Industry News

The government of South Korea has abandoned its plans to begin a ‘scientific’ whaling operation, a move which Greenpeace has called a significant step forward in global efforts to protect whale populations.

The Canadian Council of Professional Fish Harvesters and the Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University have launched a fishing vessel stability simulator in a bid to address vessel stability.

Comedian and impressionist Rory Bremner has been unveiled as the host of Seafish’s 25th National Fish & Chip Awards.

The University of Aberdeen in the UK has formed a new €6m research partnership to create new and better vaccines for farmed fish.

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) is trialling new line weighting methods for use with live bait in pelagic longline fisheries.

Three Indonesian fishers caught ‘blast fishing’ with explosives in Australian waters in October have been convicted for illegal fishing and their two boats have been destroyed.

John West in Australia (Simplot) has pledged to phase out the use of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) used with purse seine nets by 2015.

International conservation organisation, Oceana, has expressed its disappointment with the European Council’s 2013 and 2014 TACs and quotas for deep sea species.

International environmental group, Oceana, has commended the Environment, Public Health and Food Security Committee of the European Parliament on its rejection of amendments to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF).

Scientists from CSIRO believe that fish ear bones and their distinctive growth rings can offer clues to the likely impacts of climate change in aquatic environments.

The International Pole & Line Foundation (IPNLF) has congratulated the Maldivian pole and line fishing industry on achieving MSC certification. It says it will provide a valuable foundation for the country’s traditional…

British boatbuilder, Alnmaritec has delivered its latest Wave Worker vessel to Hebridean Mussels, one of Scotland’s leading live mussel suppliers.

Pole and line skipjack fishery, Maldives Seafood Processors and Exporters Association (MSPEA), has become the first Indian Ocean tuna fishery to gain the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification.