Fisheries

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

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Global Squid Supply Chain Roundtable (Squid SR) has published details of its participants’ squid sourcing in the Ocean Disclosure Project (ODP), becoming the first precompetitive collaboration to participate in the project.

4th December 2024

Global Squid Supply Chain Roundtable joins ODP

4th December 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

In the first-half of 2024, the combined profit of fishing, fish processing and aquaculture companies in Russia decreased by 14.2% to RUB 60.2 billion (approximate US$550 million), according to a new study…

4th December 2024

Russia’s seafood industry tightens its belt

4th December 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Transitioning to an EU fisheries sector that decarbonises and shifts practices toward lower energy-intensity and lower impacts on depleted fish populations and the ocean is crucial for achieving climate objectives, ensuring the…

3rd December 2024

New EU Commissioners urged to end fisheries’ fossil fuel subsidies

3rd December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A total of 101.2 million salmon were harvested in Alaska this year, a 56% decrease from the 2023 total harvest of 232.2 million salmon, according to the preliminary harvest figures published by…

3rd December 2024

Alaska reports very low salmon harvest

3rd December 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has announced the launch of fishing vessel Leinebris. The newbuild, which Tersan describes as “advanced and sustainable” is the result of a collaboration with vessel owner Leinebris AS and…

3rd December 2024

Tersan launches ‘advanced and sustainable’ catcher, Leinebris

3rd December 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The United Kingdom’s Royal Navy Maritime Domain Awareness Programme (MDAP) and Global Fishing Watch have signed an information sharing letter of intent (LoI) to tackle illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing (IUU).

3rd December 2024

UK Royal Navy, Global Fishing Watch team up to tackle IUU

3rd December 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The value of Iceland’s fish catch in the first nine months of 2024 was ISK 125.7 billion, according to preliminary figures published by Statistics Iceland. This total represents a 19% decrease compared…

3rd December 2024

Icelandic catch shrinks

3rd December 2024