Traceability

4 Sep
2017

Local fishermen applaud seafood labeling law

Source: Daily Comet Author: Dan Boudreaux A new regulatory program that will go into effect next year would require seafood to be labeled with its country of origin.

29 Aug
2017

Judge rules against NFI, US seafood giants’ challenge to traceability rule

Source: Undercurrent News Author: Tom Seaman A US judge has ruled against a lawsuit from the National Fisheries Institute (NFI), two trade groups and several large seafood players, which opposes a traceability rule, dubbed the “Seafood Import Monitoring Program”, or SIMP.

29 Aug
2017

Court Upholds Rule Requiring Traceability for At-Risk Seafood Imports

Source & Author: Oceana New Rule Will Reduce Amount of Illegally Caught and Mislabeled Seafood Entering U.S.

21 Aug
2017

The Expanding Role of Traceability in Seafood: Tools and Key Initiatives

Source: Online Library Author: Sara G. Lewis, Mariah Boyle Abstract: In the last decade, a range of drivers within the seafood sector have incentivized the application of traceability to issues beyond food safety and inventory management. Some of the issues motivating the expanded use of traceability within the global seafood sector include: increased media attention on […]

15 Aug
2017

How seafood’s “dark web” obscures fraud, fish laundering, and slavery on the high seas

Source: The New Food Economy Author: Katarina Zimmer Ships routinely transfer fish on the open ocean. Most of the time, no one’s watching.

7 Aug
2017

Delivering on seafood traceability under the new U.S. import monitoring program

Source: SpringerLink Author: Demian A. Willette, Samantha H. Cheng The United States is the world’s largest fish importer. Recent reports, however, indicate that 25–30% of wild-caught seafood imported into the US is illegally caught, heightening concerns over the country’s significant role in driving Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) fishing.

7 Aug
2017

Ecuador encourages shrimp’s inclusion in the US Seafood Import Monitoring Program

Source: SeafoodSource Author: Madelyn Kearns A bill recently passed by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee and the Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, which seeks to include shrimp within the Seafood Import Monitoring Program, has been applauded by leaders within the National Chamber of Aquaculture of Ecuador.

1 Aug
2017

High Risk of Illegal Seafood Imports Entering Japanese market

Source: SeafoodSource Author: Jason Holland More than one-third of the wild-caught fisheries products imported into Japan – one of the world’s biggest seafood markets – could come from illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) activities, claims a new study.

26 Jul
2017

THE CASE OF THE STAR SHRIMPER XXV

Source & Author: Francisco Blaha Private sustainability endorsement may not always mean a lot (or even less legality). I think I been quite clear in the past on my views on eco-labels. I still believe that is better to support the responsible authorities in the Flag, Port and Coastal States than a private certification, which at the […]

16 Jul
2017

Estimates of illegal and unreported seafood imports to Japan

Source & Author: Pramod et al. An investigation of illegal and unreported fishing in source countries indicates that 24–36% of 2.15 million tonnes of wild-seafood imports to Japan in 2015 were of illegal and unreported origin, valued at $1.6 to $2.4 billion, out of a total import of US$ 13 billion.