Industry News

Seafood Scotland (SFS) has been awarded a contract by Scottish Enterprise to deliver a new programme for fish processors called ‘Planning to Succeed’. This promotes the development of business and management skills…

Scotland’s mackerel fishermen have joined fishing colleagues in other EU member states by declaring a boycott of the 7 September international fisheries meeting in the Faroe Islands because of the current dispute…

The New Jersey port of Barnegat Light is the latest addition to the Fishing for Energy initiative, the programme providing commercial fishermen a cost-free way to recycle old and unusable fishing gear.

Tasmanian rock lobster fisherman are worried New Zealand could capitalise on Australias predicted rock lobster shortage next month.

Edinburgh-based Scottish Salmon Company has seen its first-half pre-tax profits rise year-on-year from £1.7 million (€2 million/$2.6 million) to £12.1 million (€14.5 million/$18.6 million), while turnover has doubled to £42.6 million (€51.1…

The National Transportation Safety Board will hold a forum on fishing vessel safety beginning Wednesday, 13 October 2010 at 9am. The two-day forum will be chaired by NTSB board member Robert Sumwalt.

The Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC) said it is already seeing the benefits of the tuna tagging programme in the Pacific, which concluded at the end of last year.

Icelands fisheries minister told the UK’s Channel 4 News that his countrys trawlers have the right to fish greater quantities of mackerel from its waters, despite growing protests from Scottish fishermen.

Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is well represented among the 27 research projects selected by the Florida Institute of Oceanography (FIO) Council to examine the impact of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill on…

Scottish fishing communities can expect more hardship this autumn when Iceland increases its cod quota and floods the market, pushing down the price of fish, industry leaders have warned.

The Scottish Fishermen’s Federation has called for a freeze on any further reductions in the number of days fishing vessels can put to sea and is warning that a significant proportion of…

The rock lobster commercial catch quota in South Australias lower south east will be capped at 1,250 tonnes until stocks recover. And a month at each end of the southern zone rock…