Responsibility
Marine sustainability program aims to improve seafood traceability and transparency
Encompass™, Scoular’s fishmeal brand, is launching a new marine sustainability program to improve seafood traceability and transparency.
Innovation & Investment
BlueTrace wins NOAA grant for shellfish tagging and traceability
Maine-based shellfish technology company awarded a $500,000 Small Business Innovation Research grant to expedite innovative shellfish tagging and traceability efforts.
Intelligence
In the fight against seafood fraud, the technology behind trace element fingerprinting is maturing
Analysis of trace chemical elements can reveal where farmed seafood comes from. Standardization of traceability tools and techniques is improving the process.
Fisheries
Stanford researchers launch IUU fishing and labor abuse risk tool
Stanford University-led research finds that more than 50 percent of assessed ports are associated with risk of labor abuse or IUU fishing.
Intelligence
Suppliers, retailers and others call for improved seafood traceability standards in Canada
Grocery chains, seafood industry stakeholders and experts are calling for improved traceability standards for seafood sold in Canada.
Intelligence
Will proposed FSMA traceability requirements secure or stress the seafood industry?
A proposed change to the Food Safety Modernization Act could improve traceability but be ‘burdensome’ for the seafood industry to implement.
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.
Intelligence
B.C. shellfish growers tap BlueTrace to help them comply with new regulations
BCSGA is partnering with traceability and food safety company BlueTrace to help track its supplies of oysters, clams, mussels, scallops and geoducks.
Intelligence
BlueTrace wins $500K NOAA grant for traceability and marketing system
BlueTrace won a $500K grant from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration to develop an innovative Tide to Table Traceability and Marketing System.
Intelligence
Transparency technology puts aquaculture on the front foot
An expanding number of aquaculture producers are discovering that readily available technology can help them share their egg-to-plate journeys openly.
Innovation & Investment
Is aquaculture ready for the blockchain revolution?
The emerging technology, known as the foundation for cryptocurrencies, may be the trustworthy traceability tool the industry needs in a digitally driven world.
Responsibility
App aims to bring clarity to seafood traceability, social compliance data
For small-scale aquaculture farmers in far-flung regions, creating traceability data can present major challenges, both linguistic and technological. It’s those challenges that VerifiK8 is poised and ready to help solve.
Intelligence
Can a ‘chemical fingerprint’ deter seafood fraud?
Because paper trails aren’t perfect, some food producers are going beyond written or digital records to prove their products’ authenticity and prevent economic fraud. Is farmed seafood a perfect fit for forensic-science traceability?
Intelligence
Decisiones críticas para la cosecha y empaque de camarón, Parte 3
En esta última entrega de la extensa serie de tres partes de Hervé Lucien-Brun, el autor detalla los pasos finales en el proceso de llevar el camarón de cultivo al mercado. Aquí echamos un vistazo a los protocolos adecuados para recibir producto en la planta de procesamiento, para su pesaje, clasificación y congelación.
Intelligence
Critical decisions for shrimp harvesting and packing, Part 3
In this final installment of Hervé Lucien-Brun’s comprehensive three-part series, the author details the final steps in the process of taking farmed shrimp to the marketplace. Here we take a look at the proper protocols for receiving at the processing plant, weighing, grading and freezing.
Intelligence
Expanding tilapia supply meets growing global market
Global tilapia production and consumption growth has mirrored the species' versatility. The fish will remain integral to rural aquaculture development.