Fisheries: Marine litter and Ghost gear
In the last decade, media and NGOs has brought the attention to marine litter (plastic mainly) and ghost gear (abandoned, lost or discarded fishing gear = ALDFG) as a transboundary...
The Fishing Industry Association (FIA) fishery announcement for the full assessment against the Mari
I am so glad to write about this FIA PNG MSC fishery announcement because I have been part of this great team of professionals and tuna fishing companies leaders that...
Labor onboard in the Tuna Industry and ILO fishing convention C188 – A serious matter
Everything started back in 1999, working initially in a fresh and frozen processing factory as a quality manager in Manta, Ecuador, and also responsible for inspecting the long liner fleet...
TAIWAN: Between Tuna fish sustainable implementation and Tilapia responsible sourcing verification
Tuna Fish Back in March 2012, it was my first time visiting Taiwan, I was on duty to visit the Port of Kaohsiung, located in southern-western Taiwan to stay for...
Tuna snack “BILTONG”, quality evaluation of a tuna product from South Africa
In June 1998 , I started to work in the seafood fresh and frozen fish industry as a quality assurance supervisor and later as quality assurance manager for 5 years...
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2018 – Seafoodmatter
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2018!
INDIA: Tuna and shrimp
I am glad to write about India and write about two of the biggest seafood industries in the world where I have had a lot of experience in different positions....
Oyster: Responsible management of the farm and high quality of the product
The Island of Jersey lies in the crystal clear waters of the Gulf of St Malo, only 15 miles from the coast of France, some 100 miles south of the...
Toothfish fishery – New Zealand – labour issues onboard
Nowadays, the Strategic partnership is key to achieve mutual goals in a global seafood business. This work is the result of a partnership with the New Zealand base sustainable seafood...
Tuna Industry: Speech in the Pacific Tuna Forum 2017
Since my first time in the Pacific back in 2010, it has been always a pleasure to be back to any of the Pacific Island Countries. In this occasion, for...
Yellowtail (Seriola) farm in Japan: Assessing the Social, Sustainable and Economic impact of a Serio
On April 2017 I attended the second Seriola and Cobia training session provided by the Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) in Tokyo, Japan as part of the capacity building process for...
Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Group Chain of Custody in the Tuna Fishing Industry
Everything started 6 years ago; in October 2011, when the PNA office asked me to become the coordinator and to be full responsible for the MSC Group CoC implementation in...
Crew welfare and Social aspects in the tuna supply chain – Webinar in Seafoodsource.com
Follow me on this webinar next week in order to get an overview of the social aspects and crew welfare in the tuna supply chain. See the link below. Social...
South Africa, the Hake fishery supply chain
In February 2017, I spent an entire week in Cape Town, South Africa, which gave me the chance to assess, the Hake supply chain from the landing port, cold store,...
Shrimp supply chain a Global overview – Traceability
In 2016, I had the opportunity to assess shrimp farms in Ecuador, Nicaragua and Vietnam, where culture systems ranged from extensive farming to high intensive facilities; from a traceability paper-based...
Tuna Fish Pole & Line in Maldives
Tuna in the Maldives. In the beginning of this year, I had the opportunity to visit two fishing operations in two different atolls or islands, a landing operation and a...
Your senior Fishery and Aquaculture independent advisor
My name is Byron Marcelo Hidalgo Zambrano. And i am an independent international advisory expert, specialized in integrated quality management (e.g. ISO 22000, HACCP, BRC, SA8000, BSCI, MSC CoC, ASC...
