Aquafeeds
Projects look to improve carbon footprint and biodiversity impact of aquafeeds
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership aims to better understand, measure and reduce the environmental and carbon footprint of aquafeeds.
Fisheries
SFP and Hilborn Lab update the Fishery Improvement Project Database
Sustainable Fisheries Partnership and Hilborn Lab have launched the sixth version of the Fishery Improvement Project Database.
Fisheries
Peru enables 930 artisanal fishing vessels to access mahimahi, squid
Peru last week issued a decree to enable fish-harvester cooperatives to legally register for its mahimahi and jumbo flying squid fisheries.
Fisheries
Can a data-sharing tool eliminate IUU fishing and make seafood supply chains more reliable?
The Sustainable Fisheries Partnership’s new data-sharing tool helps users identify environmental risks and eliminate IUU fishing in seafood supply chains.
Health & Welfare
Mercado a la industria, gobiernos: Solucionen las enfermedades del camarón
El mercado internacional de productos del mar está suplicando a la cadena de suministro de camarón cultivado que controle las enfermedades que causan estragos en la cadena de suministro global.
Health & Welfare
Marketplace to industry, governments: Solve shrimp diseases
The international seafood marketplace is pleading with the farmed shrimp supply chain to control diseases that wreak havoc on the global supply chain.
Responsibility
The social network: A key to building an effective AIP model
To recruit fish farmers into an aquaculture improvement project (AIP), a Wageningen University researcher finds “tell your friends” has tremendous value.
Responsibility
Proyecto piloto de alerta temprana en Tailandia tiene como objetivo reducir el riesgo de enfermedad del camarón
Un grupo de ONGs y empresas está desarrollando herramientas e interfaces destinadas a ayudar a los productores a reducir los brotes de enfermedades tanto a nivel individual como a nivel de área.
Responsibility
Early-warning pilot project in Thailand aims to reduce risk of shrimp disease
A group of NGOs and businesses is developing tools and interfaces aimed at helping farmers reduce disease outbreaks both individually and at the area level.
Innovation & Investment
Is Africa a ‘new Asia’ for aquaculture?
Now is the time for investment in efficiency improvements, better genetics, health management and more competition and innovation in the feed sector. Let's not perpetuate the myth that just a little more investment in some technical solutions will solve the problems in Africa.
Responsibility
Opinión: El camino adelante para la acuacultura es abrazar la gestión zonal
La idea de que la salud y la seguridad de las granjas acuícolas están interconectadas no es nueva. Incluso las granjas mejor gestionadas no están protegidas de enfermedades o la contaminación de otra granja cercana, por lo que son necesarias medidas adicionales, argumenta Anton Immink de Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.
Responsibility
Opinion: Aquaculture’s way forward is to embrace zonal management
The idea that fish farms’ health and safety are interconnected is not new. Even the best-run farms are not protected from diseases or pollution from another farm close by, so further measures are necessary, argues Anton Immink of Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.
Responsibility
SFP urges sectorwide improvements for Southeast Asia farmed shrimp
Six of the world’s leading shrimp producers are in need of aquaculture improvement projects and zone-management strategies that address pressing sustainability concerns, a leading seafood NGO has determined.
Aquafeeds
Emerging issues for sustainable feed
A survey found that many large retailers see the sustainable feed issue as a major challenge. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership recommends greater visibility for the entire supply chain and more industrywide policies.