Fisheries

New European Commission President-elect, Jean-Claude Juncker, has announced his new Commissioners and a new combined Environment and Maritime Affairs and Fisheries division, to be overseen by Dr Karmenu Vella.

European Commissioner Maria Damanaki has reassured the Council and the European Parliament that the European Commission stands ready to support the European fisheries sector, following Russia’s trade ban on certain fisheries products.

A new fish processing plant has been unveiled in the Seychelles which the Seychelles Fishing Authority (SFA) says will diversify and add value to the country’s marine resources.

The University of British Columbia’s Sea Around Us project has received US$2.6 million from The Paul G. Allen Family Foundation to provide African and Asian countries with more accurate and comprehensive fisheries…

Work is about to start on the installation of a vital new £1.2m ice production facility for Plymouth Fisheries at Sutton Harbour, England’s second largest fresh fish market.

International researchers at the Small Pelagic Fisheries Technical Workshop and Stakeholder Forum held last week in Adelaide have concluded that Australian fisheries science and management was on a par with the rest…

A group of Atlanto-Scandian herring fisheries are joining forces to take their fisheries through the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) re-certification process.

Research by Swansea University and partners shows that protecting seagrass meadows throughout Indonesia is critical for national food security and important fisheries exports.

Despite an increase in fishing, Spanish fisheries are catching less than 60 years ago, according to a new study by Oceana Europe.

Walker Seafoods Australia of the Eastern Tuna and Billfish Fishery have entered the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) assessment, becoming Australia’s first tuna fishery and the world’s first Mahi Mahi fishery to do…

A new partnership has been announced, which aims to make Southeast Asia’s fishing industry more sustainable.

In its latest report, the Environmental Justice Foundation (EJF) reveals new evidence of human trafficking and the routine use of violence in the Thai fishing industry.

Six US fisheries that were declared by the Department of Commerce in 2012 and 2013 as “fishery disasters” are to receive US$75m of the 2014 federal budget.