Fisheries

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

The largest new vessel to join the Falklands fleet fishing for squid in the South Atlantic has been delivered by the Nodosa Shipyard in Galicia to the Petrel Fishing Company, a joint-venture…

9th January 2025

Nodosa delivers new Falklands factory trawler

9th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental NGOs are filing a legal challenge against the Dutch government over the ongoing practice of bottom trawling in the Dogger Bank, a vital marine protected area (MPA) in the North Sea.

9th January 2025

Netherlands sued over Dogger Bank trawling

9th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Nationally-recognised trade body Scottish Seafood Association (SSA) has voiced support for the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) and its recent statement regarding the urgent need to safeguard the future of fishing and processing…

6th January 2025

Concerns escalate over Scottish industry’s future

6th January 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Vietnam is intensifying its efforts to address illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, aiming to have the European Commission’s (EC) ‘yellow card’ lifted in the coming months.

6th January 2025

Vietnam pushes to overturn EC yellow card

6th January 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

With its new vessel, Gjögur has followed the trend away from processing at sea – new Hákon is a pelagic trawler/purse seiner with purely RSW capacity. The newbuild is one of a…

6th January 2025

New pelagic catcher joins Icelandic fleet

6th January 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has followed up on the European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) “Stop finning – Stop the trade”, which asked it for action to end international trade of loose shark fins. From January…

19th December 2024

Brussels steps up shark trade monitoring

19th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lift in the pelagic catch led the total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet in November 2024 to rise by 7% or more than 6,300 tonnes year-on-year…

16th December 2024

Icelandic fisheries landings up 7% in November

16th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Greenland have officially signed the renewed protocol implementing the sustainable fisheries partnership agreement (SFPA). Covering the next six years (2025-2030), this agreement will allow EU vessels to fish…

16th December 2024

EU, Greenland renew sustainable fisheries partnership

16th December 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The European Union has adopted new legislation to make the flatfish fisheries in the Baltic Sea more selective by reducing incidental catches of cod, a heavily depleted stock, with the use of more…

16th December 2024

Selective gears helping rebuild Baltic cod stocks

16th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Seafood Ireland Alliance, comprising five fishing industry organisations, has delivered its verdict on the outcome of the Annual Fisheries Council held in Brussels over two days of tense negotiations. A spokesperson…

12th December 2024

2025 EU fishing quotas offer mixed prospects for Ireland

12th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The permanent phase of the European Commission’s Multiannual Plan (MAP) for the western Mediterranean will officially begin on 1 January 2025, following an agreement by fisheries ministers to continue reducing fishing effort…

12th December 2024

Brussels agrees western Med plan for 2025

12th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) has appointed Ivan López Van der Veen as its new chair.

11th December 2024

Fisheries associations name new chairs

11th December 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Global fisheries and aquaculture production is projected to increase by 2.2% to nearly 192 million tonnes in 2024, with wild catch volumes recovering by 1.1% after a poor 2023 influenced by El…

10th December 2024

FAO: Global fish consumption stagnating

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A landmark study published in Science reveals that overfishing has caused shark and ray populations to plummet by over 50% since 1970, severely impacting ecological balance and elevating extinction risks.

10th December 2024

Overfishing and bycatch escalates shark extinction risk

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) concluded its latest annual meeting in Fiji with several positive results for Pacific Ocean tuna fisheries, including for electronic monitoring (EM) and management procedures, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

10th December 2024

Pacific tuna fishing meeting outcomes lauded

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An agreement has been reached by the European Union, Norway and the UK on the sustainable management of North Sea stocks in 2025, with the new deal also securing valuable fishing opportunities and…

10th December 2024

North Sea fisheries deal reached for 2025

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union and Norway have concluded negotiations on the management of shared stocks in the Skagerrak and Kattegat, quota exchanges, and reciprocal access to waters, with the new agreements securing key…

10th December 2024

European Union and Norway agree 2025 catches

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

European Union and United Kingdom negotiators have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2025 for more than 88 total allowable catches (TACs) in the Northeast Atlantic. The agreement will contribute to…

10th December 2024

EU, UK agree on fishing opportunities for 2025

10th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published the 2023 annual UK Sea Fisheries Statistics while working to address a data discrepancy in fisheries landing data that led to the suspension of the…

9th December 2024

UK Sea Fisheries Statistics published amid data review

9th December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 88% comes from stocks at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation’s (ISSF) latest Status of the Stocks report. This, the global coalition says, is…

4th December 2024

ISSF: Global tuna stocks’ health improves

4th December 2024