Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Ahead of the 2025 UN Ocean Conference (UNOC3) taking place (9-13 June) in Nice, France, the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) is calling on policymakers to recognise the vital role of…

6th June 2025

International Coalition of Fisheries Associations calls for recognition of fisheries’ sustainability

6th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Launched on International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing (5 June 2025), new Oceana  analysis of China’s global fishing activity worldwide reports that the country’s 57,000  industrial fishing vessels dominated…

5th June 2025

Analysis: China dominates 44% of world’s fishing activity

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The resurgence of the great cormorant population across Europe – once a conservation success story – is now causing concern among fisheries, aquaculture industries and environmental policymakers.

5th June 2025

Cormorant’s comeback threatens Europe’s fisheries

5th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Marking the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing (5 June), United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for the Ocean Peter Thomson has urged states to ratify the IMO…

5th June 2025

WATCH: UN Special Envoy for the Ocean joins call for ratification of the IMO Cape Town Agreement

5th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing – every year on 5 June – is not merely a note on the calendar, it is a global call…

5th June 2025

GFCM: Major advances made in the fight against IUU fishing

5th June 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

A pilot community project to create a new locally-sourced fish finger for school lunches has been launched in the UK port city of Plymouth.

5th June 2025

By-catch fish finger opportunity identified for school kids

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A world champion freediver is calling on France to permanently close bottom fishing in the Gulf of Lion Fisheries Restricted Area (FRA) to protect the most vulnerable ecosystems of the Mediterranean.

5th June 2025

Diver demands protection for Mediterranean

5th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

More than 500 fisherfolk, civil society groups and coastal communities across the Philippines have come together to demand action to protect their livelihoods.

4th June 2025

Philippines’ fisherfolk demand protection

4th June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish herring fishing season has begun with vessel Lunar Bow having made its first landings of premium quality fish into Peterhead.

4th June 2025

Scottish summer herring season gets underway

4th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

EU leaders are under fire as a new legal complaint targets bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) ahead of the UN Ocean Conference.

3rd June 2025

EU faces legal heat over bottom trawling

3rd June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Australia’s southern bluefin tuna (SBT) longline and minorline fisheries have been independently certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)’s environmental standard for fishing, coinciding with the start of the SBT fishing season…

3rd June 2025

Australia’s southern bluefin tuna fisheries secure MSC

3rd June 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The head of the UK’s largest fisheries organisation has written to Sir Keir Starmer demanding he meet fishermen, calling the recent UK-EU trade deal ‘insulting and patronising’.

30th May 2025

Fisheries boss slams UK-EU deal

30th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Latvian North Atlantic Fisheries Association has become the latest member to join Europêche, strengthening the voice of the European sector at EU and international levels.

29th May 2025

Latvian fisheries association joins Europêche

29th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Beam trawler Enterprise, owned by the Ocean Fish Group, has recorded bringing ashore a record-breaking catch, dominated by nearly 20 tonnes of octopus. The catch grossed just over GBP 158,000, marking a…

28th May 2025

Newlyn catcher lands record catch

28th May 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Handed over just a few weeks after the completion of Prion for the Petrel Fishing Company, which also starting fishing this season, newbuild Argos Berbés has an 85-metre overall length and a…

28th May 2025

Second South Atlantic trawler from Galician yard

28th May 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built for Faroese fishing company Framherji, Høgaberg has joined the long series of pelagic vessels delivered by the Karstensen yard. Skipper Høgni Hansen took the new purser-trawler to start on blue whiting…

28th May 2025

Høgaberg joins Faroese fleet

28th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new poll reveals overwhelming Spanish support for fairer fishing quotas, giving small-scale fishers more access to Spanish fisheries.

27th May 2025

Spaniards demand fair fishing quotas

27th May 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Seafish will have seven seafood industry priority areas in the year ahead, the UK non-departmental public body (NDPB) has confirmed. As part of its 2025/26 annual plan, the focus will be on: Workforce, safety, careers and…

27th May 2025

Seafish to help UK seafood progress innovation, trade and resilience

27th May 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Thorsteinn Már Baldvinsson, CEO of Samherji hf, has written a letter to all Samherji employees, informing them of his decision to vacate the role as of June 2025, after serving in the…

26th May 2025

Samherji’s CEO steps down

26th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is now connected to the FLUX TL network, with network nodes implemented at FAO enabling the exchange of fisheries control information through the FLUX transportation layer…

26th May 2025

FAO implements standard for fisheries information exchange

26th May 2025