Fishing Technology

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

Following a series of trials carried out in Sicily, a subsequent round of sea trials of the NETTAG+ project have been conducted in the Adriatic around the Croatian island of Vis.

10th February 2026

Tracking gear to minimise ghost fishing

10th February 2026

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Fishers across the UK are being urged to sign up for essential safety training designed to save lives and prevent serious incidents at sea, as new Man Overboard Awareness sessions are rolled…

4th February 2026

UK training targets fishing fatalities

4th February 2026

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Innovasea is steering a CAN$4.8 million (€3 million) effort to help hydropower operators automatically identify fish species as they pass through monitoring stations, a task that currently demands hours of manual review.

8th December 2025

AI boosts hydropower fish monitoring

8th December 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

A prototype machine that could reshape working conditions and animal-welfare standards in the UK nephrops fishery has won the inaugural Catch Welfare Innovation Award, with Norway-based Optimar recognised as the key technological…

20th November 2025

Optimar nephrops machine wins award

20th November 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Innovasea has confirmed that acting chief executive Mark Jollymore has been named permanent chief executive with immediate effect.

6th November 2025

Innovasea confirms Jollymore as CEO

6th November 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

The Second Annual Sushi Hackathon has crowned Team SushInnovation as its 2025 winners, after the group of young engineers and students unveiled Polaris – an AI-powered solution designed to modernise fishing operations and improve profitability while…

7th October 2025

AI-powered ‘Polaris’ wins top prize at Sushi Hackathon 2025

7th October 2025

NEW VESSELS

NEW VESSELS

Built to Karstensen Shipyard’s own 75-metre, 16-metre breadth design, the newbuild is the latest in an ongoing series of new pelagic vessels for operators around the Northeast Atlantic.

18th September 2025

Herøyhav delivered to Norwegian owners

18th September 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

North Atlantic mackerel has a reputation for being one of the hardest species to track, but a new artificial intelligence prediction tool from Icelandic AI company GreenFish is showing that with its…

1st September 2025

GreenFish forecasting tool helps Icelandic fleet tackle mackerel’s uncertainty

1st September 2025

BUSINESS & FINANCE

BUSINESS & FINANCE

Gael Force Group has appointed two highly experienced sales managers as part of a focused recruitment drive aimed at boosting the company’s international growth strategy.

25th July 2025

Gael Force expands global sales

25th July 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Inmarsat Maritime has teamed up with Parlevliet & van der Plas (PP) Group to install Inmarsat’s NexusWave connectivity solution on 12 of PP Group’s factory trawlers.

25th June 2025

Inmarsat enhances PP Group connectivity

25th June 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

With heart disease now one of the leading causes of death at sea, a new initiative by Seafarers Hospital Society (SHS) is working to safeguard the health of UK fishermen through the…

13th June 2025

WATCH: Defibrillators deployed to protect fishers

13th June 2025

SUSTAINABILITY

SUSTAINABILITY

The International Day for the Fight Against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing – every year on 5 June – is not merely a note on the calendar, it is a global call…

5th June 2025

GFCM: Major advances made in the fight against IUU fishing

5th June 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Inmarsat Maritime, a Viasat company, has struck a new deal with Ava Ocean to deploy its connectivity service, NexusWave, on board Ava Ocean’s new non-invasive scallop harvesting vessel later this year.

29th May 2025

Ava Ocean adopts NexusWave connectivity

29th May 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Kongsberg Discovery has officially launched its FS80 Trawl Sonar, a compact and modular system poised to revolutionise pelagic trawling by combining net monitoring, intake profiling and bottom detection in a single unit.

28th May 2025

Kongsberg launches ‘new era’ in trawl sonar

28th May 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

SeafoodAI has secured a major investment from NEC X to advance AI biometrics and improve seafood sustainability in global crab fisheries.

16th April 2025

AI biometrics for improved seafood sustainability

16th April 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Seafish’s Kingfisher Bulletin safety app has been revamped to provide clearer offshore hazard alerts and more personalised safety information for UK fishermen.

25th February 2025

A revamped app to boost fishing safety

25th February 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Flume Tank North Sea and the North Sea Science Park have won the Initiative of the Year Award 2024 for their significant contributions to innovation and development within the fisheries sector.

19th February 2025

Flume tank wins innovation award

19th February 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

The North Sea Science Park will assume full control of the Flume Tank North Sea, Europe’s largest test tank for fishing, aquaculture and underwater technology.

14th February 2025

North Sea Science Park takes control of test tank

14th February 2025

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

FISHING TECHNOLOGY

Seafish has teamed up with the RNLI to deliver vital training aimed at reducing the risk of fishermen falling overboard and improving their survival chances if they do.

22nd January 2025

Seafish and RNLI launch survival training

22nd January 2025

SEAFOOD

SEAFOOD

With plans to onboard more brands and fisheries, the Australian company is profiting from its sustainability and traceability investments.

15th November 2024

How green storytelling is paying off for Austral Fisheries

15th November 2024