have issued an open letter to the Soil Association, demanding the removal of 'organic' labeling from farmed Scottish salmon
DFFU, UK Fisheries parent Alda applies for Greenland halibut MSC
Alda Seafood, which owns stakes in various fishing and supply chain companies around Europe, saw sales ease 12.8% to €285.3m in 2022
Grocery chain Aldi to remove ‘sustainable’ label from certain salmon products in US
The company's action is part of the agreement with consumer advocate Toxin Free USA which accused it of misleading marketing tactics
Russia’s Sea of Okhotsk pollock fishery recertified to MSC standard
No objections were received during the consultation period, so products of the fishery -- which has a TAC of 951,500t for 2024 -- will carry the MSC logo until 2028
Study finds consumers willing to embrace land-based salmon in US, France, Japan
Should land-based salmon farming overcome its technical problems and be successfully scaled, consumers in the US, France and Japan would be interested in buying the fish, a study finds
FishChoice to use GSA’s Seafood Processing Standard
'As GSA continues to engage in the wild seafood space, we're working with our marketplace partners to identify where our organization can provide the most value' -- Wally Stevens, GSA's CEO
Inside Monterey Bay’s efforts to solve shrimp’s small-scale certification problem
Monterey Bay's Seafood Watch program has already begun working with Vietnamese giant Minh Phu to verify thousands of the country's traditional black tiger shrimp farms
Norway’s returning cod MSC to benefit retail access rather than create premiums
Next year's quota drop means cod prices were always likely to hit a ceiling before the renewed MSC, but demand from key retail clients in Sweden, Germany and the UK has now returned
Eleven Chinese plants linked to forced labor were MSC-certified
The new report from The Outlaw Ocean Project found 11 plants accused of using forced Uyghur labor transferred from the Xinjiang region had MSC chain-of-custody certifications
Energy use, land changes make farmed shrimp dirtier than thought
Farmed shrimp probably has a greater carbon footprint than poultry, according to a presentation at the Global Shrimp Forum in Utrecht, the Netherlands