Fisheries

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The US Fish and Wildlife Service has announced 29 states will receive just over US$70 million to support 43 projects that will address outdated or obsolete dams, culverts, levees and other barriers…

30th April 2024

Washington gives $70m support to fish passage projects

30th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

National charity, the Fishermen’s Mission, has announced the locations and times for the very first National Fishing Remembrance Day services.

30th April 2024

UK’s first National Fishing Remembrance Day – 12 May 2024

30th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A tuna fishery has become the first in the world to be awarded Marine Stewardship Council certification for skipjack tuna from all four oceans.

29th April 2024

Skipjack tuna from all four oceans certified

29th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Republic of the Marshall Islands (RMI) said it has taken a significant step in the fight against illegal fishing by ratifying the FAO Agreement on Port State Measures to Prevent, Deter…

26th April 2024

Marshall Islands step up fight against illegal fishing

26th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Set up in April last year with the aim of injecting more than $100 million into fisheries management by 2030, the Fisheries Improvement Fund has launched its first fishery improvement project.

25th April 2024

New fund launches first FIP in Chile

25th April 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA) is sounding the alarm about the sustainability of Northeast Atlantic blue whiting.

24th April 2024

Blue whiting ‘stalemate’ affecting aquaculture

24th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Environmental Justice Foundation has joined 75 other organisations to urge the European Parliament to adopt regulation prohibiting products made through forced labour entering the EU market.

22nd April 2024

Brussels urged to adopt forced labour law

22nd April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scottish mackerel has been boosted by a surge in sales to Japan, with demand anticipated to grow even more.

19th April 2024

Demand from Japan boosts Scottish mackerel

19th April 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI) in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has confirmed a contract has been awarded to Spanish shipyard Astilleros Armon Vigo SA for the construction of a new research vessel contracted…

19th April 2024

New research vessel for Northern Ireland

19th April 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has introduced a digital tool to help combat illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing.

18th April 2024

EC launches digital tool to help fight IUU fishing

18th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

African nations are pledging their commitment to combatting unsustainable fishing and the effects of climate change.

17th April 2024

Africa makes sustainability commitments

17th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A campaign calling on the EU to take tougher action against member state countries that still allow bottom trawling in their marine protected areas (MPAs) has been launched by a group of…

17th April 2024

Campaign launched to end destructive fishing in EU protected waters

17th April 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA), in the context of the European Union funded e-FishMed project, has launched an exchange programme to enhance cooperation and to promote sharing of expertise and best practices…

17th April 2024

New exchange programme to fight IUU fishing in Mediterranean

17th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

In response to a public consultation on a review of trawling activity inside the six nautical mile zone and baselines, the Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has acknowledged the need for improved management…

17th April 2024

KFO: Improved management needed in Irish inshore waters

17th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Iceland’s fishing fleet in March 2024 fell by 77% or almost 200,000 tonnes year-on-year to 60,434 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

17th April 2024

Icelandic fleet hit by zero capelin catch in March

17th April 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Oceanus, the world’s first long-range, autonomous research vessel, is the subject of a new CGI video, with developer Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) saying it’s set to usher in a new era for net-zero oceanography and…

16th April 2024

Watch: Oceanus – the world’s first long-range autonomous researcher

16th April 2024

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

From setting the standard for offshore supply vessels in the 1970s, to advanced anchor handlers that transformed the oil and gas industry, and a growing reference list in fishery and merchant ships,…

16th April 2024

Kongsberg Maritime celebrates 50 years of ship design

16th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Heading into the 9th Annual Our Ocean Conference, being held in Greece 15-17 April 2024, the International Coalition of Fisheries Associations (ICFA) is calling on policymakers to make fisheries management recommendations that…

15th April 2024

IFCA urges realistic, holistic fisheries policies

15th April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Global Seafood Alliance has released guidelines on the provision of WiFi for fishing crew at sea.

15th April 2024

GSA advises on WiFi at sea

15th April 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The Chinese fishing fleet is responsible for systemic illegal fishing and human rights abuses in countries bordering the Southwest Indian Ocean (SWIO), undercutting China’s claims of supporting sustainable development and thriving blue…

15th April 2024

Investigation: Chinese vessels abusing crew and fishing illegally in Indian Ocean

15th April 2024