Fisheries

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

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The US Department of Commerce and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the next steps to conserve and recover endangered North Atlantic right whales with US$82 million in funding…

19th September 2023

Biden administration gives $82m for right whale conservation

19th September 2023

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Deepwater fishing company Sealord has entered into an agreement to acquire privately-owned Independent Fisheries, with the deal hailed as the largest financial transaction in New Zealand’s seafood sector since the Sealord deal in 1992…

18th September 2023

Sealord buys Independent Fisheries, becomes NZ’s largest seafood company

18th September 2023

AQUACULTURE

AQUACULTURE

Movements of Pacific oysters in Devon, UK have been restricted after a herpes virus outbreak

18th September 2023

Disease outbreak limits oyster movements

18th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The volume of fish and shellfish landed by the Iceland’s fishing fleet increased by 10% or 10,464 tonnes year-on-year in August 2023 to a total 114,483 tonnes, according to preliminary figures for…

18th September 2023

Larger whitefish, mackerel landings lift Iceland’s August catch

18th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union is ready to exchange fisheries control data using a new common global standard recognised by the United Nations, the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG MARE) has confirmed.

18th September 2023

EU approves standard to share fisheries data

18th September 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishers in the European Union are urging coastal states to resume all-party talks on mackerel quotas to safeguard stocks and businesses.

14th September 2023

Solve Atlantic mackerel stalemate, urge EU fishers

14th September 2023

SHIP DESIGN

SHIP DESIGN

Spain’s Freire Shipyard has contracted Longitude Engineering for the basic design of a newbuild research vessel that it is building for IFREMER, the French Research Institute for Exploitation of the Sea.

12th September 2023

Designer appointed for new French research vessel

12th September 2023