Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Part of the South African albacore tuna pole and line fishery, represented by ICV Africa, has become the first to successfully achieve MSC certification, after taking part in the In-Transition to MSC…

9th August 2024

MSC certifies first South African tuna fishery

9th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Despite natural fluctuations, fishers, divers and scientists are becoming increasingly concerned about unexplained structural decline of European Lobster (Homarus gammarus) in the Netherlands’ Eastern Scheldt lobster fishery. It has also been determined…

9th August 2024

LobStAR launched to get a grip on declining Dutch stocks

9th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A report on the implementation of technical measures introduced in 2019 to protect fisheries resources and marine ecosystems has been published by the European Commission.

9th August 2024

EC: Technical measures boosting fisheries sustainability

9th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new report from environmental charity Ecology Action Centre (EAC) suggests that Nova Scotia’s historic swordfish harpoon fleet could increase its earnings by US$2.5 million through the introduction of charter operations and…

8th August 2024

Keeping a swordfish harpoon fishery alive

8th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Western Mediterranean fish stocks are on the road to full recovery, advises a report published by the European Commission on the implementation of the Western Mediterranean multi-annual management plan for demersal fish…

8th August 2024

West Med fish stocks starting to recover

8th August 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The European Union’s aquatic animal production stood at 4.2 million tonnes in 2022, with fisheries landings contributing an estimated 3.1 million tonnes and aquaculture reaching 1.1 million tonnes, according to the latest…

7th August 2024

EU aquaculture lags behind fisheries production

7th August 2024

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Richard Williamson, new chair of the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association (SPFA), said he is honoured to take on the new role and build upon the excellent work of the previous long-standing chair,…

7th August 2024

New SPFA chairman keen to address challenges facing sector

7th August 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

UK public body Seafish has launched end-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear surveys to help minimise waste and encourage greater recycling.

7th August 2024

End-of-life fishing and aquaculture gear surveys launched

7th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Norway exported NOK 13 billion worth of fisheries and aquaculture products last month, representing a 6% or NOK 727 million increase on the total reported in July 2023, with Poland, Denmark and…

7th August 2024

Weakened krone boosts Norwegian exports

7th August 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) membership has been increased with the addition of three new members: Archipelagics Inc, Ainan Coop and Samaki Bluu. According to IPNLF, these alliances strengthen its…

7th August 2024

IPNLF recruits three new supply chain members

7th August 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New Zealand is committing nearly NZD 50 million to a package supporting sustainable Pacific fisheries development over the next four years, Foreign Minister Winston Peters and Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones…

5th August 2024

NZ support for sustainable Pacific fisheries

5th August 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Esbjerg company MLD is one of the pioneers of controllable trawl doors, and while this development has been focused on the pelagic sector, the company is also working on applying this technology…

5th August 2024

Controllable doors ready to go demersal

5th August 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

New Zealand-based Starboard Maritime Intelligence has successfully closed a NZ$5 million seed funding round.

5th August 2024

Intelligence specialist secures seed funding

5th August 2024

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