Blue Circle, a value-added seafood company that ships transparent, traceable, and responsibly sourced fish around the country, is launching Original Atlantic Salmon Burgers in frozen packs of four burgers per box.
The technology will address a number of problems, including widespread seafood fraud and mislabeling.
October 24, 2019
Raw Seafoods Inc., Fall River, Mass., and IBM, Armonk, N.Y., announced a new collaboration connecting global sourcing partners, retailers and restauranteurs who will begin using IBM Food Trust platform to enhance seafood traceability.
All companies in the Global Tuna Alliance are expected to source tuna from fisheries certified by the Global Seafood Sustainability Initiative’s recognized sustainability standards.
October 11, 2019
A coalition of companies from across global tuna supply chains aims to stop illegally caught tuna getting to market, and seeks to boost environmental sustainability and respect for human rights in tuna fisheries around the world.
For the first time, sales of seafood with the blue MSC label reached 1 million tons per year, supported by an increase in MSC-certified seafood catch of 34% over the past 5 years.
October 10, 2019
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), UK, published a report showing continued growth in the demand for and supply of sustainable seafood.
90% of shoppers are concerned about contaminants like mercury in fish and seafood.
October 3, 2019
A new survey by Blue Circle Foods, Washington, D.C., revealed that although shoppers are concerned about where their fish comes from and what is in it, price still influences purchasing decisions.
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The team concluded that the seafood industry needed a unified voice.
September 9, 2019
A comprehensive seafood supply chain study of Louisiana’s St. Mary, Iberia, and Vermilion Parishes, highlights obstacles and opportunities for an area battered by an array of environmental disasters, economic losses and competition from imports.
BlueNalu plans to produce seafood from species that are overfished, primarily imported, contain higher levels of mercury and other environmental pollutants and/or are difficult to farm-raise.
August 23, 2019
BlueNalu, San Diego, Calif., released the design schematics for a large-scale production facility of cell-based seafood.
This study showed that any impacts from offshore fish farming are minimal compared to all other forms of animal protein production for human consumption.
July 17, 2019
A new study led by scientists at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, Miami, found minimal environmental impacts to the surrounding waters from a major commercial fish-farming operation off the coast of Panama.