Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 86.4% is now sourced from stocks at healthy levels, according to the latest Status of the Stocks report from the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation. 

8th August 2022

Rise in tuna stock health

8th August 2022

INTERVIEWS

INTERVIEWS

Gísli V Jónsson, this year’s Outstanding Icelandic Skipper, discusses his remarkable career

5th August 2022

Three months that became 25 years

5th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

A hake fishery has become the first fishery outside of Alaska to be certified to the Responsible Fisheries Management (RFM) sustainable fishery standard.

3rd August 2022

RFM certification for hake

3rd August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF) has published a position statement ahead of the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC) annual meeting, which takes place 1-5 August 2022.

27th July 2022

ISSF urges tuna protection

27th July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Austria has been given €6.7 million in EU funding to help promote sustainable inland fisheries, aquaculture, processing and conserve aquatic resources.

27th July 2022

EU funding for Austria

27th July 2022

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

The UK government is being urged to use its UK Seafood Fund to prioritise the ‘wild catching’ sector, which operates mainly offshore but also in some inland waters.

25th July 2022

UK seafood fund priorities

25th July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

US-based non-profit organisation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has confirmed the appointment of Aisla Jones as a Partnership Programme Director.

22nd July 2022

Exec incomings at SFP

22nd July 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

A fleet of vessels that have been fishing illegally across the Atlantic and Indian Oceans have been struck off Oman’s registry.

21st July 2022

Oman revokes fleet

21st July 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Nueva Pescanova’s Namibia subsidiary, Novanam, has become the first in the country, and one of the first worldwide, to be awarded the FISH Standard for Crew certification in recognition of its fair…

21st July 2022

Ethical award for Novanam

21st July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Six tuna stocks fished by the Association of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (AGAC) have been certified as sustainable by the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

18th July 2022

Spanish tuna certified

18th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Reduced catches across all of Iceland’s main fisheries categories led the country’s fishing fleet to land 29% less seafood last month, with the capture of 35,237 tonnes of fish and shellfish, according…

18th July 2022

29% fall in Icelandic fish

18th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Association of National Organizations of Fishing Enterprises in the EU (Europêche) insists that Europe’s control rule on margin of tolerance is incompatible with fishing operations in the tropical tuna purse seine fishery.

15th July 2022

EU tuna fleet threatened

15th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Current laws around visas and short-term contracts are leaving Filipino migrant fishermen in north-east Scotland vulnerable to abuse and coercive control.

15th July 2022

Migrant workers at risk from abuse

15th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The opening morning of Australia’s Bass Strait Central Zone Scallop fishery (BSCZSF) 2022 season brought the confirmation that it had achieved certification for its sustainable fisheries practices and management.

12th July 2022

Aussie certified scallops

12th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

UK fishing vessel owners and skippers are being urged to take part in Seafish’s annual survey of the fleet which began in Peterhead, Scotland, on 11 July. 

12th July 2022

Fishing fleet survey

12th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Síldarvinnslan hf has entered a deal to acquire the entire shareholding in fellow Icelandic fisheries company Vísir hf for ISK 20 billion.

11th July 2022

Síldarvinnslan to buy Vísir

11th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Association of Large Freezer Tuna Vessels (Asociación de Grandes Atuneros Congeladores, AGAC) has obtained Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification for skipjack tuna (Katsuwonus pelamis) in the Indian Ocean after more than…

8th July 2022

Skipjack tuna eco-certified

8th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU and Norway have concluded fisheries consultations that sought to modernise the exchange of fisheries data for control purposes.

6th July 2022

New EU-Norway controls

6th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

With less than two months to go until the 2022 edition of the Nor-Fishing trade fair, the Nor-Fishing Foundation Board has announced the shortlist for its Innovation Award and a prize of…

4th July 2022

Nor-Fishing shortlist

4th July 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The new National Security Memorandum (NSM) issued by US President Joe Biden to address illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing and related harmful fishing practices is a step in the right direction…

30th June 2022

Biden IUU plan ‘not enough’

30th June 2022