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Apr 01 - 2023
EN Europe

European Union Fact Sheet: European Fisheries in Figures

European Parliament

The tables below show basic statistical data in several areas relating to the common fisheries policy (CFP), namely: the fishing fleet of the Member States in 2024 (Table I), the situation of employment in the fisheries (2021), aquaculture (2020) and fish processing (2021) sectors (Table II), the production, import and export of fisheries and aquaculture products in 2021 (Table III), the apparent and per capita consumption of fisheries and aquaculture products in 2021 (Table IV), and the prospective resource allocations of the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) from 2021 to 2027 (Table V).
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Investment and subsidies / Labor
News
Sept 30 - 2024
EN Global

As big supermarkets pursue profits, new research shows growing exploitation of shrimp farmers

NBC Philadelphia

'Labor exploitation in shrimp aquaculture industries is not company, sector, or country-specific,' the report concluded. 'Instead, it is the result of a hidden business model that exploits people for profit.' By David Rising
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Labor / Shrimp
Investigative Journalism
Mar 20 - 2024
EN Asia

India Shrimp Rife with Bondage, Hazards, and Stolen Wages

The Outlaw Ocean Project

Recent research by the U.N., industry groups, unions, and labor lawyers indicates wider concerns tied to the treatment of workers across India’s aquaculture industry, which currently supplies almost 40 percent of the shrimp consumed in the U.S.
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Labor / Antibiotics / Shrimp
News
Nov 01 - 2024
EN North America, Asia

NGOs, wild shrimpers ask US government to investigate Global Seafood Alliance marketing practices

IntraFish

A report authored by the Corporate Accountability Lab earlier this year was critical of the Global Seafood Alliance's Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) scheme. By Rachel Sapin
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Lawsuits / Labor / Shrimp
Investigative Journalism
Jan 26 - 2022
EN Africa

Fishmeal and fish oil production in West Africa destroys the region’s resources to the benefit of foreign countries

CFFA

In West Africa, there is an increased pressure on small pelagic stocks, including the over-exploited sardinella, due to the expansion of the fishmeal and fishoil industry across the region. To get one kilo of fishmeal, more than 5 kgs of small pelagics are needed. The FAO report explains that recently the catches for human consumption have drastically decreased, 'the industry has been competing with women processors' for access to fish and 'fish has become extremely rare and expensive in local markets.'
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Labor / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries / Small-scale fishers
Research
Oct 16 - 2024
EN Global

Fish farming and beyond: Moral reckoning required

Science Advances

Problems in animal aquaculture stem from failures of care and conscience. Solutions require not 'balanced' goals but moral reckonings overhauling economic valuations and policies. By Carl Safina
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Biodiversity loss / Labor / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation
News
Nov 01 - 2024
EN North America, Asia

Global Seafood Alliance faces formal complaint over BAP certification of Indian shrimp

The Fish Site

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) faces a formal complaint, filed with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC), requesting action against false or deceptive advertising- or marketing-related activities by the Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) certification scheme.
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Lawsuits / Antibiotics / Labor / Shrimp
Investigative Journalism
Dec 10 - 2024
EN Global

The Pushback Against Aquaculture

GRAIN

Fishing communities are leading a global fight to stop the industrial farming of shrimp and fish. They say these farms are toxic for their territories and that the world's food needs can be better met by revitalising wild fisheries and small scale, sustainable aquaculture systems. But they are up against powerful opponents. Industrial aquaculture is a US$300 billion business controlled by large multinational corporations and powerful local businessmen. With the support of governments, they are moving aggressively to not only keep their farms afloat, but to expand production to new territories.

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Small-scale fishers / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition / Labor
Research
Sept 14 - 2023
EN Europe

87% of Poros Opposes Expansion of Fish Farming

Katheti

The survey, conducted in July 2023 by Kapa Research, measured how aware residents were of the plans for the national government to expand fish farms across Greece as well as how much they knew about plans to expand fish farming specifically on the popular tourist island, Poros.
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Tourism / Labor / Legislation / Poros / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Investigative Journalism
Jul 28 - 2024
EN Global

Not every Norwegian feels guilty but many do

BBC

Wealthy Norwegians are increasingly contrasting their comfortable lives with those of people who are struggling, particularly overseas. This includes examining how farming salmon is harming food security in West Africa.
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Labor / Small-scale fishers / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Salmon
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News
Nov 22 - 2022
EN North America

Washington ban makes entire US West Coast off-limits for net-pen finfish aquaculture

Seafood Source

An executive order issued by the Washington Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on 18 November, 2022, will prohibit any net-pen aquaculture on state-owned aquatic lands. The move came in response to the 2017 collapse of a net-pen farm operated by Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada-based Cooke Aquaculture that led to the escape of hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon. It does not apply to hatcheries that have an environmental restoration mission or that boost native stocks.
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Legislation / Marine fauna / Hunger / Nutrition / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Salmon
Research
Jul 01 - 2019
EN Australasia

Making mountains out of minnows: Salmon in the Tasmanian economy

The Australia Institute

The economic benefit of the salmon industry to Tasmania is weighted strongly against its environmental and social impacts. Yet it accounts for just 1% of jobs in the state. Over 5 years $3.8 billion worth of fish were sold, but just $64 million tax paid, while $9.3 million in subsidies were received in 2 years. Changing generous leasing arrangements to the Norwegian model could raise $2 billion for community development.
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Investment and subsidies / Labor / Tourism / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Salmon
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News
Sept 06 - 2023
EN South America

Chile's salmon industry backs effort to reform aquaculture laws

Seafood Source

Chile’s more than 6,000 kilometers of coastline provides an environment ideal for highly productive fishing and aquaculture activities that directly contribute to national and global food security. The two activities, however, vary radically in their operational needs and have different regulations, leading the Chilean government to plan an update to its existing national fisheries law that currently lumps the two sectors together. The government expects to converse with different stakeholders throughout September, with the ultimate goal of presenting a bill during the fourth quarter of 2023.
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Inorganic waste (e.g. plastics) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Biodiversity loss / Labor / Legislation / Salmon
Research
Jun 03 - 2013
EN Global

Securing the Livelihoods and Nutritional Needs of Fish-Dependent Communities

Rockefeller Foundation

Starting in June 2012, the Rockefeller Foundation began investigating the pressing problem of the declining health of the oceans due to climate change, overfishing, pollution and habitat destruction, and the effects of this decline on poor and vulnerable people who depend on marine ecosystems for food and livelihoods. The goal was to better understand the nature of the problem and the potential impact of interventions in the fields of fisheries, aquaculture, poverty, and food security.
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Biodiversity loss / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Certification schemes / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries
Investigative Journalism
Oct 24 - 2024
EN Global

Fish farming was supposed to be sustainable. But there’s a giant catch.

Vox

A groundbreaking study suggests your farmed shrimp and salmon might have a much bigger environmental toll than previously thought. By Kenny Torrella
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Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Animal Ethics / Biodiversity loss / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Labor / Salmon / Shrimp
Research
Jun 01 - 2021
EN Africa, Europe

Feeding a Monster

Greenpeace

How European aquaculture and animalfeed industries are stealing food from West African communities.
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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Value chain / Labor / Tourism / Regulatory / Salmon / Small-scale fishers
Investigative Journalism
Jun 26 - 2023
EN Europe

Saving Poros

Katheti

Paradoxically, it is precisely the pristine nature of Poros that is marking its future: the absence of large production or tourist activities was considered by the Greek authorities a criterion for including the island in a list of allocated zones for the expansion of industrial fish farming.
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Tourism / Poros / Investment and subsidies / Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine fauna / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Antibiotics / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Labor / Regulatory / Sea Bass / Sea Bream
Documentary Films
Mar 25 - 2017
EN Europe, Asia

Farmed Norwegian Salmon World’s Most Toxic Food

Marcus Guiliano

A look into farmed Salmon and Asian Panga.
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Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Chemicals (e.g. Formaldehyde) / Pesticides / Antibiotics / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Value chain / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Salmon
Research
Feb 01 - 2024
EN Europe, Africa

Blue Empire

Feedback

This report exposes how the expansion of the Norwegian salmon farming industry has come at the expense of communities and fish populations in the Global South. While salmon producers tout their sustainability credentials, the industry’s inefficient and wasteful use of finite natural resources is driving the loss of livelihoods and exacerbating malnutrition in nations including The Gambia, Senegal and Mauritania. We argue that the Norwegian salmon industry is not so much leading a ‘blue revolution’ as establishing a ‘blue empire’.
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Biodiversity loss / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Investment and subsidies / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Certification schemes / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Salmon / Krill
Research
Jan 01 - 2022
EN Africa

Socio-Economic and Biological Impacts of the Fish-Based Feed Industry for Sub-Saharan Africa

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)

The feed industry serving farmed fish creates a strain on sub-Saharan Africa wild fish stock and the people of the region, refuting the argument that carnivorous fish farming will be the answer to feeding a growing world population.The study identifies a range of actions the fish feed industry can take to minimize the economic, environmental, and health impacts created by this industry.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Biodiversity loss / Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Labor / Small-scale fishers / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Shrimp / Krill
Investigative Journalism
Jan 31 - 2024
EN Global

The Hidden Costs of Your Supermarket Salmon

Financial Times

Fish sold by major retailers in Europe is harming food security in west Africa
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Biodiversity loss / Investment and subsidies / IUUs (illegal unreported and unregulated) / Small-scale fishers / Labor / Omega-3s / Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Legislation / Salmon
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