The Sustainable Seafood Movement is an initiative born as a result of overexploited and destroyed marine ecosystems throughout the world. Awareness campaigns are vital and should focus on educating people and encouraging them to purchase sustainable seafood products that consider the conservation of marine species.
Seafood buyers are increasingly searching for ways to choose only products that are sourced from well-managed capture fisheries or aquaculture production facilities and to understand and reduce the environmental risks related to their seafood purchasing choices.
Our sustainable seafood news page will answer all your seafood questions!
We regularly update this page to cover all aspects of seafood news, including up to date information about the seafood trade and all the latest insights from the seafood industry. You can also what’s going on in the seafood market and access current information about the retail sector with seafood supermarket news.
By clicking on the links below you can also access Friend of the Sea Webinars and online courses that cover a wide range of topics such as ‘Hydroponics: leading the way towards a mover sustainable agriculture’ to ‘Social accountability in Fisheries’.
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27/11/2021
While 7 out of 13 great whale species are on the trajectory to extinction given pervasive overfishing and being caught as ‘by-catch’, colliding with ships has been identified as the main threat to whales in the Atlantic and Mediterranean Oceans. Though ship collisions have been identified by the International Whaling Commission (IWC) as a significant […]
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26/11/2021
Calling all citizen scientists for a global butterfly census. See that butterfly flitting in your garden? Snap a photo and join a new citizen scientist project. The Global Butterfly Census is asking for help to track butterflies in their natural habitat around the world. The project was launched by Friend of the Earth, a program from the […]
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25/11/2021
Status: plannedExpected audit date: 23/12/2021Type of Audit: initialCertification Body: London Associati Ltd.Scope: FOS CoC – FO FF, FM, FO and O3 v.5Species: European sardine (Sardina pilchardus), European anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus), Atlantic chub mackerel (Scomber colias)
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25/11/2021
Status: plannedExpected audit date: 20/12/2021Type of Audit: initialCertification Body: London Associati Ltd.Scope: FOS CoC – FO FF, FM, FO and O3 v.5, FOS Aqua Shellfish v.3Species: Japanese carpet shell (Ruditapes philippinarum)
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25/11/2021
Status: plannedExpected audit date: 25/12/2021Type of Audit: initialCertification Body: London Associati Ltd.Scope: FOS CoC – FO FF, FM, FO and O3 v.5Species: Japanese carpet shell (Ruditapes philippinarum)
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22/11/2021
Dear Madam/Sir, Friend of the Earth would like to invite you to the upcoming free of charge webinar on “Sustainable fruit production and sustainability certifications. Case Study: Pomegranate by Masseria Fruttirossi certified Friend of the Earth.” This webinar can be of interest to: – Food processing companies – Agriculture companies – Pomegranate industry – Retailers and Catering […]
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18/11/2021
Il signor Paolo Bray intervista la signora Costanza Levera, Marketing e Communication at Mareaperto. Guarda le pagine di Mareaperto https://www.mareaperto.it/ _________________________________________FOLLOW US: SITE: https://friendofthesea.org/FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/friendofthes…TWITTER: https://twitter.com/friendoftheseaLINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/company/frie…INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/friendofthe… CONTACT US: info@friendofthesea.org
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18/11/2021
ounder and Director of the World Sustainability Organization, Paolo Bray has called on the Government of Ghana to develop policies targeted at preventing the exploitation of the country’s natural resources. Speaking in an interview with GHOne TV’s Natalie Fort, he noted although Ghana has an impressive story of economic growth, the impact of economic development on the country’s […]
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16/11/2021
UN GRANDE APPUNTAMENTO FIERISTICO SULL’UNIVERSO MARE E LE SUE RISORSE.Tra i principali protagonisti a SEALOGY®, l’intera filiera ittica e le sue eccellenze, rappresentate in particolare dalle produzioni provenienti dal Medio e Alto Adriatico.SEALOGY® promuove e valorizza l’ambiente marino, divulga tendenze, innovazioni e buone pratiche, nel pieno rispetto della tutela e salvaguardia dell’ecosistema marino e dello […]
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10/11/2021
Status: plannedExpected audit date: 17/12/2021Type of audit: surveillanceCertification body: RINA Fishing area: FAO 41 Fishing method: pole and lineScope: FOS Wild 3.1, FOS CoC, FF, FM, FO and O3 v.5Species: yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares), skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis), albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga)
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