Month: October 2018

Thai Union Group PCL, Chicken of the Sea® brand and Monterey Bay Aquarium announced the launch of SeaChange®IGNITE, a collaboration to advance new sustainability initiatives and improvements throughout the supply chain and further contribute to Thai Union's SeaChange®sustainability strategy. The collaboration will focus initially on blue swimming crab and farmed shrimp, and address key challenges, such as data collection, market development, livelihoods and verified sustainability improvements toward Seafood Watch Good Alternativeand Best Choice ratings. In turn, this will provide new opportunities to supply sustainable products to the North American market. …

Workers affected by the massive fire that destroyed the fish plant in O'Donnell's, St. Mary's Bay, last week will receive help to qualify for Employment Assistance, says the provincial fisheries minister. …

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has announced a £1 million fund and initiative to support small scale fisheries and those in the Global South on their pathway to sustainability. The MSC has been engaged with fisheries in the Global South since its inception and has built up a solid knowledge of the constraints these fisheries face to achieve a sustainable level of performance. The fund will also help create a more sustainable seafood market through research to overcome data and information gaps in fisheries management. …