Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An international research study has examined how the combined effect of climate change may affect tuna and swordfish productivity and size in the future.

28th February 2023

Climate change shrinking tuna productivity, sizes

28th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New guidance has been published in Australia to help improve cooperation between the offshore petroleum and fishing industries.

27th February 2023

New seismic advice issued

27th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission is urging member states to ban destructive bottom trawling in marine protected areas by 2030.

24th February 2023

Sink or swim for EU seas

24th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission’s new Action Plan for EU fisheries and aquaculture has been praised the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) for acknowledging the social dimension of fisheries and the role they play…

23rd February 2023

ETF: EU plan fails workers

23rd February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Commission’s new package of measures aimed at improving the sustainability and resilience of EU fisheries and aquaculture has been criticised by the NGO community for its lack of ambition, and…

22nd February 2023

NGOs slam EUs ambition

22nd February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With the delivery of its new EU Action Plan, the European Commission has turned a blind eye to its own fisheries management system by championing a gradual phase out of bottom mobile…

22nd February 2023

EU plan – fishers fearful

22nd February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A package of measures to improve the sustainability and resilience of the EU’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors has been published by the European Commission.

21st February 2023

New EU plan launched

21st February 2023

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Twenty multinational projects will receive over €117 million to contribute to the objectives of the EU mission ‘Restore our Ocean and Waters’: protect and restore biodiversity, cut pollution and support a sustainable…

21st February 2023

EU backs blue projects

21st February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The North Atlantic Pelagic Advisory Group along with aquaculture companies and retailers is calling for urgent action to end overfishing of blue whiting in the Northeast Atlantic.

16th February 2023

Blue whiting action urged

16th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A programme designed to improve the culture of safety in Australia’s commercial seafood industry has been launched by seafood industry body Seafood Industry Australia (SIA), in conjunction with the Australian Maritime Safety Authority (AMSA) and the Fisheries Research and Development…

16th February 2023

Sea Safe for Aussie fishers

16th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total volume of fish and shellfish landed by Iceland’s fishing fleet decreased by 50% or almost 110,000 tonnes in January, with a total 220,033 tonnes.

15th February 2023

Iceland’s catch halves

15th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New United Arab Emirates (UAE) oceanographic research vessel Jaywun has been launched by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) to strengthen marine scientific research capabilities nationally and globally.

10th February 2023

UAE researcher launched

10th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The tuna purse-seine fishery’s existence in the Indian Ocean is now at stake following the decision taken by the Indian Ocean Tuna Commission (IOTC) to phase out drifting fish aggregating devices (FADs),…

9th February 2023

Europêche: Fleets at risk

9th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Indian Ocean Tuna Commission’s (IOTC) recent Special Session to adopt a conservation and management measure on fish aggregating devices (FADs) in Indian Ocean tuna fisheries concluded with some enhanced management provisions…

7th February 2023

IOTC ‘lacked compromise’

7th February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Environmental campaigners, fishing groups and retailers are urging the European Union to take action on harmful drifting fish aggregating devices (FAD) used by the EU tuna fleet in the Indian Ocean.

3rd February 2023

EU pressed for tuna action

3rd February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

There are many potential paths to achieve the EU’s ambition of reducing the fishing sector’s contribution to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% by 2030 and of becoming climate neutral by 2050,…

3rd February 2023

‘Decarbon EU fleet quicker’

3rd February 2023

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has signed a contract with Leinebris AS to build the Norwegian fishing company’s new longliner factory fishing vessel.

3rd February 2023

Longliner order for Tersan

3rd February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Conservation group, Oceana, has helped safeguard an abundant ecosystem off the coast of northern Chile.

2nd February 2023

New MPA for Chile

2nd February 2023

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A Final Determination has been issued by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water Act to help protect Bristol Bay, regarded as the world’s most productive wild salmon ecosystem.

1st February 2023

President protects salmon

1st February 2023

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built to operate under the Danish flag for its Swedish owners, pelagic vessel Astrid is the latest step in a strategy by the Johansson family to take a long-term view of the…

1st February 2023

New-gen pelagic catcher

1st February 2023