Analysis - World Fishing

IUU – On the pirate trail
01 May 2008
The crackdown on pirate fishing gathers pace and some fishermen are advocating direct action against poachers. But, as Peter O’Neill reports, the evidence is mounting that transnational operators dominate the $4bn to $9bn illegal trade. A radical revamp of traceability...

The fishmonger, the coley and common sense
01 Apr 2008
The word 'sustainability' is being bandied about for everything from electric cars to farmed fish. Peter O’Neill looks at how far processors and supermarkets are affecting the true global benchmark, quality, amid the mushrooming, money-spinning, certification industry. ...

“Tho’ nature, red in tooth and claw….”
15 Nov 2007
Welfare – Peter O’Neill suggests it is time to go public to the public about the good, the bad and the ugly.

Tuna market trends 2006/2007
01 Aug 2007
GLOBEFISH has recently published its latest EU, US and Asian Tuna Market Reports. Carly Wills looks at the findings. ...

Pirates, poachers or global crime syndicates?
01 Aug 2007
The net to catch pirate fishing vessels is full of holes and the campaign against the pirates has not even enlisted help from those who scan the sea every day. Peter O’Neill finds that the real targets may be land-based, crime...

Fishmeal market figures
01 Jul 2007
GLOBEFISH’s Fishery Industry Officer, Helga Josupeit, wrote the latest GLOBEFISH Fishmeal Market Report. It shows the following fishmeal figures for the first quarter of 2007: ...

EU seafood sector report
01 Jul 2007
Carly Wills looks at the findings of the latest EU Seafood Industry Report, published by Icelandic bank Glitnir ...

P/F Vinnan orders new purse seiner/trawler
01 Jun 2007
Faroe Island owner P/F Vinnan has ordered a new purse seiner/trawler from Danish shipyard Karstensens Skibsverft AS in Skagen. ...

New fishery surveillance vessel for the Danish Government
01 Jun 2007
On 19 March this year, the Danish Government and Spanish shipbuilders MCies signed an agreement in Copenhagen for the construction of a fishery surveillance, rescue and anti-pollution ship. ...

Hoe your sea furrow
01 Jun 2007
World Fishing continues with its analysis of the data debate and the ‘farming’ approach which, Peter O’Neill reports, may benefit from seeing the bigger, longer picture. ...