Industry News

In January this year Welsh fishing port, Milford Fish Docks, experienced the highest tonnage landed 15 in years, and the highest for more than 10 years in 2012.

The latest figures on fish stocks in EU waters reveal the European Commission’s efforts to phase out overfishing are paying off, but more still needs to be done.

In a bid to eliminate confusion for consumers and the industry over different certification standards, Seafish has launched a new web resource to provide information on standards which apply to fish and…

A new FAO report has found that jellyfish ‘blooms’ could be behind a drop in fish stocks in the Mediterranean and Black Sea.

An agreement has been reached for a radical overhaul of the EU’s Common Fisheries Policy, following nearly two years of negotiations.

In a bid to better understand the Atlantic Ocean and to promote the sustainable management of its resources, the European Union, the United States and Canada, have agreed to join forces on…

Oceana has filed a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) for its “failure to require adequate observer coverage” for the New England groundfish fishery for cod, haddock and flounder.

Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the worlds oceans causing fisheries to become over reliant on shellfish - but the University of York says this approach is extremely…

A new collection of Fishlove images are now on display at the baudoin lebon gallery in Paris.

According to WWF, certain European Countries with large fishing industries are using bullying tactics to push members of the European Parliament into accepting a deal that will allow overfishing to continue until…

The European Commission has said that it has reaffirmed its commitment to the sustainable management of bluefin tuna during the 2013 main fishing season in the Mediterranean and the Eastern Atlantic.

The Atlantic Halibut Councils Canadian Atlantic halibut fishery has become the first of its kind to receive Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.

The importance of iodine for pregnant women and new mums who are breast feeding their children has been highlighted in new research from Surrey and Bristol Universities.

Marine Scotland has published a report outlining the environmental factors affecting the key Fladens prawn fishery in the North Sea.

A jigging trial in the Commonwealth Small Pelagic Fishery (SPF) has been approved by the Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA).

The Scottish sea lice issue has reared its head again with one of the largest seafood companies in the world, Marine Harvest, facing renewed calls to move its farms away from wild…

The Faroe Islands have been formally notified by the European Commission that the Commission intends to adopt measures in support of the sustainability of herring fisheries.