Industry News

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Board of Trustees has elected Norwegian, Knut Vartdal to a new seat on the MSC board.

Main European supplier Sovapec & Maromega obtains Friend of the Sea certification.

Market leader Frinsa’s labelled products are out on retailers shelves in Europe.

The European Commission is pleased with the consensus reached last week by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) meeting in Marrakech, Morocco, to strengthen decisively the 15-year recovery…

More tuna products certified Friend of the Sea will be out on the shelves soon in Switzerland and other international markets as the Philippines handline tuna fishery has been audited and found…

The second round of the EU/Norway talks to discuss joint management issues and quota allocations for 2009 has not managed to cover all the ground necessary and will now go to a…

The pirate mothership destroyed by the Indian Navy in the Gulf of Aden last week was actually a Thai fishing boat that was itself being hijacked and whose crew was tied up…

The EU has tabled three ambitious proposals at this years annual meeting of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) which, if adopted, will represent a major leap forward…

More than £1 million in grants has been awarded to the English fishing industry from the European Fisheries Fund.

Despite a strong US proposal to conserve bluefin tuna in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas failed yesterday to heed scientific advice and adopt…

Scottish fishermen have welcomed the new cod recovery plan agreed at the EC Fisheries Council in Brussels last week.

The Fisheries Council met in November to discuss a number of key fisheries issues.

Irish Minister of State with responsibility for Fisheries and Forestry, Tony Killeen TD today welcomed EU Council agreement for the introduction of a new Cod Recovery Plan.

The Fifteen restaurant in Amsterdam was yesterday certified to serve Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certified sustainable fish.

It is set to discuss the Cod Recovery Plan as well as the crucial EU-Norway fisheries negotiations, before turning to the Common Agriculture Policy Health Check on Wednesday and Thursday.

At its 27th Annual Meeting, held in London 10-14 November, NEAFC put in place the last elements of a series of measures to protect vulnerable marine ecosystems.

The Dutch Fisheries Organisations gill and tangle net fishery for Dover sole has entered full assessment for Marine Stewardship Council certification.

Commenting on the European Commission’s proposals to cut fishing quotas by 25 per cent for cod, haddock, herring and whiting catches off the West of Scotland in 2009 and reducing fishermen’s days…