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Topic: Criteria for sustainability
Certification Programs
Poseidon Article
July 03 - 2025
EN Global

Certification Programs

Poseidon Project

Certification seals are a marketing tool employed to assure consumers that a packaged seafood produc...
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Certification schemes
Best practices in responsible planning and sustainable management of aquaculture development
Research
May 19 - 2025
EN Global

Best practices in responsible planning and sustainable management of aquaculture development

MacAlister Elliott & Partners

Best practices in responsible planning and sustainable management of aquaculture development

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The Sea We Breathe
Interactive / Website
May 01 - 2025
EN Global

The Sea We Breathe

Blue Marine Foundation

Blue Marine Foundation is a charity dedicated to restoring the ocean to health by addressing overfishing, one of the world’s biggest environmental problems. Dive into Blue Marine's new virtual reality experience to learn why ocean action is climate action. Narrated by Helena Bonham Carter.

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Marine Flora (e.g. Poseidon meadows or seaweed) / Marine Protected Areas / Marine fauna / Climate change
The Future of Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture
Interactive / Website
March 26 - 2025
EN Africa

The Future of Sustainable Freshwater Aquaculture

Compassion in World Farming

A lively and explorative webinar about how sustainable freshwater aquaculture can increase food security in Africa. Expert speakers discuss the role aquaculture can play in food security across the whole continent. They considered the need to ensure that its growth must not come at the expense of sustainability and animal welfare.

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Hunger / Nutrition
Fish farming and the law of unintended consequences
News
March 04 - 2025
EN Global

Fish farming and the law of unintended consequences

Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

The Department of Environmental Health hosted a film screening of the award-winning documentary, Until the End of the World, which examines the environmental and community impacts of fish farming. The screening was followed by a panel discussion and lively Q&A featuring filmmaker Francesco De Augustinis, as well as Alessandro Bocconcelli, Matthew Hayek, Doug Frantz, and Catherine Collins, and moderated by Eva Douzinas, President of the Rauch Foundation.  Petros Koutrakis, Professor of Environmental Health, introduced the film, drawing a parallel between the rise of industrial agriculture in the last century, and this century’s growth of aquaculture.

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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Small-scale fishers
Is Aquaculture the New Factory Farming?
Opinion
December 20 - 2024
EN Global

Is Aquaculture the New Factory Farming?

The Bittman Project

Industrialization has turned an ancient, sustainable practice into an ecological and social disaster. Can this be changed?

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Salmon / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Legislation / Biodiversity loss / Antibiotics
Scottish Parliament nearing conclusion on salmon-farming sustainability inquiry
News
November 14 - 2024
EN Europe

Scottish Parliament nearing conclusion on salmon-farming sustainability inquiry

Seafood Source

Scotland’s salmon-farming industry has overcome a lot of challenges over the past few years, but more work is needed to ensure it remains sustainable and prioritizes animal health and welfare into the future, according to Scotland Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, Land Reform, and Islands Mairi Gougeon. By Jason Holland
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Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Animal Ethics / Biodiversity loss / Salmon
Is Aquaculture Really Saving Fish?
Investigative Journalism
November 12 - 2024
EN Global

Is Aquaculture Really Saving Fish?

American Council on Science and Health

Aquaculture, the golden child of industrial food production, promises to feed the masses while saving wild fish. While farmed fish production has skyrocketed, its efficiency can’t hide the fact that wild stocks are still overfished, and ecosystems are paying the price. Does aquaculture rescue wild fish populations – or put them at greater risk? By Chuck Dinerstein
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Biodiversity loss / Antibiotics / Hunger / Nutrition / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Salmon
Farmed salmon falls short in addressing global food security, NYU study finds
Investigative Journalism
October 29 - 2024
EN Global

Farmed salmon falls short in addressing global food security, NYU study finds

Undercurrent News

Researchers have found that species that are more challenging and costly to farm contribute the least to global food security. By Liza Mayer
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Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Salmon
Fish farming was supposed to be sustainable. But there’s a giant catch.
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Investigative Journalism
October 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
Aquaculture Kills More Wild Fishes Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Investigative Journalism
October 21 - 2024
EN Global

Aquaculture Kills More Wild Fishes Than Previously Thought, Study Finds

Plant Based News

A new study says that the impact of aquaculture on wild fishes* is 'greater than commonly cited,' further undermining the widely held belief that it can be part of a sustainable food system. By Liam Pritchett
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Biodiversity loss / Marine fauna / Climate change / Antibiotics / Pesticides / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing
Aquaculture uses far more wild fish than previously estimated, study finds
Investigative Journalism
October 17 - 2024
EN Global

Aquaculture uses far more wild fish than previously estimated, study finds

Aquafeed

A study, led by an international team of scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science, Oceana, and New York University, suggests that global fish farming may rely on significantly larger quantities of wild-caught ocean fish than previously calculated. These findings call into question long-held assumptions about sustainability and provide a range of plausible estimates for its impact on wild fish populations.
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Biodiversity loss / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing
Study reveals higher use of wild fish in aquaculture than estimated
Investigative Journalism
October 17 - 2024
EN Global

Study reveals higher use of wild fish in aquaculture than estimated

Undercurrent News

The global aquaculture industry may be depending on significantly larger amounts of wild-caught ocean fish than earlier estimates suggested, according to a new study published in Science Advances on Wednesday (Oct. 16). By Liza Mayer
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Marine fauna / Biodiversity loss / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / Salmon
How Marine Farming is Dewilding the Ocean and its Inhabitants: A Q&A with Laurie Sellars and Becca Franks
Research
October 16 - 2024
EN Global

How Marine Farming is Dewilding the Ocean and its Inhabitants: A Q&A with Laurie Sellars and Becca Franks

Yale Law School

A new study by Laurie Sellars, postgraduate fellow of the Law, Ethics & Animals Program at Yale Law School, and Becca Franks, an assistant professor of environmental studies at New York University, investigates how marine aquaculture or ‘mariculture’ — the cultivation of aquatic organisms in the ocean — generates a suite of risks: environmental degradation, harms to wildlife communities and individuals, welfare harms for captive animals, and shifts in how humans perceive the nonhuman world. The article describes these risks collectively as 'dewilding,' defined as the process of privileging anthropocentric interests, perspectives, sovereignty, and agency at the expense of other interests and considerations The study, 'How Mariculture Expansion is Dewilding the Ocean and its Inhabitants,' was published in the journal Science Advances on Oct. 16, 2024. Sellars and Franks discuss their research.
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Marine fauna / Animal Ethics / Deforestation / Hunger / Nutrition / Antibiotics / Labor / Salmon / Octopus / Dewilding
Aquaculture Could Harm Animal Welfare or Protect It, Depending on What Species the Farms Raise
Research
October 16 - 2024
EN Global

Aquaculture Could Harm Animal Welfare or Protect It, Depending on What Species the Farms Raise

The Conversation

The rapid growth in aquaculture means that billions of individual aquatic animals are now being farmed without basic information that could help ensure even minimal welfare standards. Our newly published study shows that these welfare risks are not uniform: Aquaculture is likely to have severe effects on welfare for some species, but negligible impacts on others. By Becca Franks, Chiawen Chiang
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Animal Ethics / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp) / Salmon / Octopus
From the sea to your plate: how to choose more sustainable salmon
News
October 11 - 2024
EN Global

From the sea to your plate: how to choose more sustainable salmon

The Guardian

Salmon remains one of the most popular seafoods globally. However, there is growing concern about the environmental impact of farming salmon, while environmental groups have claimed that 'responsibly sourced' labelling on seafood products may be misleading – making it hard for consumers to know what exactly they are purchasing. By James Norman
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Certification schemes / Salmon
Is There Such a Thing As Sustainable Salmon?
Investigative Journalism
October 03 - 2024
EN Global

Is There Such a Thing As Sustainable Salmon?

The Sustainable Restaurant Association

Examines the sustainability issues surrounding farmed salmon, including advice and insights from experts and businesses in our network, to explore whether salmon has a place on a sustainable menu.
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Biodiversity loss / Parasites (e.g. sea lice) / Animal Ethics / Antibiotics / Hunger / Nutrition / Value chain / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Certification schemes / Salmon / Soy
‘I won’t believe it until I see it happen’: Could a ban on sea farms save Canada’s salmon?
Investigative Journalism
October 03 - 2024
EN North America

‘I won’t believe it until I see it happen’: Could a ban on sea farms save Canada’s salmon?

The Guardian

A row over sea life, lice and livelihoods is dividing communities as the government plans to end open-net pen farming in British Columbian waters. By Shannon Waters
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Marine Protected Areas / Legislation / Salmon / Infrastructure (Cages or processing plants)
Environmental performance of blue foods
Research
September 15 - 2024
EN Global

Environmental performance of blue foods

Nature

Fish and other aquatic foods (blue foods) present an opportunity for more sustainable diets1,2. Yet comprehensive comparison has been limited due to sparse inclusion of blue foods in environmental impact studies3,4 relative to the vast diversity of production5. Here we provide standardized estimates of greenhouse gas, nitrogen, phosphorus, freshwater and land stressors for species groups covering nearly three quarters of global production. We find that across all blue foods, farmed bivalves and seaweeds generate the lowest stressors. Capture fisheries predominantly generate greenhouse gas emissions, with small pelagic fishes generating lower emissions than all fed aquaculture, but flatfish and crustaceans generating the highest. Among farmed finfish and crustaceans, silver and bighead carps have the lowest greenhouse gas, nitrogen and phosphorus emissions, but highest water use, while farmed salmon and trout use the least land and water. Finally, we model intervention scenarios and find improving feed conversion ratios reduces stressors across all fed groups, increasing fish yield reduces land and water use by up to half, and optimizing gears reduces capture fishery emissions by more than half for some groups. Collectively, our analysis identifies high-performing blue foods, highlights opportunities to improve environmental performance, advances data-poor environmental assessments, and informs sustainable diets. By Jessica A. Gephart, Patrik J. G. Henriksson, Robert W. R. Parker, Alon Shepon, Kelvin D. Gorospe, Kristina Bergman, Gidon Eshel, Christopher D. Golden, Benjamin S. Halpern, Sara Hornborg, Malin Jonell, Marc Metian, Kathleen Mifflin, Richard Newton, Peter Tyedmers, Wenbo Zhang, Friederike Ziegler & Max Troell
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Organic waste (e.g. feed or feces) / Fish in / Fish Out (FIFO) / Bivalves / Low trophic-level fish / Plant-based (e.g. seaweed or kelp)
Wild sablefish is a better choice than farmed salmon
Opinion
August 26 - 2024
EN North America

Wild sablefish is a better choice than farmed salmon

Seattle Times

Working with fishers who care for the natural resources they harvest has emphasized the importance of choosing sustainable seafood from a conservation-focused fishery, such as sablefish.
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Biodiversity loss / Small-scale fishers / Legislation
Stories of the Sea: Fishing in the Twilight Zone
Opinion
August 23 - 2024
EN Global

Stories of the Sea: Fishing in the Twilight Zone

Safina Center

By one estimate, it is 'the world’s largest unexploited natural resource with a global biomass of 1 gigaton.' But can the inhabitants of the deep be fished to meet humanity’s food needs? Should they be? Such questions are being asked with greater frequency, as research initiatives in multiple countries have started to explore the feasibility of mesopelagic fishing.
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Climate change / Biodiversity loss / Fish Meal / Fish Oil Processing / UN: FAO Committee on Fisheries
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