Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A workshop in Nouadhibou has brought together key players in octopus fishing, management, research and trading in order to launch a sustainable fisheries plan.

3rd October 2023

Mauritania octopus fishery drives up sustainability

3rd October 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Fisheries ministers attending the high-level MedFish4Ever conference in Malta (3-4 October 2023) have been called upon by the NGO community to end the illegal bottom trawling, which they say that is driving…

3rd October 2023

MedFish4Ever Summit: Fisheries ministers urged to end illegal bottom trawling

3rd October 2023

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Increased management and law enforcement interventions are needed to ensure East African fisheries and the subsequent trade in their marine resources are legal and sustainable, according to Traffic, with its new report…

3rd October 2023

New survey finds artisanal fisher failings in Eastern African

3rd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The industry is warning of a repeat of the herring crash of the 1960s as Governments fail to stop overfishing.

2nd October 2023

Is a repeat of the herring crash of the 1960s afoot?

2nd October 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has recommended cuts to 2024’s mackerel and Atlanto-Scandian herring quotas and an increase in the blue whiting catch.

2nd October 2023

Lower herring, mackerel quotas advised for Northeast Atlantic and Arctic Ocean

2nd October 2023

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Comprising anything between 900 and 3,000 vessels catching 3-4 million tonnes of fish, China’s distant water fleets (DWFs) represent serious competition and a challenge for the EU’s own distant-water fishing activities and…

2nd October 2023

Report: EU fishers being undermined by ‘unfair’ Chinese competition

2nd October 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Global Fishing Watch has welcomed a new partner in its push for sustainable and transparent fisheries management.

29th September 2023

Palau joins Global Fishing Watch

29th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishers in the European Union are calling for a dedicated Fisheries Commissioner to halt the decline in food self-sufficiency.

28th September 2023

EU fishers call for dedicated minister

28th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A lack of data and effective regulation is hindering the sustainable management of octopus and mahi-mahi, according to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership.

27th September 2023

Octopus and mahi-mahi ‘badly managed’ says SFP

27th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

While the volume of fish and shellfish caught by the Scottish fishing fleet last year fell 2% compared with 2021 to around 429,000 tonnes, the value of these landings increased 4% to…

27th September 2023

Scottish catch value bounces back (but not to pre-Covid levels)

27th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

UK supermarket chain Waitrose has launched a series of videos to improve welfare standards across the UK fishing sector, in particular for migrant workers joining the industry. The move follows reports of…

27th September 2023

Waitrose looks to help migrant fishers after confirming UK industry failings

27th September 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Icelandic fishing company Síldarvinnslan hf (SVN) has completed the 50% purchase of seafood sales firm Ice Fresh Seafood, concluding negotiations that were first announced at the end of March this year.

26th September 2023

Iceland’s SVN buys half of Ice Fresh from Samherji

26th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The focus of the 45th Annual Meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) was sustainable management of key fish stocks in the Northwest Atlantic.

26th September 2023

Sustainable measures set for North-West Atlantic fisheries

26th September 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The European Commission has identified the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago as a non-cooperating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and given it a so-called “red card” whereby all of its wild-caught…

26th September 2023

Trinidad and Tobago red-carded for illegal fish failings

26th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The World Trade Organization has broadly agreed to curb subsidies which contribute to overfishing.

25th September 2023

WTO agrees ‘pivotal’ subsidies curb

25th September 2023

OPINION

OPINION

Accountability.Fish Global Director Ryan Orgera discusses the inconsistent rhetoric and behaviour of the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission.

25th September 2023

Op-Ed: Time for action not words – making Pacific tuna sustainable

25th September 2023

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The energy crisis, inflation and the conflict in Ukraine have impacted revenues at Royal Greenland.

22nd September 2023

Volatility hits Royal Greenland revenues

22nd September 2023

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Norway/Uruguay-based Pesquera Azul believes its successful trial of a new catch protection cage in whale-infested waters in the southern Indian Ocean could be a potential game-changer for the longline fishing industry as…

22nd September 2023

Longline company lauds new whale depredation solution

22nd September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fisheries governance watchdog Accountability.Fish has criticised the Western & Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, saying its practice of holding key meetings in secrecy makes a mockery of the commission’s sustainability rhetoric.

21st September 2023

‘No sustainability without accountability’

21st September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Preparations are now well underway to again welcome thousands of visitors – spanning the entire fisheries, aquaculture and seafood processing landscape – to the 14th edition of the Icelandic Fisheries Exhibition. Being…

21st September 2023

IceFish 2024: Championing blue food – from sea to plate

21st September 2023