Industry News

Director of Sustainability at Inland Seafood Corporation, Mary Smith, has been elected as the new chair of Sea Pact’s advisory board.

Thai Union has begun Covid-19 testing at its own cost for its more than 27,000 employees in Samut Sakhon in central Thailand.

Distant-waters fishing faces an uncertain future following the UK’s exit from the EU, says Hull-based UK Fisheries Ltd.

Key promises made to the Cornish fishing industry have been broken and fishermen betrayed, says the Cornish Fish Producers’ Organisation as it slams the terms of the Brexit trade deal.

Pingtan Marine Enterprises rebuilt refrigerated transport vessel, Fu Yuan Yu Yun 992 is heading for international waters, along with six large squid jigging vessels.

Both the National Federation of Fishermens Associations, representing much of the English fishing industry, and the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation have slammed the outcome of the Christmas Eve deal between the EU and…

The deal agreed between the EU and the UK is a significant blow that leaves the industry facing an uncertain future, according to the European Fisheries Alliance.

Continente is the first retailer in Portugal to receive MSC and ASC certification for its fresh seafood counters. The MSC Chain of Custody Standard ensures the traceability of products from sustainable fisheries…

Proposals put forward by EU negotiators in efforts to reach a deal between the European Union and the UK threaten to “throw fisheries under a bus”, according to the European Fisheries Alliance,…

In a first for Commonwealth fisheries, the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has delegated legislative functions to industry as part of the co-management of the Northern Prawn Fishery (NPF).

Pacifical, the market development body set up on 2011 by the eight Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA) Western Pacific island countries and Sustunable bv in 2011, has become the latest partner in…

An established north east of England fishing company is back in local hands after a local entrepreneur bought it from the national operator to which he sold his shareholding three years ago.

A new study from Norway has found children are not eating enough fish according to national dietary guidelines, a trend seen across most western countries, says the Norwegian Seafood Council (NSC).

Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM), Ireland’s seafood development agency, has developed a new mobile fish holding unit which enables survivability experiments close to the action in the fishing grounds.

Marel is donating €1m to the Icelandic Red Cross so the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) can improve the food security of the most vulnerable communities in South Sudan.

The commercial Dungeness crab season in the central management area off the US west coast, from Point Arena to the Mexico border, will continue to be delayed due to the presence of…

Seafarers UK is embarking on a campaign to encourage boat owners, skippers and crews to use a unique safety aid for professional fishers.

Seafish has updated its guidance to help seafood businesses prepare for the end of the Brexit transition period.

A call has been made for the ratification and implementation of the ILO Work in Fishing Convention (C188) and its EU equivalent, EU Directive 2017/159 by addressing the barriers and the benefits…

This week the UK’s first major domestic fisheries legislation in nearly forty years passed into law as the Fisheries Bill received Royal assent following its ten-month transition through Parliament.