Emma Desrochers is a freelance journalist based in Waialua, Hawaii, who writes about fisheries and sustainability. She graduated from Yale University in June 2021 with an undergraduate degree in environmental studies and mechanical engineering. She has contributed to the environmental conservation field through internships located in Ecuador, Thailand, and Hawaii.
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The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has published version 3.0 of its fisheries standard, meaning fisheries entering MSC assessment for the first time have until May 2023 to adhere to the new standard, while certified fisheries have six years to come into compliance.
MSC's standard review and update, considered the most-comprehensive ever done by the organization, began in 2018 and has important implications for tuna
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The seventh and last installment of the Seafood Metrics Report series, “Progress Toward Sustainable Seafood – By the Numbers” has been released.
The report follows six other metric reports published in 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, and 2020, and the latest edition of the report examines global seafood community trends and progress as well as recent key data insights, emergent trends, and best practices –
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The largest trout producers in the U.S. – Riverence Provisions LLC and Riverence Farms LLC – have achieved the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification.
Boise, Idaho-based Riverence Farms operates six grow-out farms primarily raising steelhead and golden rainbow trout, while Riverence Provisions is made up of eight grow-out farms raising rainbow trout. The eggs for these trout come directly from Riverence’s
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The European Court of Auditors (ECA) has published a report that calls for stronger sanctions and checks by the member-states of the European Union to combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing.
The ECA is the E.U.’s independent auditor assessing the effectiveness, efficiency, legality, and regularity of E.U. actions. Its special report, “E.U. action to combat illegal fishing – Control systems in place but
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ThisFish, a developer of seafood traceability and production software, has created a software directory for the seafood sector.
The directory includes over 350 software companies, with filters allowing industry users to find suitable providers for their needs, covering software, artificial intelligence, and blockchain technologies.
According to ThisFish, 307 new software companies were founded in the past decade – making up
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The Net Gains Alliance (NGA) has released recommendations for an electronic monitoring program designed to advance data modernization in the U.S. seafood industry.
Contained in the report, “Recommendations for electronic monitoring program design and requests for proposal,” NGA’s effort was focused on defining fishery monitoring objectives and evaluating a full suite of tools and approaches to best achieve those goals. The
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The Global Dialogue on Seafood Traceability (GDST) has reorganized and been relaunched into a permanent and independent entity with a paid membership model.
The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT) convened the GDST as an ad hoc, NGO-facilitated process in 2017, and the two organizations will remain engaged as stakeholders and supporters with the new GDST, according to a release.
“The new GDST is open for
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The Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions has released a revised version of the report, “Guidelines for Supporting Fishery Improvement Projects” that now includes consideration of economic and social responsibilities.
The group is seeking to add signatories to the document as supporting organizations to the new FIP guidelines.
“The guidelines are the foundation of the vast majority of FIPs. With support from the
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The Hawaii Longline Association’s (HLA) swordfish, bigeye, and yellowfin tuna fishery, has achieved Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification, making it the first fishery in the U.S. state of Hawaii to achieve MSC certification.
“HLA is proud to receive the certification as it is recognition of the fleet’s stringent management and monitoring regime. We believe our fleet produces the best-quality and highest level of
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The University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB) has released new research providing key recommendations for helping U.S. fisheries adapt to impacts by climate change and, ultimately, protect the livelihoods of fishermen.
The research evaluated management of over 500 fisheries across the United States to generate design recommendations for harvest-control rules (HCRs) – guidelines to determine how much of a stock can be fished based on
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