Industry News

Indonesia and The Netherlands are entering a partnership to develop €4.5m worth of joint projects to improve fish products for Indonesian consumers.

The European Union and the Republic of Senegal are extending their sustainable fisheries partnership following a third round of talks.

Seafish has published its latest summary document showing the Total Allowable Catches (TACs) agreed by the European Union for 2014, compared with the scientific recommendations made by the International Council for the…

An international team of researchers has mapped the genetic profile of the rainbow trout, focusing on the rate at which genes have evolved since a rare genome doubling event occurred around 100…

New Zealand Pacific salmon producer, King Salmon, is making progress on new farms in Marlborough Sounds after receiving the go-ahead from the Supreme Court.

Researchers at Perth’s Murdoch University have been conducting a biopsy sampling programme on ocean sunfish for the past 12 months.

For the first time in almost 20 years, Eastern Tuna longliners have been catching Southern Bluefin tuna (SBT) in the Great Australian Bight.

The Australian Coalition is standing strong against illegal fishing in the Australian Fishing Zone following the apprehension of a suspected illegal vessel with 500kg of fish onboard.

Australia’s South East Trawl Fishing Industry Association (SETFIA) and Sydney fisherman Vince Bagnato are due to trial a bycatch reduction device that excludes gulper sharks from Royal Red Prawn nets, from late…

The Icelandic Ministry of Fisheries and Agriculture has set Icelands 2014 mackerel catch quota at 147,574 tons.

Norway’s Ocea and Bremnes Seashore are to further develop the Ocea Thermolicer, scaling it for Norwegian and North Sea conditions.

The Scottish fishing industry is seeking answers from the Scottish and UK fisheries ministers on exactly what it will mean for fishermen in Scotland if the country votes ‘yes’ to independence.

The Earth Island Institute’s (EII) International Monitoring Program has released its 2013 Annual Report on Dolphin Safe Tuna.

An EC-funded research project is working hard to find alternative fish feeds that retain the nutritional properties of fish.

Provisional statistics published by Scotland’s Chief Statistician show that the overall quayside value of sea fish and shellfish landed by Scottish vessels in 2013 decreased by 8%, compared with 2012.

New research from Oregon State University shows that handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off…

Greenpeace and Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall are claiming victory in their campaign against Tesco and the cut-price tuna brand Oriental & Pacific.

Aquasense International Corporation is in discussions with a number of seafood companies for the exclusive right to distribute the industry’s first ever farm-raised, saltwater red tilapia products in the US market.