Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Seven seafood industry and seven non-government organisations have declared their support of a call made by The Pew Charitable Trusts to the member states of the Food & Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of…

7th September 2022

Fisher safety unites industry

7th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 86.4% is sourced from stocks deemed to be at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the latest edition of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)…

6th September 2022

Tuna stocks health improves

6th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Eighteen limestone boulders have been placed on the seabed in the South West Deeps (East) marine protected area (MPA) by Greenpeace UK to block destructive industrial fishing in the area.

6th September 2022

Greenpeace fishing barrier

6th September 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

NOAA Fisheries has identified a new way to deliver more timely genetic information to help resource managers and fishermen in their effort to reduce the salmon bycatch in commercial groundfish fisheries.

31st August 2022

Alaska bycatch boost

31st August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Fourteen catcher-processor vessels of the At-Sea Processors Association (APA) have achieved the FISH Standard for Crew, an independent third-party certification programme for labour practices on fishing boats.

30th August 2022

FISH for pollock boats

30th August 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Norwegian shipowner Ervik Havfiske AS has chosen Carsoe to deliver the onboard shrimp and crab processing factory for its new fishing vessel, Ny Frøyanes.

25th August 2022

Innovative new crabber

25th August 2022

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATIONS

Norwegian company Tau Tech is to begin sustainable scallop harvesting in the Barents Sea and will use Inmarsat’s maritime broadband service Fleet Express following the signing of an agreement at Nor-Fishing 2022.

24th August 2022

Arctic scalloper connected

24th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A huge capelin catch helped Iceland’s fleet to land 40% more fish in the 12 months through July 2022, with over 1.5 million tonnes of fish and shellfish recorded in the preliminary…

17th August 2022

Capelin lifts Iceland

17th August 2022

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Greenpeace UK has announced imminent plans to build an underwater boulder barrier in a third UK Marine Protected Area (MPA) to block destructive industrial fishing, with the action supported by celebrities Stephen…

15th August 2022

Celebs back fishing barrier

15th August 2022

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Fish sector faces a perfect storm of export restrictions, a lack of equipment and the logistics chaos – all caused by sanctions from the west

10th August 2022

Russia in turmoil

10th August 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Sweden and Finland have been given €115 million and €71 million respectively in EU funding to help promote sustainable fisheries and aquaculture and stimulate innovation and growth.

10th August 2022

Swedish, Finnish support

10th August 2022

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Turkey’s Tersan Shipyard Inc has confirmed it is building a factory freezer trawler for Nordbank Hochseefischerei GMBH from Germany, a subsidiary of Parlevliet & Van der Plas.

8th August 2022

New factory trawler ordered

8th August 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The number of purse seine vessels has decreased slightly, according to the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF).

8th August 2022

Purse seining decreases

8th August 2022

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