Fisheries

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Germany and Bulgaria have been given €211.8 million and €85 million respectively in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

28th November 2022

Germany, Bulgaria funding

28th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Low-impact precision seabed harvester Arctic Pearl is ready to set course for the Barents Sea and the reopening of the Arctic scallop fishery for the first time in 30 years.

28th November 2022

Scallop project launched

28th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Faroe Islands and Russia have concluded consultations on their fisheries cooperation for 2023. 

28th November 2022

2023 Faroes-Russia deal

28th November 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Nodosa shipyard in Spain has formalised an agreement for the construction of a new freezer trawler for Orion Fishing Company Ltd, a venture jointly-owned by Vigo’s Armadora Pereira SA and Malvinas, Falklands-based…

24th November 2022

New trawler for Orion

24th November 2022

SAFETY & DISTRESS

SAFETY & DISTRESS

The first at-sea assessment of working conditions and crew welfare onboard a longline vessel supplying Thai Union has already led to improvements being made, with more expected to follow, according to the…

24th November 2022

TU improves fisher welfare

24th November 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Engine company Yanmar America has completed the installation of powerful and fuel-efficient marine diesel engines in the two Maine lobster boats, Mattie & Ayva (Wesmac 50) and KGB (Libby 47), both based…

24th November 2022

Yanmar power for Maine

24th November 2022

FEED & NUTRITION

FEED & NUTRITION

Peru’s Ministry of Production (Produce) has authorised the start of the second season of industrial fishing for anchovy (Engraulis ringens) and white anchovy (Anchoa nasus), destined for indirect human consumption, in the…

24th November 2022

Peru sets anchovy quota

24th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Action is urgently needed to prevent the depletion of Pacific tuna stocks, warns the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

24th November 2022

ISSF urges action on tuna

24th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) has agreed new sustainable management procedures for bluefin tuna and shortfin mako sharks and better protection for sea turtles.

23rd November 2022

ICCAT protects bluefin

23rd November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

International non-profit Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) is calling on member governments of the Western Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) to pass important conservation management measures for tuna stocks at the 19th Regular…

23rd November 2022

MSC urges tuna progress

23rd November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The world’s first population-wide fishing quota for highly vulnerable shortfin mako sharks has been agreed by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).

23rd November 2022

First mako shark quota

23rd November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) decision to suspend the Gulf of Maine lobster fishery’s eco-certification has not gone down well with leaders in the US state.

18th November 2022

Maine reacts to MSC loss

18th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Gulf of Maine lobster fishery’s Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification is being suspended amid concerns of endangered North Atlantic right whales becoming entangled in fishing gear.

17th November 2022

Maine loses eco-label

17th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fishery officers in Canada have uncovered 25 serious violations of fisheries management measures as part of their work to combat illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the North Pacific.

16th November 2022

IUU detection success

16th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The Indonesian government and Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) have signed an agreement aimed at moving the country towards a sustainable blue economy.

16th November 2022

Sustainability renewal

16th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The total value of Alaska’s commercial salmon catch increased by US$ 77 million on 2021 to $720.4 million, according to this year’s preliminary figures published by the Alaska Department of Fish and…

14th November 2022

Alaska salmon value rises

14th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

For the first time ever, the EU and neighbouring countries in the Mediterranean have agreed plans to help improve environmental and economic sustainability in the region.

14th November 2022

Med management plans

14th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Political leaders attending COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh are being called on to act decisively to mainstream good fisheries management as effective carbon management within the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and UN processes.

11th November 2022

Protect oceans, COP urged

11th November 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The creation of a new initiative that aims to support the transition to a sustainable blue economy in the European Union’s Southern Neighbourhood countries in the Mediterranean region has been announced at…

10th November 2022

Blue Med partnership

10th November 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Some 2.38 million tonnes of the global tuna catch is now certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing, according to the international non-profit organisation’s latest quarterly tuna update.

10th November 2022

47% of tuna with MSC

10th November 2022