This course reviews seafood safety issues including microbial contamination, microbial growth, and chemical contamination. It identifies top seafood safety problems and concerns at farms and processing plants and provides an overview of the controls that can be implemented to mitigate these challenges.
TCRS president George Chamberlain interviews Joel Richardson and Michael Szemerda of Cooke Seafood, who discuss the company’s history, its tremendous growth trajectory, its diverse portfolio in both aquaculture and wild capture fisheries around the world, and its strong commitment to sustainability.
UNIMA’s shrimp farm operations are a model of sustainability, but UNIMA goes beyond just sustainability. For more than 35 years, UNIMA’s mission has focused on regeneration—restoring and improving ecosystems while strengthening communities.
As the demand for shrimp continues to grow, production methods are evolving to keep pace. Biofloc has emerged as a way to reduce some of the negative impacts of these intensive new systems.
Early mortality syndrome (EMS) is a serious global disease that can cause 100 percent mortality of farmed shrimp in their juvenile stages. This course provides a close look at the most effective practices for controlling EMS at hatcheries.
The Center for Responsible Seafood has received a two-year grant of $1.1 million from Coefficient Giving to support research on fish welfare.
U.S. tariffs made 2025 interesting, to say the least. Yet, despite the economic turbulence the global trade war has created, real work went on—and TCRS was right in the middle of much of it. Below are some of the highlights from the year that demonstrate the progress being made in regenerative seafood practices.
At Aqua India in 2022, TCRS President George Chamberlain interviewed ABC Mohan, who describes the history of shrimp cluster development in India and its current status of contributing an estimated 250,000 mt of annual production. Mohan also explains how clusters can progress through Aquaculture Improver Programs (AIPs) to achieve certification.
The Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) welcomes The Center for Responsible Seafood (TCRS) as co-host for its annual Responsible Seafood Summit, which takes place in Bangkok in Sept. 2026.
TCRS President George Chamberlain visits the Unibio black tiger shrimp hatchery south of Chennai, India.
TCRS President George Chamberlain has announced that a special session has been added to the Shrimp Summit to address the alleged labor abuses in Indian processing plants. The objective of the session is to discuss the facts, identify any loopholes or gaps that might enable violations, and seek solutions.
Registration is now open for The Center for Responsible Seafood’s 2024 Shrimp Summit 2024, which will take place June 27-29, 2024 in Chennai, India. In-depth sessions will explore Improver Programs, Digital Technology, and more.
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Shrimp seed quality is essential for successful shrimp production. In this webinar, Dr. P. V. Nageswara Rao reviews the test parameters and factors that contribute to high-density and high-protein feed culture conditions.
A brief overview of marine fish hatchery development in the Mediterranean since the early 80s and the factors for improving productivity and survival.
Biofloc technology (BFT) is an aquaculture system that recycles waste nutrients as fish food. In this webinar, Ramon M. Kourie reviews the benefits of BFT and explores the technology’s four primary themes.