Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The United Kingdom’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has published guidance on this year’s fishing plan for Atlantic bluefin tuna in UK waters.

2nd April 2024

UK announces bluefin tuna fishing plan

2nd April 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Legal proceedings have begun against the UK government over its alleged failure to set appropriate quota limits post-Brexit.

27th March 2024

Ocean charity sues UK govt for overfishing

27th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Killybegs Fishermen’s Organisation (KFO) has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to distribute the additional mackerel quota negotiated at the December Fisheries Council as a matter of urgency.

27th March 2024

Irish fishers appeal for urgent access to mackerel fishery

27th March 2024

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The United Kingdom’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is inviting applications for the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) after confirming the date for the next review panel.

27th March 2024

Fisheries and Seafood Scheme announces next panel date

27th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spanish technology company Satlink has launched the first programme for the reuse of smart buoys for tropical tuna fishing in the Atlantic Ocean with NGO Project Biodiversity of Cape Verde. The collaboration…

26th March 2024

Buoys to be reused for tuna fishing in the Atlantic

26th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Government of Tristan da Cunha, the British Overseas Territory located in the middle of the South Atlantic, is inviting Expressions of Interest (EoIs) from suitably qualified fishing companies to fish the…

25th March 2024

Tristan da Cunha lobster: Expressions of interest invited to fish quota

25th March 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Directly consuming more wild-capture fisheries species that are widely used in salmon feeds, such as mackerel, anchovies and herring, could benefit people’s health while reducing aquaculture’s demand for finite marine resources, a…

22nd March 2024

Study: Fish fed to farmed salmon should also be part of the human diet

22nd March 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

Over the course of the past decade, Aalborg, Denmark, -headquartered Carsoe has become a prominent leader in the onboard fish and shellfish processing equipment space, with its innovations taking at-sea fish processing…

21st March 2024

Carsoe’s species-flexible systems gain wide appeal

21st March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

With new analysis of satellite data from non-profit Global Fishing Watch (GFW) finding that over 100,000 hours of apparent industrial fishing took place within the United Kingdom’s offshore marine protected areas (MPAs) in 2023, oceans…

21st March 2024

Oceana: UK MPAs subjected to 33,000 hours of suspected bottom trawling in 2023

21st March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A new app for mobile phones has launched to help the public in India engage with marine fisheries research.

20th March 2024

CMFRI urges public support for fisheries research

20th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishermen in Maine enjoyed a strong year in 2023 with earnings up almost 5% on the previous year.

20th March 2024

High lobster price boosts Maine fisheries

20th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) and the Hilborn Lab at the University of Washington have released an updated version of their Fishery Improvement Projects Database (FIP-DB). This 6th edition of the database is…

20th March 2024

Updated fishery improvement project database launched

20th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet in February 2024 fell by 56% or more than 84,000 tonnes year-on-year to 65,414 tonnes, according to preliminary figures…

18th March 2024

Zero capelin catch hits Iceland’s February landings

18th March 2024

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Icelandic fishing, processing and aquaculture company Hraðfrystihúsið-Gunnvör has placed an order for a new factory freezer trawler to be built at Astilleros Ria de Vigo, the former Barreras shipyard which has been…

18th March 2024

Factory trawler order goes to Spanish yard

18th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Campaign group Accountability.Fish has launched a new drive to encourage fisheries to be more transparent and open.

18th March 2024

Campaign group urges greater fisheries openness

18th March 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) and the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have unveiled this year’s winners in Australia’s Sustainable Seafood Awards.

15th March 2024

MSC, ASC unveil Australian champions

15th March 2024

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

PROCESSING & REFRIGERATION

When representatives of the Russian fish industry gathered for a first meeting to discuss the impact of the Western sanctions in 2022, the mood was close to panic, recalled Herman Zverev, President…

15th March 2024

Russian processing struggling to keep its head above water

15th March 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A new questionnaire seeking the feedback from the public on policy options to better protect and manage sharks and related marine ecosystems has been published by the European Commission.

13th March 2024

European Commission seeks public opinion on improving shark protection

13th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) has reported troubling revelations surrounding the operations of the Chinese seafood supplier, Zhejiang Ocean Family Co Ltd (ZOF).

12th March 2024

EJF condemns ‘tainted’ Chinese seafood supplier

12th March 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The growing list of distributors for the CatchCam gear-mounted cameras system developed by SafetyNet Technologies has been joined by Hampidjan Canada.

10th March 2024

Hampidjan Canada becomes latest CatchCam distributor

10th March 2024