South Korea manages stable seafood output in 2021
The Asian nation's output rose 1.2% thanks to improved production from the aquaculture sector, the government said
China’s 14th five-year plan targets aquaculture, fishing boost
The plan comes as China cracks down on pollution from aquaculture and tightens domestic fisheries management
US House passes trade competitiveness bill with SIMP expansion provisions
The US House of Representatives has voted, 222-210, to pass HR 4521, the America Competes Act, including a provision that would expand SIMP to cover all species
As 2022 begins, 17 tuna stocks fail MSC standards, says ISSF
Only six out of 23 major commercial tuna stocks worldwide are successfully avoiding overfishing and maintaining target stock biomass levels
Another sustainability exec leaves Thai Union, joins XpertSea
Roxanne Nanninga was senior director of sustainability at Thai Union for over four years, working under Darian McBain, who left the company last summer
Seafood firms join push to cut SIMP parts out of fast-moving China bill
The late-added SIMP measures 'will impose requirements on seafood companies so complex that much of the supply chain is likely to grind to a halt in response'
Loma Linda’s plant-based ‘Tuno’ hits UK Co-op stores
Atlantic Natural Foods brand Loma Linda claims Tuno is the UK's first plant-based seafood alternative
UK sales of MSC-certified tuna falling
In 2021, just 7.5% of all tuna sold in the UK was labeled as MSC, down from 12.5% in 2017, according to figures from the seafood organization Seafish
China’s 2021 seafood imports rebound 12% to $14.2bn
Consumer confidence in imports showed signs of recovery last year; meanwhile, China's seafood exports rose 15% y-o-y to $21bn, the second-highest level on record
MSC unveils ‘fins naturally attached’ policy as part of new standard
'To strengthen the MSC's requirements further all fisheries retaining sharks will be required to have a fins naturally attached policy, without exception'