Industry News

Fisheries officers in New Zealand have stopped a group of commercial fishers in the Thames region on North Island who were allegedly under-reporting catches and unlawfully supplying snapper to an Auckland fish…

Cube Automation has acquired the assets of Oceatec, a company specialising in the design of automated equipment for the food processing and seafood industry.

Norwegian salmon farmer Flakstadvåg Laks, located in Senja, has chosen Skaginn 3X to supply its sub-chilling system.

Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries Kristján Thór Júlíusson has confirmed alterations to regulations which license the use of all fish and aquaculture products for the production of fishmeal and fish oil for human…

Tri Marine Group has announced that Juan Corrales will take over as Chief Executive Officer as of 1st January 2020, taking over from Renato Curto who is stepping down after 35 years…

The UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences (CAFS) have agreed to strengthen co-operation and build the capacity and sustainability of fisheries and aquaculture in developing…

Tri Marine has accomplished a major sustainability milestone by achieving MSC certification for longline caught albacore and yellowfin tuna from the Solomon Islands, adding to its certification for pole-and-line and purse seine…

Síldarvinnslan’s freezer trawler Blængur has docked at Neskaupstaður to start landing its last trip of the year.

The European Commission has notified the Republic of Panama about the risk of being identified as a non-co-operating country in the fight against illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. Panama had already…

The WSI ‘women in the seafood industry’ video competition is open for the fourth time and is accepting entries from now until July 2nd.

The British Ports Association (BPA) has launched its fisheries manifesto aimed at boosting UK fishing ports and coastal communities.

A New Zealand ship has recently returned from a six-week winter research voyage to the Ross Sea where scientists have made the first observations of developing Antarctic toothfish embryos.

An independent assessment of the Leigh Port Partnership cockle fishery in Essex, UK has found it meets the Marine Stewardship Council’s standard for sustainable fishing.

A Landia pasteuriser that processes waste salmon for an AD/biogas plant on Stornoway has helped the Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub (OHLEH) win the Scottish Environment Business VIBES award.

To boost Russians competitiveness and profile in the global market, the government and industry have launched a single national brand, Russian Fish, a quality mark for fish products in the country.

DTU has appointed a new professor to focus on the statistical modelling of marine systems and, in particular, models for fish stock reassessment.

Sweeping changes in the United States’ West Coast groundfish fisheries adopted this week will reopen access for fishermen to productive fishing grounds where fish populations have rebounded.

Achieving new management measures for tropical tuna fisheries was a key objective of the 2019 ICCAT annual meeting, where a one-year interim measure was adopted to end overfishing of bigeye tuna, to…

Ahead of the FAO Fisheries Responsibility Symposium which brought together 800 experts in Rome earlier this month, Meryl Williams and WSI, the International Organisation for Women in the Seafood Industry, prepared a…

An important Memorandum of Understanding has been finalised between the International Pole & Line Foundation and the Maldives Seafood Processors and Exporters Association, defining significant long-term objectives on joint sustainability initiatives