Fisheries

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built at the Vard Braila yard in Romania and completed at the shipbuilder’s Brattvaag yard, Sørkapp is a sophisticated modern factory trawler – and comes with a roughly NOK 500 million price…

15th January 2024

Third new factory trawler for Nergård

15th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Greenhouse gas emissions of the EU fishing fleet have fallen by more than a half in the past two decades.

12th January 2024

EU fishing fleet emissions halve in 20 years

12th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

The Spanish Fisheries Confederation (Cepesca) has named Julio Morón Ayala as its new president.

11th January 2024

Cepesca names new president

11th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

New rules that modernise the way fishing activities are controlled in the European Union have been introduced, covering EU vessels and non-EU vessels fishing in Union waters.

10th January 2024

Tighter EU fisheries control rules enter into force

10th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Europe’s first worker-driven scheme to help tackle labour abuses and exploitation at sea has launched.

10th January 2024

UK scheme launched to tackle labour abuses

10th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Centralised legislation is key to harnessing India’s marine wealth, says the country’s fisheries research institute.

8th January 2024

Ways offered up to harness India’s marine wealth

8th January 2024

FISHERIES

FISHERIES

Funding is now available to help reduce fishing accidents and fatalities in the global south.

8th January 2024

International fishing safety fund launches

8th January 2024

INSIGHT

INSIGHT

Russia typically produces around 100,000 tonnes of crab each year. This catch has always been one of the most profitable segments of the country’s fisheries sector, with volumes mainly oriented towards export…

8th January 2024

Russia’s crab industry continues to thrive

8th January 2024

ANALYSIS

ANALYSIS

Using machine learning and satellite imagery to create the first global map of large vessel traffic and offshore infrastructure, a new study led by Global Fishing Watch has found a significant amount of…

8th January 2024

AI and satellite tech reveals titanic at-sea activity growth

8th January 2024

FISHING GEAR

FISHING GEAR

A lost section of a trawl has been returned and put back to use – more than a year after it came fast in the Barents Sea.

3rd January 2024

Lost trawl gear returned from Svalbard

3rd January 2024