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Topic: Criteria for sustainability, Certification
Poseidon Project
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
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.
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.
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.
The reality gap: An examination of Scottish farmed salmon
WildFish
This report first gives an overview of the various marketing tools used by the Scottish salmon farming industry to represent farmed salmon as a sustainable, healthy and eco-friendly protein choice. It then examines the environmental and welfare performance of Scotland’s seven salmon farming companies, all widely used in the hospitality and retail sectors.
Mapping the industry and supply chain for farmed fish in Europe
Animal Ask
Animal Ask conducted mapping of the industry and supply chain for fish production in European aquaculture. This report provided key results from this industry and supply chain mapping. The goal of this report is to provide fish welfare advocates with an easy-to-understand guide to the aquaculture industry and supply chain in Europe. By Max Carpendale & George Bridgwater
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?
Scottish Parliament nearing conclusion on salmon-farming sustainability inquiry
Seafood Source
Is Aquaculture Really Saving Fish?
American Council on Science and Health
Global Seafood Alliance faces formal complaint over BAP certification of Indian shrimp
The Fish Site
NGOs, wild shrimpers ask US government to investigate Global Seafood Alliance marketing practices
IntraFish
Aquaculture Advisory Council pushes for improved transparency in seafood labelling within HORECA
misPeces
Farmed salmon falls short in addressing global food security, NYU study finds
Undercurrent News
Fish farming was supposed to be sustainable. But there’s a giant catch.
Vox
Aquaculture Kills More Wild Fishes Than Previously Thought, Study Finds
Plant Based News
Aquaculture uses far more wild fish than previously estimated, study finds
Aquafeed
Study reveals higher use of wild fish in aquaculture than estimated
Undercurrent News
Yale Law School
Aquaculture Could Harm Animal Welfare or Protect It, Depending on What Species the Farms Raise
The Conversation
From the sea to your plate: how to choose more sustainable salmon
The Guardian