Fisheries

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Fisheries ministers attending the high-level MedFish4Ever conference in Malta (3-4 October 2023) have been called upon by the NGO community to end the illegal bottom trawling, which they say that is driving…

3rd October 2023

MedFish4Ever Summit: Fisheries ministers urged to end illegal bottom trawling

3rd October 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Increased management and law enforcement interventions are needed to ensure East African fisheries and the subsequent trade in their marine resources are legal and sustainable, according to Traffic, with its new report…

3rd October 2023

New survey finds artisanal fisher failings in Eastern African

3rd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The industry is warning of a repeat of the herring crash of the 1960s as Governments fail to stop overfishing.

2nd October 2023

Is a repeat of the herring crash of the 1960s afoot?

2nd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has recommended cuts to 2024’s mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring quotas and an increase in the blue whiting catch.

2nd October 2023

Lower herring, mackerel quotas advised for Northeast Atlantic and Arctic Ocean

2nd October 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Comprising anything between 900 and 3,000 vessels catching 3-4 million tonnes of fish, China’s distant water fleets (DWFs) represent serious competition and a challenge for the EU’s own distant-water fishing activities and…

2nd October 2023

Report: EU fishers being undermined by ‘unfair’ Chinese competition

2nd October 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Global Fishing Watch has welcomed a new partner in its push for sustainable and transparent fisheries management.

29th September 2023

Palau joins Global Fishing Watch

29th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishers in the European Union are calling for a dedicated Fisheries Commissioner to halt the decline in food self-sufficiency.

28th September 2023

EU fishers call for dedicated minister

28th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lack of data and effective regulation is hindering the sustainable management of octopus and mahi-mahi, according to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.

27th September 2023

Octopus and mahi-mahi ‘badly managed’ says SFP

27th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

While the volume of fish and shellfish caught by the Scottish fishing fleet last year fell 2% compared with 2021 to around 429,000 tonnes, the value of these landings increased 4% to…

27th September 2023

Scottish catch value bounces back (but not to pre-Covid levels)

27th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

UK supermarket chain Waitrose has launched a series of videos to improve welfare standards across the UK fishing sector, in particular for migrant workers joining the industry. The move follows reports of…

27th September 2023

Waitrose looks to help migrant fishers after confirming UK industry failings

27th September 2023