Media Coverage
Canada’s seafood industry is failing to address forced labour atrocities – May 26, 2024
NGOs blast certification group for ‘green-washing’ farmed salmon standard | Intrafish – May 23, 2024
Global groups denounce latest best aquaculture practices salmon farm standard as greenwash – May 15, 2024
Best Aquaculture Practices farmed salmon draft standard criticized as greenwashing by coalition of NGOs | SeafoodSource – May 10, 2024
Greenwashing the salmon industry? NGOs slam Global Seafood Alliance | SalmonBusiness – May 9, 2024
Farmed Salmon Certifications ‘Complicit in Greenwashing’ – Tasmanian Times – March 14, 2024
Coles, Woolworths and Aldi ‘responsibly sourced’ salmon labels may be misleading, watchdog told | Tasmania | The Guardian – December 4, 2023
’Extinction greenwashing’: supermarkets target of ACCC complaint over misleading salmon claims – Environmental Defenders Office – December 5, 2023
Hill Street Grocer under pressure over Macquarie Harbour fish farm threat to endangered Maugean skate | Tasmanian Inquirer – October 10, 2023
Why Costco’s Fish Selection Feels So Limited – September 15, 2023
Global calls to revoke ‘misleading’ sustainable farming certification for salmon in Tasmania’s Macquarie Harbour | Australia news | The Guardian – July 25, 2023
NGOs push BAP, GlobalGAP to drop certification of fish farms in Tasmania | SeafoodSource – July 24, 2023
Only two major Canadian grocers label ‘farmed salmon,’ finds report – May 23, 2023
Major grocers flunk on farmed salmon sustainability – David Suzuki Foundation – May 23, 2023
Sea Lice on Farmed Salmon: Eco-Label Now Allows Far More | The Tyee – October 14, 2022
New rules from fish farm certifier keep up status quo, harm wild salmon, environmental coalition says – September 13, 2022
Aquaculture Stewardship Council revises farmed salmon sea lice rules | Intrafish – September 12, 2022
ASC’s updated salmon standard raises sea lice controversy | SeafoodSource – Sepember 12, 2022
ASC Salmon Standard draws criticism – Fish Farmer Magazine – September 9, 2022
2022 Impact Award winners: Sustainability – August 24, 2022
Traceability efforts overridden by inflationary pressures in Canada, US | SeafoodSource – August 18, 2022
Opinion: The state of Canada’s beloved salmon has become awfully fishy – The Globe and Mail – July 9, 2022
SeaChoice Calls on Canadian Retailers | Seafood | Fish Focus – June 13, 2022
NGO claims Canadian grocers failing on sustainable seafood commitments | SeafoodSource – June 9, 2022
Give a (Hu)man a fish– a tale of potential sustainability | Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment – June 8, 2022
Durabilité : des grands de l’alimentation identifient mal les poissons, selon SeaChoice | Radio-Canada – June 8, 2022
Major grocery chains failing when it comes to seafood labelling: watchdog | Yahoo! News – June 8, 2022
Major grocery chains failing when it comes to seafood labelling: watchdog | CBC News – June 8, 2022
Get More Sustainable for World Oceans Day – Perishable News – June 7, 2022
Major Report on Sustainability of Seafood Brands – Perishable News – May 4, 2022
Suppliers, retailers and others call for improved seafood traceability standards in Canada – March 23, 2022
Grocers, seafood suppliers push Canada’s government on traceability | SeafoodSource – March 22, 2022
ASF – All salmon raised in open net-pens is environmentally unsustainable – December 9, 2021
Expanded Seafood Watch ratings say to “avoid” most farmed salmon | SeafoodSource – December 8, 2021
B.C. farmed salmon sustainability rating downgraded to “Avoid” due to wild salmon impacts – David Suzuki Foundation – December 6, 2021
There’s No Such Thing as Plenty of Fish in the Sea – August 3, 2021
MSC announces two new director appointments for North America – July 21 2021
Shops should do more about human rights abuse – July 7, 2021
SeaChoice: Canadian Retailers are Not Doing Enough to Stop Human Rights Abuses in Seafood Supply Chains – June 30, 2021
Canadian retailers lack adequate seafood traceability, NGO says – June 30, 2021
Watchdog wants civil society to have a say in certification process – June 17, 2021
Canada Safeway Gets A+ for Sustainable Seafood | Progressive Grocer – June 3, 2021
Should stakeholders have more say in aquaculture certification schemes? – May 7, 2021
How tablets and WhatsApp could make fishing sustainable – April 29, 2021
University pledges to sustainably sourced seafood – April 2, 2021
Sustainably sourcing seafood: Queen’s new policy will help efforts to reduce global overfishing. – March 25, 2021
BC Spot Prawn Industry Needs Rescuing – Good Life Vancouver – March 10, 2021
Report Finds Widespread Fake Sustainable Seafood Labeling in Tuna & Salmon – March 2, 2021
Mowi certification manager joins Aquaculture Stewardship Council – January 11, 2021
SeaChoice says majority of Canadian suppliers’ environmental claims unverifiable – September 16, 2020
Some Canadian seafood sustainability labelling can’t be verified: report – September 14, 2020
SeaChoice finds “little to celebrate” regarding Canadian grocers’ seafood commitments – August 31, 2020
Conservation group challenges sustainable-certification claims of B.C. salmon farmer – July 16, 2020
Green collaboration nets B.C. fish farm certification milestone – January 27, 2020
David Suzuki: Seafood Progress offers remedy for seasick times — November 19, 2019
Q&A – Helping foodservice providers make sustainable choices — November 14, 2019
Label libel – stronger seafood-labelling laws needed in Canada — November 2019
Food fraud test kits help diners detect mislabelling at home, in restaurants — October 7, 2019
How to shop for fish and seafood without wrecking the planet — August 6, 2019
ASC claims SeaChoice criticism of new salmon standards “pre-emptively undermines” future progress — August 6, 2019
Canada is missing the boat on seafood labelling — July 24, 2019
ASC, SeaChoice butt heads over updated salmon sea lice standard — July 18, 2019
ASC: SeaChoice criticism misleading, seeks to pre-emptively undermine sea lice work — July 18, 2019
Chili. Du saumon qui pose problème dans nos assiettes — April 26, 2019
Canadian fisheries minister introduces overhaul of regulations governing aquaculture — December 12, 2018
AquaBounty must submit new federal risk assessment for PEI facility — December 10, 2018
Consumers seek certainty about sustainable seafood labelling — November 6, 2018
Selbst zertifizierter Lachs ist stark mit Läusen befallen (Even certified salmon is heavily infested with lice) — October 25, 2018
Estudio alerta sobre faltas sustentables de la industria del salmón (Study alerts to sustainability faults of the salmon industry)— October 24, 2018
Eco-certified salmon farms are not meeting sustainability criteria, global review claims — October 18, 2018
Cerca del 80 por ciento de las granjas de salmón de todo el mundo tienen certificación ecológica sin cumplir las normas (Nearly 80 percent of salmon farms around the world are eco-certified without meeting the standards) — October 18, 2018
Canada’s SeaChoice Criticizes ASC Certified Salmon Farms for Often Being Below Stated Standards — October 18, 2018
New NGO study claims ASC label not all it cracked up to be — October 18, 2018
Assessing seafood retailers’ progress helps consumers and industry — July 4, 2018
SeaChoice: ASC partner warns sea lice exceptions risk program integrity — June 20, 2018
New online resource allows Canadians to compare retailers’ seafood sustainability practices — June 4, 2018
NGO creates tool to measure if retailers are upholding sustainable seafood commitments — June 4, 2018
SeaChoice asks ASC to remove sea lice exceptions for Canadian salmon farms — May 31, 2018
Canada NGO tells ASC to review sea-lice levels for open-net BC farms — May 21, 2018
Cermaq to temporarily stop using ASC label after elevated sea lice levels in Canada — May 16, 2018
Fish farm drops eco-friendly label on some products — May 14, 2018
ASC investigating SeaChoice claims of excessive sea lice on Cermaq Canada farms — May 14, 2018
Cermaq Canada voluntarily halts sales of ASC-certified salmon from some BC farms — May 14, 2018
SeaChoice says B.C. ASC salmon have high lice levels — May 11, 2018
SeaChoice claims Cermaq Canada farms misusing ASC certification — May 11, 2018
More stringent standards sought to address problems with Canada’s seafood labeling — November 21, 2017
The ecolabel fable — November 7, 2017
Riding the wave of sustainable seafood trends — October 30, 2017
Op-Ed: Caution needed regarding upgraded Seafood Watch ranking of B.C. farmed salmon — October 3, 2017
Seafood labelling practices panned — October 2, 2017
Seafood fraud waning, labels lack sustainability info, SeaChoice study finds — October 2, 2017 (with video)
Seafood Watch, SeaChoice at odds over farmed salmon ‘good alternative’ rating — September 18, 2017
SeaChoice raises red flags about eco-certified seafood in Canada — September 11, 2017
SeaChoice Canada changes mission to become more government and industry oriented – July 24, 2017
Canada’s SeaChoice shifting focus from seafood retail to production — July 19, 2017
SeaChoice changes focus to promote more sustainable seafood products — July 19, 2017
Seafood Watch upgrades ASC-certified farmed salmon to “Good Alternative” — June 7, 2017
NGO: Farmed salmons good alternative rating is faulty — June 5, 2017
SeaChoice opposes Seafood Watch farmed salmon upgrade — June 5, 2017
Citizen science and genetic testing yield positive results — April 12, 2017
Tests reveal nothing fishy at The Big Carrot — March 23, 2017
Canada’s food inspection agency just flunked a test for seafood labels – National Observer, March 17, 2017
Fishy labels?: Ottawa considering steps to provide more detail on seafood labels – CBC, March 18, 2017
Canada failing seafood labelling: report – The Chronicle Herald, March 16, 2017
Les étiquettes de fruits de mer jugées trop vagues au Canada – L’actualité, 16 March, 2017
Ottawa dit progresser dans l’étiquetage des produits de la mer – L’actualité, 17 March, 2017
Simi Sara Show, CKNW AM 980, Vancouver, B.C. – March 20, 2017 (with Susanna Fuller)
Sheldon MacLeod Show, NEWS 95.7, Halifax, N.S. – March 17, 2017 (with Colleen Turlo)
U.S. Seafood Watch program puts four B.C. fisheries on red list — September 6, 2016
Low B.C. salmon stocks prompt consumer warning — September 6, 2016
Most Canadian seafood fails harvesting sustainability test: report – June 9, 2016
Canada Safeway gets A+ for sustainable seafood — June 3, 2016
Success stories of the Common Vision: The Buy Low Foods and SeaChoice partnership — May 25, 2016
Genetically modified salmon approved for sale as food in Canada — May 19, 2016
Certified sustainable? At-risk Atlantic cod threatened by MSC endorsement — April 21, 2016
