Fisheries

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

The Pacific Community (SPC) has announced the first deployment of recycled buoys from the drifting fish aggregating devices (dFADs) used in tropical tuna fisheries in its region, starting with the waters of…

10th March 2024

Second life for recycled satellite buoys

10th March 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

TorNet, the Spanish arm of Icelandic fishing gear group Hampiðjan, is moving after being in the same building since 2010. The company isn’t moving far, but is going to a more suitable…

10th March 2024

TorNet in new Las Palmas net loft

10th March 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Dra. Barbieri has been built at the ASENAV shipyard, with its construction financed by the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture. It’s now being outfitted ready to begin operations.

10th March 2024

New research vessel for Chile’s coastal waters

10th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Women work just under a third of all fishing-related jobs in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea but persisting biases mean their true contributions to the economies of coastal fishing communities continue…

8th March 2024

Women in fisheries – challenges and opportunities in the Mediterranean, Black Sea

8th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK and Faroe Islands have reached an agreement on fishing opportunities for 2024 with the UK securing over 2,200 tonnes of fishing quota.

5th March 2024

UK and Faroe Islands reach 2024 fishing agreement

5th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Welsh government has pledged £1 million to help boost the marine, fisheries and aquaculture industries.

4th March 2024

£1m boost for Welsh seafood

4th March 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Investment in new vessels and the latest state-of-the-art fish handling technology has ensured that the Shetland pelagic fleet is at the forefront of catching premium mackerel, herring and blue whiting where carbon…

4th March 2024

Shetland pelagic fleet investments net green benefits

4th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet in 2023 fell by 3% or almost 40,000 tonnes compared to the previous year to 1,374,823 tonnes, but the…

4th March 2024

Icelandic catch increases in value

4th March 2024

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

To help report destructive and illegal fishing practices, non-profit marine conservation organisation Sea Shepherd Global has four of its nine current vessels subscribed to its maritime communications service Fleet Xpress. This includes Allankay, a…

4th March 2024

Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress helping combat illegal fishing

4th March 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

The Royal Thai Government must drop new legislation that’s looking to deregulate the country’s fishing industry and instead reform its fisheries, according to the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF), with a new report…

4th March 2024

EJF: Pair trawling turning future valuable catches into today’s ‘trash fish’

4th March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

More and more tuna fisheries are successfully meeting the Marine Stewardship Council standards, helping to ensure a ready supply of responsibly sourced produce for a growing number of brands and retailers.

1st March 2024

More tuna fisheries meet MSC standards

1st March 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Atlanto-Scandian herring in the Northeast Atlantic could face a potential repeat of the 1960s herring collapse if governments do not take steps to stop overfishing, according to new research from the North…

1st March 2024

NAPA: Herring collapse on the horizon without urgent action

1st March 2024

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Lerøy Seafood Group ASA (LSG) achieved revenue of NOK 30 billion for the first time in its history last year, the Bremen, Norway, -headquartered fish farming and fishing company has confirmed.

29th February 2024

Record revenue for Lerøy Seafood Group

29th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK government has announced new measures to help fishermen affected by restrictions to pollack fishing.

26th February 2024

UK aid for pollack fishers

26th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK government has made around £6 million in match funding available to projects that develop the catching, processing and aquaculture sectors or enhance the marine environment.

26th February 2024

More funding for UK fishing sector

26th February 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The owners of Wave Crest went to Mooney Boats in Killybegs for their two multi-purpose fishing vessels capable of seine netting and working a variety of trawl gears.

26th February 2024

Multi-purpose Wave Crest joins sister vessel

26th February 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The new gear has only a third of the weight of a comparable set of rockhopper gear and as it generates less seabed contact, this is seen as producing less bottom impact…

26th February 2024

Testing gentler ground gear

26th February 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The traditional start-of-the-year mackerel fishery for the Scottish mackerel fleet proved fruitful, with boats reporting abundant shoals of good-sized fish.

26th February 2024

Good year start for Scottish mackerel fishers

26th February 2024

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

Family-run UK company Whitby Seafoods has confirmed its support of an agreement between the scampi fishermen of England, Scotland and Northern Ireland to adopt the Marine Stewardship Council’s new “In Transition to MSC”…

22nd February 2024

Whitby Seafoods signs up to scampi sustainability agreement

22nd February 2024

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Views and expertise on the environmental, social and economic consequences of a potential ban on EU sales and international trade of loose shark fins are being sought by the European Commission in…

22nd February 2024

Brussels calls for evidence on a potential ban on sales of loose shark fins

22nd February 2024