Fisheries

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

A review of the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) has been launched by the On The Hook campaign, with the stakeholder group stating that while the fishery certification programme has a “vital role…

13th April 2022

MSC critics start review

13th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Administrative Board of the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) has elected Fabrizio Donatella, Director of Fisheries Policy Atlantic, North Sea, Baltic and Outermost Regions at the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Maritime…

8th April 2022

New fisheries control chief

8th April 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

The latest round of awards from the first year of the Marine Fund Scotland (MFS) has provided fishing businesses and marine organisations in coastal communities with £7.4 million in funding.

6th April 2022

Marine Fund Scotland

6th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

To ensure there is informed understanding of the sector by politicians and other interested parties, the Scottish Pelagic Sustainability Group (SPSG) has produced the new ‘Pelagic Industry Briefing Document’.

5th April 2022

Demystifying pelagics

5th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The European Union has officially become a member of the North Pacific Fisheries Commission (NPFC), the Directorate-General for Maritime Affairs and Fisheries (DG Mare) has confirmed.

4th April 2022

EU joins NPFC

4th April 2022

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Europe’s fishers have welcomed measures to help support the industry following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

4th April 2022

Crisis support welcomed

4th April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has confirmed that it has placed a temporary suspension on Russian participation in its activities.

1st April 2022

ICES suspends Russia

1st April 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Up to US$3.5 million in annual funding is being made available to entrepreneurs and others developing new technologies that increase the sustainability of fisheries around the world by the San Francisco, California-based…

31st March 2022

Schmidt new tech funding

31st March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Three more organisations – Ocean Brands of Canada, Simplot Australia, and Bolton Group of Italy – have pledged their support to the North Atlantic Pelagic Advocacy Group (NAPA), the supply chain group that wants to secure…

30th March 2022

NEA pelagic network widens

30th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Australia’s South East Trawl Fishery has welcomed AUD 24 million from the Federal Budget to support the structural adjustment of the fishery, with AUD 20 million used to buy back vessel permits.

30th March 2022

Australian trawl fishery aid

30th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norwegian pelagic fish company Pelagia AS has signed an agreement with Arne Stang AS to purchase 100% of the shares in Norsk Fiskeindustri Invest AS (NFI).

28th March 2022

Pelagia purchases NFI

28th March 2022

NEWS

NEWS

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) has reported strong take-up of a new support scheme to help fishing boat owners adjust their businesses in a post-Brexit market.

28th March 2022

Post-Brexit support scheme

28th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Scotland’s fishing sector is to become more hands-on by collecting the data used to make yearly management decisions about herring, mackerel and blue whiting stocks, through a new government-supported, industry-led initiative.

24th March 2022

Scottish pelagics boost

24th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Norwegian insurance company Hydor has ended its contract with a fleet of vessels that were discovered fishing illegally across the Atlantic by the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF).

23rd March 2022

Insurer ends IUU fleet cover

23rd March 2022

POWER & PROPULSION

POWER & PROPULSION

Finland-headquartered technology group Wärtsilä’s has secured a contract to supply propulsion solutions to Finnur Fridi, a new state-of-the-art pelagic fishing trawler under construction at the Karstensen shipyard in Denmark. 

23rd March 2022

Wärtsilä lands trawler deal

23rd March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Of the total commercial tuna catch worldwide, 80.5% is sourced from stocks deemed to be at “healthy” levels of abundance, according to the latest edition of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF)…

18th March 2022

Global tuna health decline

18th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The UK’s Marine Management Organisation (MMO) has confirmed that it will relaunch the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS) in April this year in order to continue to provide support to England’s seafood…

18th March 2022

Fisheries, seafood support

18th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Scottish government has proposed a raft of new measures to make Scotland a world leader in sustainable stocks management.

17th March 2022

Scottish fisheries proposals

17th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

EU Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, Virginijus Sinkevičius, has been warned by European fishing leaders that the sharp rise in energy and logistics prices, caused by the invasion of Ukraine, necessitates the…

15th March 2022

Conflict – EU fishers at risk

15th March 2022

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Marine conservation organisation Sustainable Fisheries Partnership (SFP) has entered into a new agreement with Thai Union Group, which will see the world’s third-largest seafood company require its suppliers to participate in fishery…

14th March 2022

Thai Union, SFP partnership

14th March 2022