Fisheries

OPINION

OPINION

Born in Liverpool, Nova Scotia, Todd David Fralic (1973-2021) died suddenly at sea of Coronary Artery Thrombus. Carolyn Macleod, his partner in life, wanted to share her grief journey with others in…

16th January 2024

Grief notes: Journal entry of a fisherman’s widow

16th January 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built at the Vard Braila yard in Romania and completed at the shipbuilder’s Brattvaag yard, Sørkapp is a sophisticated modern factory trawler – and comes with a roughly NOK 500 million price…

15th January 2024

Third new factory trawler for Nergård

15th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Greenhouse gas emissions of the EU fishing fleet have fallen by more than a half in the past two decades.

12th January 2024

EU fishing fleet emissions halve in 20 years

12th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca) has named Julio Morón Ayala as its new president.

11th January 2024

Cepesca names new president

11th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New rules that modernise the way fishing activities are controlled in the European Union have been introduced, covering EU vessels and non-EU vessels fishing in Union waters.

10th January 2024

Tighter EU fisheries control rules enter into force

10th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Europe’s first worker-driven scheme to help tackle labour abuses and exploitation at sea has launched.

10th January 2024

UK scheme launched to tackle labour abuses

10th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Centralised legislation is key to harnessing India’s marine wealth, says the country’s fisheries research institute.

8th January 2024

Ways offered up to harness India’s marine wealth

8th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Funding is now available to help reduce fishing accidents and fatalities in the global south.

8th January 2024

International fishing safety fund launches

8th January 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Russia typically produces around 100,000 tonnes of crab each year. This catch has always been one of the most profitable segments of the country’s fisheries sector, with volumes mainly oriented towards export…

8th January 2024

Russia’s crab industry continues to thrive

8th January 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Using machine learning and satellite imagery to create the first global map of large vessel traffic and offshore infrastructure, a new study led by Global Fishing Watch has found a significant amount of…

8th January 2024

AI and satellite tech reveals titanic at-sea activity growth

8th January 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A lost section of a trawl has been returned and put back to use – more than a year after it came fast in the Barents Sea.

3rd January 2024

Lost trawl gear returned from Svalbard

3rd January 2024

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Khabarovsk Shipbuilding Plant in the Russian Far East has delivered the second of a pair of crabbers for Magadan company Mag-Sea International, with the formal flag-raising ceremony held at the quayside…

3rd January 2024

Second crabber for Mag-Sea delivered

3rd January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

It’s hoped a new management plan that includes a partial closure of eel fisheries each year, a complete ban on recreational fishing, and the setting-up of a monitoring network to identify effective…

2nd January 2024

New management plan offers hope for Europe’s at-risk eels

2nd January 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

In 2021, the percentage of overfished stocks in the Mediterranean and Black Sea fell below 60% for the first time, following a decreasing trend that started a decade ago, according to a…

22nd December 2023

FAO/GFCM: Mediterranean, Black Sea overfishing fallen to lowest level in a decade

22nd December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Icelandic fishing fleet in November increased by 24% or more than 17,000 tonnes year-on-year to 87,695 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

22nd December 2023

Herring boosts Iceland’s November ’23 catch

22nd December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

UK fishers will continue to have access to Norwegian North Sea waters in 2024 and be able to fish for key whitefish stocks following the successful conclusion of annual fisheries negotiations between…

21st December 2023

UK, Norway agree package for continued North Sea access

21st December 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The Karstensen yard in Skagen has delivered the new pelagic trawler to Sille Marie AS, a relatively young venture between Carl Aamodt and the Salthaug family from Sogne.

21st December 2023

Sille Marie joins Norwegian enterprise

21st December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The collaborative approach now adopted between the pelagic industry and science bodies on data collection represents a major sea-change in fisheries management that sets the standard for others to follow, according to…

21st December 2023

SFPA: Scottish pelagic data collection scheme paving the way for a sustainable future

21st December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Spanish government has sanctioned 25 Spanish-flagged fishing vessels for turning off their tracking devices while fishing off the coast of Argentina. 

21st December 2023

Spain sanctions 25 fishing vessels for disabling tracking

21st December 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With Australians expected to consume at least 22,000 tonnes of prawns during this year’s festive period, enough to fill 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools, new data from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) finds that…

20th December 2023

Aussie prawn fishers urge public to choose sustainably this Christmas

20th December 2023