Intelligence
Reducing dockages at catfish plants
A survey found that catfish farmers lost about 2.5 percent of their product value to processing plant dockages. Out-of-size catfish represented the greatest losses.
Responsibility
Rating smallholder shrimp farmers’ sustainability challenging, controversial
As aquaculture grows as an economic engine, consumers, seafood buyers, NGOs and governments are pushing to assess and rate farms’ environmental performance. Establishing clear measurements remains a challenge.