Media & News
Browse various media created by or featuring Norpac Fisheries Export, as we look to deliver premium, sustainable seafood to restaurants, wholesalers, and retailers across the country.
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Seafood Source - The Nature Conservancy has been working on Indonesia’s groundfish fishery since 2014, though the FIP was officially launched in 2019. So far, 10 companies have signed on to the FIP: Norpac Fisheries Export, Anova Food, Bali Sustainable Seafood, LP Foods, Netuno USA, Bahari Biru Nusantara, Graha Insan Sejahtera, Kharisma Bintang Terang, Solusi Laut Lestari, and Sukses Hasil Alam Nusaindo (Shanindo).
NPR - Bigger isn't necessarily better when it comes to catching, selling and eating fish. For certain snappers, in fact, a market preference for plate-size whole fillets is driving fishermen to target smaller fish. For some wild fish populations, this is a recipe for collapse.
Sustainable Fisheries UW - In March 2019, a Chinese-operated longline bigeye tuna fishery, located in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), became the first of its kind to earn Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification…
The Nature Conservancy - Centuries of fishing tradition weave through communities along the rugged Maine coastline. In the midcoast village of Port Clyde, at the tip of the St. George Peninsula, fourth-generation fisherman Randy Cushman has chased groundfish such as flounder, hake, sole, cod and pollock for 45 years—35 of them as captain and most on his 45-foot trawler, the Ella Christine.
Phys Org - Thomas Kraft at Norpac Fisheries Export established one of the industry's first bar-code systems that give each fish a tag that can provide details about location, boat, species, and weight. He's been using the technology in locations worldwide and says it could easily be expanded to include crews on individual boats to help fight against labor abuse.
GIZ - How can we work together to enhance the sustainable management of our marine ecosystems globally? The Sustainable Oceans Lab represents a new approach to the challenge of ensuring that our marine ecosystems are sustainable…
In 2014 Thomas Kraft, owner of US-based Norpac Fisheries Export, along with the Indonesian branch of The Nature Conservancy (TNC)...
The Guardian - The seafood industry is facing challenges on many fronts – reduced catch, supply chain inefficiencies, inability to trace origins of products, food safety issues, ocean acidification and other climate-change-related habitat changes, as well as multiple other concerns.
