Chris Chase

A report on the Indonesian shrimp industry compiled by three NGOs is adding to growing claims that conditions for workers have deteriorated since the Covid-19 pandemic.

The new report, “Net profits, human costs: How supermarkets shape exploitation in shrimp aquaculture,” investigated the labor and employment conditions in Indonesia’s shrimp supply chain. The report comes on the heels of a similar report on Vietnam’s

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The Fish Food and Allied Workers Union (FFAW) is blaming Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans for a shortened cod season in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. just months after the federal government celebrated the reopening of the Northern cod fishery following a 32-year moratorium. The DFO and Canadian Minister of Fisheries Diane Lebouthillier announced the reopening of the fishery in June, with a quota of 18,000… Read More

A U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) investigation has found multiple exporters of pangasius fillets from Vietnam, including Bien Dong and Vinh Hoan, did not commit any dumping of products into the U.S. market. As a result, they will not be subject to any antidumping duties, according to a DOC report sent to SeafoodSource. The report, slated to be posted to the Federal Register imminently, found between 1 August 2022 and 31 July 2023, Vietnamese… Read More

The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission has established new minimum standards for electronic monitoring on fishing vessels in a move that sustainability-focused NGOs are celebrating as a win.

The commission met for its annual meeting from 2 to 6 September amid calls for increased vessel monitoring from NGOs including Pew and the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation. Those calls were in part heeded, as the commission adopted new

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Nonprofit organization Eat on the Wild Side is working to build demand for sablefish as demand for the resource continues to fall short of its abundance.

Eat on the Wild Side launched a marketing campaign for sablefish – also known as black cod – in July thanks to funding from a fiscal year 2023 NOAA Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant, which gave the nonprofit USD 236,000 (EUR 214,000) to promote the species. The marketing initiative, dubbed

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Norway’s seafood export value recently hit a new record high for the month of August; though, once again, currency effects were a big part of the value increase.

According to data shared by the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC), Norway exported seafood worth NOK 14.6 billion (USD 1.34 billion, EUR 1.22 billion) in August 2024, up NOK 724 million (USD 66.8 million, EUR 60.5 million), or 5 percent, from the same month of 2023. That value

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