Fisheries

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A new fishing gear production facility in the Danish port of Skagen is expected to be ready for use this summer as the new Cosmos Trawl net loft takes shape.

5th August 2024

New net loft takes shape on Skagen quayside

5th August 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Armón yard in Vigo has launched freezer trawler Hadassa Bay for South Atlantic Squid Ltd, a joint-venture company owned by Beauchene Fishing Co in the Falkland Islands and Spanish company Copemar.

5th August 2024

Falklands trawler launched at Vigo yard

5th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA Fisheries has developed a new data visualisation tool that provides abundance indices for 25 species in the Gulf of Mexico and 18 species in the southeastern US Atlantic. Species include numerous…

5th August 2024

US fish and shrimp data on demand

5th August 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Despite the detrimental impact of sweeping Western measures imposed over Iran’s nuclear programme, the government has ambitious plans to near double its fish production. And while a lack of access to critical…

2nd August 2024

Iranian fish production in the shadow of sanctions

2nd August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Wild catch of salmon and related species has risen by 7% to 5.2 million tonnes in 2023, according to seafood data analyst, Kontali.

1st August 2024

Wild salmon catch up whilst farmed sector struggles

1st August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK’s Merchant Navy Welfare Board (MNWB) has launched a new online training course to help drive up welfare standards in the fishing sector.

31st July 2024

Charity drive to boost welfare in fishing

31st July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Lewes District Council allocated just over GBP 1 million to the project from a GBP 12.68 million UK government grant to improve infrastructure for the town’s commercial fishing industry.

29th July 2024

Newhaven fish processing plant nears completion

29th July 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Thai Union has officially opened its new, 8,000-tonne coldstore for its Pioneer Food Cannery (PFC) factory. Located in Tema, Ghana, near PFC’s manufacturing plant, the coldstore will ensure year-round temperature-controlled storage of…

26th July 2024

Thai Union expands footprint in Ghana

26th July 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Northern Ireland’s Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Andrew Muir, has announced the Marine Environment and Fisheries Fund for Northern Ireland stakeholders is now open for applications.

26th July 2024

Northern Ireland provides millions in fisheries, aquaculture support

26th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fishers have renewed access to waters around Cabo Verde for five years under the latest deal struck between the two.

25th July 2024

Cabo Verde renews EU tuna quotas

25th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fisheries scientists in “An Evaluation of the Sustainability of Global Tuna Stocks Relative to Marine Stewardship Council Criteria” – a new report commissioned by the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) – found 11 of the…

25th July 2024

ISSF: 12 tuna stocks don’t meet MSC certification criteria

25th July 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

EU fishing vessels caught approximately 3.4 million tonnes (live weight) of fish and shellfish in 2022, with the annual total representing a new low for the industry, putting it well below 2017’s…

23rd July 2024

EU commercial catches continue to decline, but value increases

23rd July 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Japan’s fishing and aquaculture industries supplied a total 3.9 million tonnes of marine products in 2022, representing a decrease of 5.8% or 24,000 tonnes on the previous year, according to the country’s…

23rd July 2024

Japanese seafood imports exceed domestic production

23rd July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A set of updated fisheries measures for the Northeast Atlantic Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) area have been formally adopted by the European Council.

23rd July 2024

Brussels greenlights new fisheries measures for Northeast Atlantic

23rd July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With 401 votes in favour, European Parliament elected Ursula von der Leyen as President of the European Commission in a secret ballot. This will be von der Leyen’s second term as Commission…

18th July 2024

Reaction as Ursula von der Leyen re-elected European Commission President

18th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The only Marine Stewardship Council-certified herring fishery in the north-east Atlantic is about to get under way.

18th July 2024

Putting ‘silver darlings’ on the menu

18th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMO) are consistently failing to sustain fisheries and protect marine biodiversity, says Accountability.Fish.

17th July 2024

RFMOs ‘fail to protect oceans’

17th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Spanish Fishing Confederation (Cepesca) is demanding action on the fraudulent trade of bluefin tuna.

17th July 2024

Cepesca urges action on illegal tuna trade

17th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Certified Seafood Collaborative (CSC) has confirmed the US Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery (white, brown and pink shrimp) for all five Gulf states and federal waters has achieved Responsible Fisheries Management…

16th July 2024

Gulf of Mexico shrimp fishery nets RFM certification

16th July 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A task force convened to explore the challenges faced by Pacific salmon has made a raft of recommendations.

15th July 2024

Pacific salmon task force completes research

15th July 2024