Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UKs offshore marine protected areas (MPA) were subjected to over 20,600 hours of suspected bottom trawling in 2024, according to a new report by Oceana UK.

21st May 2025

UK MPAs are a ‘sham’, says Oceana

21st May 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A four-day summit has been held in Indonesia by the Seafood Task Force (STF) to discuss how to protect migrant fishers working on distant-water tuna vessels.

21st May 2025

Seafood Task Force holds summit on protecting migrant tuna fishers

21st May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) has slammed the new EU-UK deal giving European fishing vessels continued access to British waters through to 2038.

20th May 2025

Scottish Fishermen’s Federation slams UK-EU fisheries access deal

20th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Giving EU fishing vessels continued access to British waters through to 2038 is a betrayal of the UK’s fishing industry and the communities it supports, according to the Scottish Pelagic Fishermen’s Association…

20th May 2025

New EU deal ‘a betrayal to fishing sector’, says SPFA

20th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fishing industry body Europêche has welcomed the new agreement reached between the Union and the United Kingdom, which includes extension of fishing access to each other’s waters until 2038.

20th May 2025

Europêche: EU–UK fisheries agreement ‘a positive step for both sides’

20th May 2025

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has confirmed the start of extensive reconstruction operations for a next-generation krill fishing vessel.

20th May 2025

Tersan begins reconstruction of next-gen krill catcher for Aker QRILL

20th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU fishing vessels will continue to have access to UK waters through to 2038 as part of the package of new deals agreed at the first-ever EU-UK summit.

20th May 2025

UK-EU strike 12-year deal on fisheries access

20th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Rampant overfishing and illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing in Senegal are driving a humanitarian crisis, according to a new report and film by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

19th May 2025

WATCH: Overfishing fuels deadly migration crisis

19th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Access to skilled labour continues to be the leading employment challenge facing the UK fishing fleet, according to a new report by Seafish.

19th May 2025

Labour shortage hits UK fishing

19th May 2025

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Today (16 May) marks the European Union’s ‘End of Fish Day’ - the date by which the EU has theoretically exhausted all its domestically sourced seafood for the year, says Seas At Risk.

16th May 2025

EU hits ‘End of Fish Day’

16th May 2025