02 December 2015 - After years of rising seafood exports, global trade values are contracting in 2015. There are several reasons for this including the weakening of many key emerging markets, lower prices for a number of important species and the cancellation of the ...

08 October 2015 - Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative to launch its Global Benchmark Tool at Vigo The Global Sustainable Seafood Initiative (GSSI) is a global platform and partnership of seafood companies, NGOs, experts, governmental and intergovernmental organizations. The mission of GSSI is to ensure confidence ...

06 July 2015 - The OECD Secretary-General Angel Gurría and the FAO Director General José Graziano da Silva, have released the OECD FAO Agricultural Outlook 2015-2024, the annual publication presenting projections and related market analysis for some 15 agricultural products over a ten-year horizon. ...

15 June 2015 - During the recent World Ocean Summit, Commissioner Karmenu Vella, responsible for Environment, Maritime Affairs and Fisheries launched a public consultation on the way forward towards sustainable Blue Growth. The aim of this consultation is to gather input on how the EU ...

12 June 2015 - The global seafood industry in 2014 was characterized by sustained high prices for many important species, and a continuation of major trends in production and consumption growth. In 2014, the expected shift in seafood consumption towards relatively greater consumption of farmed ...