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One ship, three deaths: the shocking truth behind working conditions on a Chinese trawler https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/23/ship-deaths-working-conditions-chinese-trawler #WorkersRights #Fish #FishingIndustry #HumanRights #Employment

One ship, three deaths: the shocking truth behind working conditions on a Chinese trawler

Damning testimony from the crew of one tuna-fishing vessel has lifted the lid on the treatment of workers in the fleets supplying fish to the UK and EU

The Guardian

CBC Canada Apr 22

N.S. shellfish giant Clearwater Seafoods hit with $150K penalty after worker's death
A fisherman was electrocuted and died two years ago on board one of the company's ships while it was docked for maintenance in Mulgrave, N.S.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/clearwater-seafoods-150k-penalty-worker-death-9.7173789?cmp=rss

Environment | The Guardian US Apr 16

MSC’s ‘blue tick’ scheme creates illusion of ethically sourced fish, study claims https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/16/mscs-blue-tick-scheme-creates-illusion-of-ethically-sourced-fish-study-claims #Fishing #Fish #ForcedLabour #WorkersRights #Environment #MarineLife #FishingIndustry #ConsumerAffairs #Conservation #Food #Money #Business #Food

MSC’s ‘blue tick’ scheme creates illusion of ethically sourced fish, study claims

Sustainability certification by Marine Stewardship Council may be obscuring labour abuses in seafood supply chains, say researchers

The Guardian

Mojo ♻️Apr 4

Australia’s largest wild-caught prawn business, Raptis and Sons Group (brands: Agrios, Seaport, Ocean Pearl), has collapsed into administration with no buyer found — costing ~200 jobs.
The family business, started in the 1950s from a fish & chip shop, ran a 15-boat fleet out of tiny Karumba in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Blame game: oversupply, lower catches, rising costs — plus fishing licence restrictions and diesel shock according to Bob Katter.
Another blow to local seafood towns while we import more and more.

#AustralianSeafood #FishingIndustry #Karumba

https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/gutted-largest-wild-prawn-fisher-043532403.html

Seafood giant collapses as 200 jobs lost

Gripped by a diesel shortage following a season of oversupply and then fishing shortfalls, Australia’s largest wild prawn fishing company has collapsed.

Yahoo

Climate crisis | The Guardian Mar 31

‘Something out of the ordinary’: why are Japan’s oysters dying en masse? https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/japan-oysters-dying-death-rate-warming-seas-hiroshima #Oysters #Japan #ClimateCrisis #Fishing #FishingIndustry #Oceans #MarineLife #AsiaPacific #Environment #Food #WorldNews #Business #Animals #Wildlife #FoodDrinkIndustry

‘Something out of the ordinary’: why are Japan’s oysters dying en masse?

A death rate of up to 90%, attributed to warming seas, is threatening the trade in Hiroshima prefecture, which produces most of the country’s farmed oysters

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US Mar 31

‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/31/a-national-scandal-trawlers-scour-seabeds-of-supposedly-protected-uk-waters #MarineLife #Fishing #FishingIndustry #Oceans #Conservation #Environment #Food #Wildlife

‘A national scandal’: trawlers scour seabeds of supposedly protected UK waters

‘Precious ocean life is being pushed to the brink’ say campaigners, arguing that overfished marine areas are ‘protected only on paper’

The Guardian

Environment | The Guardian US Mar 24

‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/24/krill-foundation-food-antarctic-ecosystem-survive-factory-fishing #EndangeredSpecies #Fishing #Antarctica #SeaShepherdConservationSociety #MarineLife #EnvironmentalActivism #Conservation #Environment #Food #Wildlife #WorldNews #Norway #FishingIndustry #Cetaceans #Animals #Business #Birds #Europe #China #AsiaPacific #Zoology ...

‘It smells like a rancid fish and chip shop’: at sea with the Antarctic’s krill supertrawlers

The fishery is regulated but experts say it is wrecking the food chain. Gordon Peake joined a Sea Shepherd mission to observe the giant ships compete for catch

The Guardian

CBC Nova Scotia Mar 14

Fishermen worried about potential salmon farm expansion, says Brier Island resident
Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. wants to expand the boundaries of its salmon farm off the coast of Brier Island, N.S., but there is fear an expansion could force out longtime lobster fishermen in the area.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cooke-aquaculture-expansion-9.7128162?cmp=rss