Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Close to 2.5 million tonnes of tuna is being caught annually that’s certified to the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard for sustainable fishing, according to new data published by the international non-profit…

14th October 2022

MSC tuna tops 2.4m tonnes

14th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Officials have announced the closure of both the Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab 2022/23 seasons over concerns that populations are edging towards collapse.

12th October 2022

Alaska cancels crab seasons

12th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norway is to restrict access to its ports for Russian fishing vessels in order to prevent them from circumventing the sanctions placed on Moscow due to the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s…

7th October 2022

Norway curbs Russia access

7th October 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Large cuts should be made to Northeast Atlantic herring and mackerel quotas for 2023, but next year’s blue whiting catch can increase, according to the latest advice from the International Council for…

5th October 2022

ICES issues pelagic advice

5th October 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard has confirmed the launch of Arctic factory freezer trawler NB1107, which has been built for Denmark-based Ocean Prawns A/S.

4th October 2022

Atlantic Enterprise launched

4th October 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The Marine Stewardship Council has been accused of ‘greenwashing’ after more than half of seafood industry stakeholders said that it was no longer an effective indicator of sustainable fishing.

3rd October 2022

MSC accused of ‘greenwashing’

3rd October 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Cyprus has been given €38.3 million in EU funding to help promote the sustainable growth of the country’s aquaculture and fishing sectors.

30th September 2022

EU funding for Cyprus

30th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Alaska’s Bristol Bay’s 2022 inshore sockeye salmon run totalled 79 million fish – the largest run on record and some 81% above the 43.6 million average for the latest 20-year period (2022-2021). Additionally,…

30th September 2022

Bristol Bay salmon record

30th September 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The 17.4-metre length Euroclydon is the second crabbing fishing vessel built by the Macduff yard in the space of three years, following on from Levanter GY7. Both vessels belong to the same…

30th September 2022

New crabber for Scotland

30th September 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Spain’s Nodosa Shipyard has secured a contract to construct a new 85-metre factory trawler for the Petrel Fishing Company, part of Falklands-based Fortuna Ltd.

26th September 2022

Newbuild ordered for Petrel

26th September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

The development of Vónin’s Falcon and Falcon+ pelagic trawls has echoed the evolution of the mackerel fishery over recent years, most recently with the Faroese fleet switching to this type of gear…

26th September 2022

Fast, flexible pelagic trawls

26th September 2022

SHIPYARD NEWS

SHIPYARD NEWS

Turkish shipyard confirms it is building a new factory freezer trawler for Nordbank Hochseefischerei GMBH from Germany, a subsidiary of Parlevliet & Van der Plas

26th September 2022

Tersan trawler order

26th September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

It has taken a few years, and the pandemic that temporarily brought travel to a halt didn’t help in the development process, but the extended test phase for Thyborøn Trawldoor’s fully controllable…

22nd September 2022

Full-control Bluestreams

22nd September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Two fishing vessels have been fined by the Spanish government for turning of their automatic identification systems without legitimate reason.

21st September 2022

AIS breach fines

21st September 2022

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

Using technology from Scantrol and Deep Vision, Norwegian company Ava Ocean will start a project later this year that will seek to sustainably harvest scallops from the Barents Sea.

21st September 2022

Tech-enabled scalloping

21st September 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The latest in a series of trawlers operated by Faroese fishing company Framherji to carry the Akraberg name has been delivered by Norwegian shipbuilder Vard.

15th September 2022

Akraberg to the Faroes

15th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

An Irish fishermen’s association has called for immediate political action to alleviate the soaring cost of fuel which it says is causing hardship and anxiety for the industry.

14th September 2022

KFO calls for fuel cost support

14th September 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

The name on the side of the new fishing vessel delivered by Chantier Naval Forillon isn’t an easy one, but this reflects the Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government’s optimism for commercial fisheries

12th September 2022

Gaspé’s new crabber-trawler

12th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Greenpeace UK’s plans to drop more boulders in the South West Deeps (East) marine protected area (MPA) to prevent destructive industrial fishing have been blocked by the government.

8th September 2022

Greenpeace action blocked

8th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The destructive technique of bottom trawling could easily be replaced in the European Union by less aggressive fishing practices, says a new report.

8th September 2022

‘End EU bottom trawling’

8th September 2022