By: NAIA During last week’s Newfoundland and Labrador Aquaculture Industry Association (NAIA) Cold Harvest Conference, the Association announced its 2026–2027 Board of Directors, elected at the Annual General Meeting held as part of the conference program. The Board represents a cross-section of Newfoundland and Labrador’s aquaculture sector, including finfish, shellfish, feed, research, and processing. As part of the AGM, members...
By: Ethical Seafood Research Ethical Seafood Research (ESR), a research-based non-profit working to improve animal welfare in aquatic food systems through science-based, practical solutions, has announced a new partnership with large Kenyan farmed fish producer, Rio Fish, to strengthen animal welfare across its operations and wider producer network. The collaboration will focus on practical welfare training and monitoring, improved pre-slaughter...
Vitsab's Freshtag labels change from green to yellow to red when caviar is exposed to temperature abuse; the FDA accepts them as a CCP within HACCP plans.
Editorial Staff | Aquaculture Magazine, with information from SATS Timed with National Seafood Month, the coalition argues that eight years to permit a single net pen in federal waters shows why the U.S. needs a predictable pathway, as Congress considers the bipartisan MARA Act. Stronger America Through Seafood (SATS), a coalition that advocates for federal policies to increase U.S. seafood...
Editorial Staff | Aquaculture Magazine, with information from ASC The single global Farm Standard replaces ASC’s species-specific standards; ASC has given producers more time and brought nearly 200 industry stakeholders together in Vietnam to work through the practical questions of implementation. The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) has extended the transition period for the ASC Farm Standard to 1 May 2028....
By: Aquaculture Stewardship Council The Texas Aquaculture Association (TAA) has officially endorsed Dr. Dawn Buckingham for reelection as Texas Land Commissioner, citing her responsiveness to the needs of Texas aquaculture producers and her interest in working with the industry to strengthen opportunities for aquaculture in Texas. The endorsement follows a meeting earlier this week between Commissioner Buckingham and members of...
Thai company I’m Shrimp Farm 5 in Phang Nga has achieved certification to the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) Farm Standard, becoming one of the first early adopters of the ASC certification in Thailand. The certification recognizes the farm’s performance across environmental and social impacts, animal health and welfare, legal compliance and farm management, while providing a framework for strengthening existing...
The company appoints new CFO and COO and CTO. They launch their Sustainability report for fiscal year 2024. Following the integration of operations from Grieg Seafood in Finnmark and Canada, the international company Cermaq has made several changes to its global management to strengthen alignment, coordination, and innovation across the regions. The company has appointed Silvia Segnini as new Chief...
By: Aquaculture Stewardship Council From testing new approaches to more inclusive shrimp supply chains to bringing retailers together to advance animal welfare, the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) helped turn discussion into practical action at the 2026 Global Shrimp Forum (GSF), held in Utrecht from 1–3 September. As a co-founding partner of GSF, ASC continues to support the Forum through its...
New York institution becomes fourth research organization and 50th overall to sign the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge. By: 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge SUNY Cobleskill Ag & Tech has signed the 100% Great Lakes Fish Pledge, becoming the fourth research institution to join the initiative. Its participation brings the growing binational movement to 50 companies and organizations committed to ensuring...
By: Aquaculture Stewardship Council Mexico’s regenerative bivalve producer joins Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) initiative to advance environmental and social improvements in aquaculture. Bendito Mar, a Mexican cooperative of farmed bivalve mollusks in Baja California Sur, has joined the Improver Programme by ASC, becoming the first farm in Mexico to participate in an Aquaculture Improvement Project (AIP). Based in Bahía Magdalena,...
By: Aquaticode Aquaticode has launched AquaLens, an AI system that finds and removes deformed juveniles in fish hatcheries. The first species are sea bass and sea bream, where AquaLens takes over a job most hatcheries still do by hand, and a single system sorts up to 350,000 fish a day. Today that sorting is done by eye, often by teams...
