CIHEAM Press Review

Seafood is not just another food group; it is an essential pillar of a resilient food system.

Press release... The Aegean Seafood and Animal Products Exporters Association, which meets the protection...

A recent publication suggests that policy changes and significant investments are needed to keep up with growing consumer demand for seafood products across Africa.

The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has emphasised the importance of investment in seafood production, which it states will play an important role in global food security.

The organisers of Seafood Expo Global/Seafood Processing Global predict that this year’s event – the 30th – is set to be the largest yet when it opens in Barcelona later this month, occuping 51,227 net square metres of exhibit space – a 4% increase over last year. The 2024 event…

The ICCAT session in Cairo has delivered both positive outcomes and disappointments, according to representatives of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF), which has welcomed some progress for Atlantic Ocean tuna fisheries.

In low-income countries across the tropics, research estimates approach 10% to 12% loss of seafood nutrients per degree of global warming.

Seafood production has become a globalised industry and many countries have seafood industries that are being buoyed by overseas migrant workers – hard-working people who left their home countries, and often their entire families, to seek their fortunes abroad…

Most European seafood is imported and wild fish stocks aren't recovering fast enough. So how can you make sure the fish you buy is sustainable?Projects like MrGoodFish3.0 are ready to show us how. Coordinator Daniel Hayes explains.

French startup Agriloops has recently launched its first commercial-scale saline aquaponics facility, in a bid to produce environmentally responsible shrimp and vegetables for the local market. 

The partnership, which was announced at the recent Conservation Alliance for Seafood Solutions conference, will focus on engaging with SFP’s Supply Chain Roundtables. These events bring together major seafood buyers and importers to advocate for progressive fisheries policy and management and, as a result of this new partnership, will provide them with the knowledge and resources they need to address gender inequality in their respective sectors.

The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) has announced the outline of its highly anticipated Responsible Seafood Summit conference programme for 2024. Set to take place in October in St Andrews, Scotland, the event promises a variety of informative sessions designed to share invaluable tools and knowledge for those involved with the evolving landscape of the seafood industry.

L’Agence de promotion des investissements agricoles (APIA) et le Groupement interprofessionnel des produits de la pêche (GIPP) organisent la participation tunisienne au Salon international des produits de la mer “SEAFOOD’2024“, qui se déroulera à Barcelone en Espagne, les 23, 24 et 25 avril 2024.

Do you know about blue foods?

Blue foods—including fish, seafood, ocean plants, and more—are vital to the global economy, and they’re quite healthy for us, too. The livelihoods of more than 800 million people around the world depend on producing these foods, which are rich in micronutrients, including omega-3 fatty acids, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin A, and selenium.

The Global Seafood Alliance is ramping up efforts to engage eaters with the launch of its new Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) consumer-facing website. The site is part of a broader campaign to encourage the consumption of sustainably sourced seafood.