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How the world's largest seafood companies can help tackle climate change

Business Green

Seafood firms can reduce their impact on climate and the oceans - and in doing so can ensure they have a long-term thriving business that delivers healthy and sustainable seafood to millions, writes Nigel Topping, UN High Level Champion for Climate Action at COP26. Seafood is big business and demand is going up.

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'Concerning': Mackerel taken off sustainable seafood menu amid overfishing concerns

Business Green

That is the headline recommendation from the non-profit's latest ‘ Good Fish Guide ' today, which uses a traffic light system to help consumers and businesses make sustainable seafood choices depending on how or where a species is caught or farmed and covers all seafood sold or produced in the UK.

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Can Bumble Bee and Nestlé hook the world on fishless fish?

GreenBiz

Buoyed by the success of red-meat mimics from the likes of Impossible Foods and Beyond Meat, a growing number of companies is angling to capture their share of the early market for animal-free seafood. The nonprofit has named the threatened collapse of fisheries and unmet demand for seafood alternatives as important factors.

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Microfibres in the Mediterranean are floating homes for bacteria

Envirotec Magazine

These cells belong to 195 bacterial species, including Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a potentially dangerous bacterium that causes food poisoning from seafood. The discovery is important for assessing health risks, because the bacterium’s presence can be a threat to bathing and seafood consumption.

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Climate change is making it more dangerous to eat certain fish

Grist

According to a new study published in the journal Nature on Wednesday, higher ocean temperatures are causing the mercury content of certain fish to increase despite regulations aimed at reducing the amount of the heavy metal in our seafood. For those of us that partake in pescatarian fare, eating fish can feel like a nutritional minefield.

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S2G Ventures closes $100 million for sustainable oceans fund

Impact Alpha

It’s now expanding into ocean health and sustainable seafood. Oceans provide a critical food source for billions of people and are crucial link in tackling climate change. S2G’s Oceans and Seafood fund will back early- and growth-stage startups developing science and.

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UN report: Ocean-based climate action could deliver a fifth of emissions cuts needed to limit temperature rise to 1.5°C

Envirotec Magazine

This is a key finding of a new scientific report, “The Ocean as a Solution for Climate Change: 5 Opportunities for Action” , published on 23 September at the UN Secretary-General’s Climate Action Summit in New York. Global action to address the state of the ocean has never been more urgent. GtCO2e each year by 2050.

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