Satellite Monitoring of Fishing Fleets: a Definitive Answer to Consumer Concerns About Sustainable Seafood

November 8, 2021 Friend of the Sea

Friend of the Sea, the leading international certification of sustainable seafood and Omega3, has developed its own enhanced platform based on satellite technology to monitor the over 2.000 Friend of the Sea approved fishing vessels.

ACON Investments Forms New North American Sustainable Seafood Platform With the Simultaneous Acquisitions of Three Leading Seafood Companies

October 18, 2021 ACON Investments, L.L.C.

ACON Investments, L.L.C. and its affiliates announced the formation of a new North American sustainable seafood platform created by the simultaneous acquisitions and merger of Northern Wind Inc., Suncoast Seafood Inc., and Raymond O’Neill & Son Fisheries Ltd., to create Atlantic Sustainable Catch a premium, sustainable seafood processor and distributor.

Sustainable Seafood Sales Reached an All-Time High as Shoppers Cooked at Home in 2020-21

The momentum behind the sustainable seafood movement continues to grow, according to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), the international not for profit responsible for the world’s most widely used sustainable seafood ecolabel. Despite disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, consumers bought record numbers of products with the blue MSC label in 2020-21.   

Bear Grylls Has Joined the GOODFISH Countercurrent

August 26, 2021 GOODFISH

One of the world’s most widely known faces of survival and outdoor adventure Bear Grylls has joined Justin Guilbert, Douglas Riboud, and Errol Schweizer at GOODFISH, the brand that developed and delivered a whole new category of sustainable seafood. The Emmy-award nominee and star of National Geographic’s “Running Wild with Bear Grylls” and Discovery Channel’s “Man vs. Wild” is on a mission to help GOODFISH spread education and awareness of preserving the ocean’s vital fisheries and ecosystems.

New Partnership Aims to Increase Access to Sustainable Seafood

June 29, 2021 FishChoice

In a first-of-its-kind partnership announced today, the sustainable seafood nonprofit FishChoice and leading Mexican seafood industry trade group COMEPESCA are collaborating to increase access for North American buyers that seek to source sustainable seafood from Mexico and to support Mexican seafood producers that prioritize sustainability.